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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force says people at high risk of being infected with HIV should be offered a daily pill containing antiretroviral medications. The drug’s cost remains a hurdle.

Some Oregon inmates with mental illness are in jail rather than a state mental health hospital. A federal judge will hear arguments Tuesday that Oregon is not providing timely, appropriate care.

Some Oregon inmates with mental illness are in jail rather than a state mental health hospital. A federal judge will hear arguments Tuesday that Oregon is not providing timely, appropriate care.

VA hospitals are recording patients’ life stories to help strengthen understanding between patients and their caregivers. Including such stories in medical records may even improve health outcomes.

VA hospitals are recording patients’ life stories to help strengthen understanding between patients and their caregivers. Including such stories in medical records may even improve health outcomes.

An NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist survey found that three-quarters of Americans want the Supreme Court to uphold Roe v. Wade. But there is also complexity — and contradiction — in respondents’ views.

The Affordable Care Act and other U.S. laws sought to put insurance coverage for mental health conditions on equal footing with coverage for physical conditions. But patients say that’s not happening.

A billing glitch could cause lapses in private drug policies and Medicare Advantage plans that provide both medical and drug coverage. Premiums weren’t deducted from some Social Security checks.

Niels Hogel admitted giving drugs to patients so he could try to resuscitate them. After initially being accused in a handful of deaths, he was discovered to have been involved in dozens more.

NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with Alison Dreith, the director of Hope Clinic in Granite City, Ill., about how the uncertainty of Missouri’s last abortion clinic is affecting her patients and staff.