Category: NPR

The Biden administration is scrapping plans to offer COVID boosters for people under 50 this summer. Instead they will push for an earlier release of the next generation boosters in the fall.

The Biden administration is scrapping plans to offer COVID boosters for people under 50 this summer. Instead officials will push for an earlier release of the next generation boosters in the fall.

Debt lawsuits — a byproduct of America’s medical debt crisis — can ensnare not only patients but also those who help sick and older people be admitted to nursing homes, a KHN-NPR investigation finds.

A dump of tens of thousands of colossal digital files from a single insurer is not unusual, and it’ll be weeks before data firms can put the information in a usable format for employers and patients.

Amazon is buying One Medical, a primary care practice. The tech giant has already stepped into the health care world, but experts said this is a big step to expand Amazon’s physical health presence.

Independent funds that help people pay for abortions have been flooded with donations since Roe v. Wade was overturned, but demand and costs are also rising as more states enact restrictive bans.

In the early days of the outbreak, Kevin Kwong was among several people who spent days in search of the right diagnosis.

Two studies have outlined the staggering financial, social and healthcare toll of America’s gun violence epidemic. The groups behind the study hope the cost will spur legislative and cultural change.

With abortion access changing in many states, college health centers are trying to understand their rights and responsibilities when counseling students who become pregnant.

After the only abortion clinic in Montgomery, Ala., shut down, a next-door organization has been threading a legal needle to give reproductive health care to those coming from hundreds of miles away.