Category: NPR

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.

NPR’s Audie Cornish speaks to Dr. Kathryn Hawk, an assistant professor of emergency medicine at the Yale School of Medicine, about synthetic marijuana, also known as K2.

Despite laws guaranteeing access to health care, non-English speakers in the U.S. often rely on family and friends as ad-hoc interpreters — and may misunderstand what doctors think they’re conveying.

The government suggests that insurers offer plans off the health law marketplaces that don’t have surcharges added last year to make up for a cut in federal funding.