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Dr. Audrey Lance, an obstetrician-gynecologist at Northland Family Planning, knew she wanted to provide abortion care since the day her school’s chapter of Medical Students for Choice went to a …

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Susie Talevski has gone through years of legal back-and-forth with the state agency in Indiana that operates the nursing home where her father, Gorgi, resided before his death. Farah Yousry/Side …

She and her daughter carried one small suitcase for toiletries, clothes and shoes. But she made sure she had room for a few items with deep sentimental value. (Image credit: …

Monkeypox is the latest case of how global health inequities persist. Vaccines went to the rich world while Africa lacks access. African scientists call for a bold plan to protect …

NPR’s Scott Simon asks Dr. Douglas Carlson of the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine about a spike in RSV, respiratory syncytial virus, infections in children. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: There …

More government data points to alcohol’s increasing role in U.S deaths, including a new report that found that the alcohol-induced death rate rose nearly 30% during the first year of …

Dr. Nancy Caroline with paramedic Walt Brown in 1975 The National EMS Museum Archives hide caption toggle caption The National EMS Museum Archives Dr. Nancy Caroline with paramedic Walt Brown …

NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks with economist Emily Oster about her Atlantic article, “Let’s Declare a Pandemic Amnesty” and her call for grace. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Early in the …

Pediatric hospitals in the U.S. are being inundated with patients due to an unusually early and intense surge of respiratory illnesses. Here’s how one Seattle hospital is coping.