Category: NPR

In the latest wave, the highly transmissible omicron variant has moved more quickly than contact tracing allows.

They have offered comfort at nursing homes, schools — even disaster sites. Now, a study shows that a 10-minute visit from therapy dogs can help relieve emergency room patients’ pain.

After two years of pandemic life, people have learned to cope in ways that have become stubborn, unhealthy habits. But there are positive steps we can take to reset a healthy lifestyle.

Staffing shortages at hospitals across the U.S. are made worse by state boards take months to process nursing licenses. It’s resulted in a huge backlog in nurses waiting for jobs during the pandemic.

Dr. Matshidiso Moeti has become one of the world’s most compelling voices urging better consideration of Africa’s people — especially women.

Novelist Amy Bloom talks about how, at her husband’s insistence, she traveled with him to Zurich so he could legally terminate his life. Her new memoir is In Love.

Experts say New Zealand’s actions have likely saved thousands of lives by allowing the nation to mostly avoid earlier, more deadly variants and buying time to get people vaccinated.

More than two million American children and teenagers live with a wounded or ill military parent. Many help with their care and face challenges like stress, anxiety and social isolation.

The state’s program of free cancer screening and treatment is reducing inequities. Key to its success is robust outreach by patient navigators who connect with those least likely to seek care.

Health care experts say that confirmed deaths represent a fraction of the true number of deaths due to COVID because of limited testing.