Category: NPR

When she was pregnant, Kaitlyn Joshua struggled to get medical care — and answers — in post-Roe Louisiana, where abortion is banned.

The agency in a memo Friday said the emergency contraception pills are not the same as abortion pills — which end a pregnancy — a fact that has long been understood in the medical community.

An examination of billing policies and practices at more than 500 hospitals across the country shows widespread reliance on aggressive collection tactics.

A health system charged a woman for a shoulder replacement she didn’t need and hadn’t received. She didn’t receive the care, but she did receive the bill — and some medical records of a stranger.

The pandemic brought many small town health clinics to the brink. But health care providers say the crisis also led to more awareness of the health disparities that have long existed in rural America.

In response to growing abortion restrictions, many health care providers report a rising number of patients seeking vasectomy care.

American Sirens author Kevin Hazzard tells the story Freedom House, a neighborhood nonprofit that, with the help of a pioneering physician, trained some of the nation’s first paramedics.

In the months since Roe v. Wade was overturned, training groups in North Carolina say they’ve seen an uptick in interest from people wanting to work as abortion doulas.

Prime Minister Modi’s ambitious plan to transition all Indians’ health records online is running up against weak cybersecurity systems and a lack of data protection laws.

The Biden administration is trying to give Americans with opioid addictions access to life-saving medical treatments. Most people using fentanyl and other opioids never receive medical care.