A quarter century in, John Muir Health’s Mobile Health Clinic keeps bringing free primary care, mental health support, and vaccinations straight to Contra Costa County’s uninsured and underserved, wherever they are.
In California, frontline social workers can spend years building trust with people with severe mental illness. Their persistence pays off.
After 150 years of imperfect microscope testing, a portable molecular device now diagnoses tuberculosis in under thirty minutes using sputum or a tongue swab. The World Health Organization has issued its first recommendation for the technology.
The Octopi microscope autonomously analyzes blood samples in minutes, detecting malaria-infected cells among millions. Its creators hope it will accelerate the fight against malaria. From Stanford Report.
2025 was a year filled with conflict, disaster and disease—as well as the work of committed and courageous humanitarians who did everything they could to help. These photos from International Medical Corps highlight the people who made it happen.