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It’s been six months since the launch of the national 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. We check in on how many people are using it and whether it’s connecting them to help.

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe talks to Julie Appleby at Kaiser Health News about a record year of people signing up for Obamacare medical plans, as enrollment closes Sunday.

It’s the last weekend for Obamacare open enrollment, and nearly 16 million Americans have signed up for a health insurance plan.

After three days on the picket line, more than 7,000 nurses are returning to work at the city’s biggest hospitals with the promise of “concrete, enforceable safe staffing ratios,” their union said.

In her new book You Just Need To Lose Weight and 19 Other Myths About Fat People, Aubrey Gordon tackles the biases and myths that she says keeps fat people on the margins of society.

Thousands of nurses began striking Monday at two of New York City’s biggest hospitals. They have already disrupted patient care, but nurses say they won’t return until they get a fair contract.

Doctors say they are still unsure what caused Hamlin’s collapse during the Monday Night Football game against the Cincinnati Bengals a week ago.

Instead of health insurance, the Rev. Jeff King had signed up for an alternative that left members of the plan to share the costs of health care. That meant lower premiums, but a huge hospital bill.

Fairfax County, Va., high school students are training to become public health “ambassadors.” The program gives them a head start on a career while improving trust in the health system.

中国新冠感染实际死亡人数以及感染激增的总体影响，很大程度上取决于一个关键因素：中国疫苗的效果如何。