Adult day care services can be a huge help for participants and their families. We spend the day at one facility in Vermont and ask why this option isn’t more available in the U.S.
Category: NPR
Production of cheaper alternatives to name brand obesity drugs will stop on Wednesday
Large-scale compounding facilities have to stop making tirzepatide, the main ingredient in blockbuster obesity drug Zepbound, Wednesday.
Measles is spreading. Are you safe?
Measles continues to spread in West Texas and New Mexico. About 300 cases have been reported, since the outbreak began in January – but the actual number is likely higher.
The communities where measles continues to spread people are largely unvaccinated.
At the same time some isolated measles cases have been reported in a dozen other states – largely linked to international travel.
In most of the U.S., vaccination rates are still high enough to stop a major outbreak. But if they continue to fall, we could see long-term consequences of measles in the future.
For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
Email us at considerthis@npr.org.
The U.S.’s hospital bed shortage is in danger of reaching a ‘critical threshold’
There is a shortage of beds in hospitals across the United States. NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe speaks with doctor Arjun Venkatesh of Yale School about it.
Tips to lower your medical bill
Just because a medical bill arrives in the mail doesn’t mean you have to pay that exact price. NPR’s Life Kit has tips to eliminate, reduce or negotiate a medical bill.
As the VA plans more cuts, mental health care workers already feeling the impacts
Officials at the VA say they plan to cut tens of thousands more jobs. Providers there say cutting any jobs will compromise health care. Mental health workers say they’re already feeling these impacts.
Medical students in Alabama are learning about nutrition in the kitchen
Medical students in south Alabama are learning about nutrition at a cooking class in hopes they will be able to better talk to patients about what they eat.
Missouri faces the prospect of Medicaid cuts
The prospect of Medicaid cuts by Congress are sending a chill through Republican and Democratic-led states, where millions of people could lose medical coverage or states might have to cut other services.
Trump administration changes at the VA affecting care for LGBTQ veterans
Staff and patients at the Department of Veterans Affairs say impacts of Trump administration changes to the agency go beyond erasing diversity programs and affect care for LGBTQ patients.
Health Insurance in America
Millions of Americans depend on their jobs for health insurance. But that’s not the case in many other wealthy countries. How did the U.S. end up with a system that’s so expensive, yet leaves so many people vulnerable? On this episode, how a temporary …
