Category: NPR

The shift to electronic medical payments gave rise to a new kind of health care middlemen, who now charge 1-5% every time insurers pay doctors. Here’s how lobbyists convinced regulators this was OK.

As young adults prepare to leave blue states and head to historically black colleges in states where abortion is banned, they’re getting ready to safeguard their reproductive health during college.

Turns out diners are more likely to get on board for altruistic reasons rather than health. That’s what one hospital learned after it pledged to reduce food-related greenhouse gas emissions.

The Biden administration wants hospitals to do more to make their prices understandable, so that consumers know in advance what a health care service will cost them.

Wrenching testimony from women denied abortion care turned the focus toward the suffering and health risks faced by mothers.

Andrew Leland started losing his sight 20 years ago. He’s now legally blind, although he still has a narrow field of vision, which allows him to see about 6% of what a fully-sighted person sees.

Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, a professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, will lead NIH’s infectious diseases institute. Colleagues say she has a wide breadth of knowledge and a joyful demeanor.

The medical dangers of heat are real. But people often ignore public heat alerts, or don’t know how vulnerable they are. A new alert system prompts clinicians to talk about heat with patients.

A term coined to evoke the torment felt by soldiers as they process the cruelty of war, it’s now used by doctors to describe the guilt and helplessness we feel when patients can’t access needed care.

State attorneys general vowed the funds would go toward tackling the addiction crisis. But as with the tobacco payouts of the 1990s, local officials have started using them to fill budget shortfalls.