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Dr. Scott Kobner is the chief emergency room resident at the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center. His black-and-white photos show the suffering, anxiety and chaos unfolding in overrun COVID units.

NPR’s Audie Cornish speaks with Lynn Falcone, CEO of Cuero Regional Hospital and Cuero Health clinics, about how rural healthcare systems are navigating the water issues plaguing the state of Texas.

That’s the question that researcher Inga Winkler of Columbia University asks. She shares advice on how to overcome feelings of shame and embarrassment about menstruation.

Scientists say the pandemic will only end in the U.S. when we achieve what’s called herd immunity. Play with our simulations to see how immunity can stop an outbreak in its tracks.

Patients and families at a children’s hospital are being asked to not take showers, KUT reports. They were also told the toilets can’t flush, and staff are changing linens only as needed.

A community health center is now immunizing the local homeless population. But vaccination logistics, already complex, are compounded by the additional barriers in communication and transportation.

As temperatures drop around the country, unhoused people are especially vulnerable. NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks to hotel shelter worker Yusra Murad about the challenge of keeping people safe and warm.

Even after getting one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, some people are having trouble getting their second shot. Here’s how to maximize the likelihood you’ll get both doses, to be fully immunized.

The prize committee said Dr. Anthony Fauci, long-time head of the United States’ leading infectious diseases research institute, “is the consummate model of leadership and impact in public health.”

The federal insurance exchange, HealthCare.gov, has reopened for changes and new sign-ups until May 15. But states with their own exchanges have different rules. Here’s what you need to know.