Category: NPR

While a majority of Americans know about naloxone, there is confusion about the fact that in most places a prescription isn’t required to obtain the emergency overdose treatment.

Critics worry a new contraception app, which allows women to track body temperature and menstrual cycle to avoid pregnancy, isn’t as effective as other methods. But some women welcome another option.

There’s a big survival gap between white and minority children when it comes to some childhood cancers. It turns out growing up in poverty explains a lot of the difference.

These days hospitals are looking for ways to improve health in their communities to prevent illness and control costs. One hospital in Ohio decided that health might start with affordable housing.

States are battling the pharmaceutical industry in court to curb the opioid epidemic. NPR’s Jennifer Ludden asks Richard Ausness, a law professor at the University of Kentucky, about the tactic.

Officials in Texas are responding to the findings of an investigation by NPR and the Center for Public Integrity into drugmakers’ influence over medication choices for Medicaid patients.

Medicare limits payments for minimally invasive replacement of aortic valves to hospitals with large numbers of heart procedures. But smaller facilities are crying foul.

Medicare limits payments for minimally invasive replacement of aortic valves to hospitals with large numbers of heart procedures. But smaller facilities are crying foul.

New York University said the move was to address the high cost of entering a career in medicine. Most med students graduate in debt, which can often top $200,000.

New York University said the move was to address the high cost of entering a career in medicine. Most med students graduate in debt, which can often top $200,000.