Ari Shapiro

Ash Williams, an abortion doula in North Carolina, talks about the state’s new ban on most abortions past the 12-week mark.

As kids head back to class, school nurses are stretched thin as they manage increased workloads and delta-variant surges. NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with three school nurses about this year’s concerns.

The pandemic continues to exact a heavy emotional toll on health care workers, says Kimberly Johnson, who provides them with free therapy. “I wish people knew … what I saw,” clients tell her.

In Harris County, Texas, about 25% of people are “absolutely unwilling to share anything,” says a local health department epidemiologist. Misinformation is one reason for the mistrust, officials say.

Drug addiction is a major problem in New Hampshire. For many of those affected, the issue shapes their views of the presidential elections.

Democrats are divided on the platform of Medicare for All. NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks to voters in New Hampshire about how their experience with the healthcare system informs their views on the policy.

As head of the Department of Health and Human Services, Alex Azar is charged with making Trump’s plan to end HIV in the U.S. by 2030 work. “We have an historic opportunity,” he tells NPR.

More than half the new HIV diagnoses in the U.S. are in Southern states, where the rates among gay and bisexual black men remain stubbornly high, despite the existence of medicine to stop the virus.

President Trump has pledged to eliminate HIV in America by 2030. But in the South, rates of HIV/AIDS among black gay and bisexual men remain stubbornly high.