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Reports Find Health Workers Still Aren’t Alerting Police Regarding Likely Elder Abuse

Workers in nursing homes, hospital ERs and other health facilities are required by law to notify police whenever they notice likely signs of physical or sexual abuse. But that’s often not happening.

‘Patients Will Die’: One County’s Challenge To Trump’s ‘Conscience Rights’ Rule

California’s Santa Clara County argues that if the rule goes into effect in July, the county will suffer irreparable harm in terms of patient care and staffing costs.

‘Patients Will Die’: One County’s Challenge To Trump’s ‘Conscience Rights’ Rule

California’s Santa Clara County argues that if the rule goes into effect in July, the county will suffer irreparable harm in terms of patient care and staffing costs.

How Safe Is Sunscreen And How Much Should We Wear?

NPR’s Audie Cornish talks with Trisha Calvo of Consumer Reports about a study that finds the active ingredients in sunscreen may be absorbed into the bloodstream.

Expert Panel Recommends Wider Use Of Daily Pill To Prevent HIV Infections

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.

Oregon’s Criminal Justice System To Be Examined Over Treatment Of Mentally Ill People

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.

Oregon’s Criminal Justice System To Be Examined Over Treatment Of Mentally Ill People

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.

Storytelling Helps Hospital Staff Discover The Person Within The Patient

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.

Storytelling Helps Hospital Staff Discover The Person Within The Patient

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.

Poll: Majority Want To Keep Abortion Legal, But They Also Want Restrictions

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.