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Drew Doll spent 15 consecutive months in solitary confinement. He’s been out of prison since 2009, but he said the prolonged solitude permanently changed him. (Crumpler, 9/14)

North Carolina Medicaid has undergone a radical transformation emphasizing preventive care and social determinants of health. (Newsome, 9/13)

Many old buildings at a New York City hospital are in ruins, but it played a key role in the battle against tuberculosis, which killed 5.6 million people in the U.S. in the first half of the 20th century. (Gill, 9/8)

To the executives at Newport Healthcare, the family compound seemed like the ideal location to expand their company’s mental health treatment program into Northern Virginia. Tucked away behind a gate off a hilly country road, the million-dollar houses offered a bucolic environment in which to treat young adults grappling with depression or anxiety. ... But many residents in this rural corner of Loudoun County have insisted they see something else down the street: A for-profit company setting up a luxe rehab facility that will ruin their neighborhood. (Armus, 9/12)

If it seems as though everyone is throwing out orange juice, lifting weights barefoot or talking about “zone two” exercise, blame Dr. Peter Attia. The longevity physician, author and podcast host, who turned 50 in March, has become a sensation among the health-obsessed, with a social-media following that rivals some Hollywood stars and a patient roster that includes them. (Janin, 9/10)

A political realignment around health care is reshaping state politics. (McElwee, 9/8)

These octogenarian voters are among nearly a dozen Americans born the same day as the president that The Wall Street Journal interviewed. They are uniquely suited to answer one of the biggest questions hanging over the 2024 election: Is Biden too old to run again? Most said no. But they were candid about the risks of aging in the years to come. (Restuccia, 9/12)

Indian parents whose children died after taking toxic syrups want justice. Some of the drugmakers haven’t shown they even tested their products. (Das and Rigby, 9/13)

The latest goal for the end of polio transmission will almost certainly not be met, according to a frank and concerning report about the future of the decades-long polio eradication effort that was released this week. (Branswell, 9/15)

For decades, preventing dengue fever in Honduras has meant teaching people to fear mosquitoes and avoid their bites. Now, Hondurans are being educated about a potentially more effective way to control the disease — and it goes against everything they’ve learned. (Verza and Burakoff, 9/13)

Play during both childhood and adulthood is important for the healthy functioning of humans and other species, but why we play — the brain circuitry behind this behavior — is poorly understood. A new study in Neuron has identified groups of cells in the rat brain that may provide clues to the brain structures and their connections that are essential for play. (Jones, 9/14)