Health Care : NPR

The new podcast Imminent Danger looks at the troubling medical career of one OB-GYN and what it tells us about how doctors are vetted in the United States.

NPR’s Sarah McCammon speaks with Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., about her efforts to push legislation that would make birth control available without a prescription and covered by insurance.

NPR’s Scott Detrow speaks with Marta Wosińska, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution, about the rise in prescription drug shortages and what can be done to fix it.

NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with Kaiser Health News correspondent Julie Rovner about the politics of Medicare ahead of debt ceiling talks in Washington.

NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks with Eli Lilly CEO David Ricks about the company’s move to reduce prices on some older insulins and cap how much people have to pay out of their own pocket.

The Institute for Sexual Research, founded in 1919, pioneered modern gender-affirming health care. NPR’s Ailsa Chang speaks with medical historian Brandy Schillace on this piece of queer history.

Michel Martin talks with Advocate Health CEO Eugene A. Woods about how COVID-19 has changed health care in the U.S. since its arrival three years ago.

NPR’s Michel Martin Speaks with Dr. Madeline Li about how Canada is set to expand the categories of those who can request medical assistance to end their lives to include people with mental illness.

Government officials also confirmed Canada is dropping the vaccine requirement for people entering the country at the end of the month.

In the early days of the outbreak, Kevin Kwong was among several people who spent days in search of the right diagnosis.