Category: NPR

If passed, Biden’s relief bill would significantly expand the number of people eligible for federal help in paying their health plan premiums, and would boost the size of those subsidies.

At work every day, Agnes Boisvert attends to ICU patients “gasping for air” and dying from COVID-19. But communicating that harsh reality to her skeptical community has been a challenge.

One Medical is seeing the shutoff of vaccine allocations, new reports of wrongdoing, and a congressional hearing as fallout deepens following NPR’s investigation of its COVID-19 vaccination practices.

Merck traditionally has been a leader in vaccines but has not had success with a COVID-19 vaccine. It’s lending a hand to Johnson & Johnson, where production is running significantly behind schedule.

If you’ve been delaying routine medical care in the past year, now’s the time to catch up, doctors say. The consequences of missing some key screenings and health checkups can be lethal.

Nonwhite Americans looking for care for a loved one are much more likely than whites to encounter discrimination, language barriers, and providers who lack cultural competence, a new report finds.

Getting COVID-19 tests and vaccine to essential workers on commercial farms and in meatpacking plants requires more than a pop-up clinic miles away. A positive test can be financially devastating.

Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted to endorse the emergency use of a single dose of a vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson. A study showed it was 66% effective in the U.S.

Obesity now qualifies patients for a COVID-19 vaccine in some states. NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with writer Emma Specter on why people should get the vaccine, though BMI is a faulty indicator of health.

A student sought counseling help after panicking over a tuition bill. A weeklong stay in a psychiatric hospital followed — along with a $3,413 bill. The hospital soft-pedaled its charity care policy.