Category: Health

NPR talks to Claire Hannan, who has helped navigate vaccine rollouts in all 50 states, about some of the challenges involved in quickly getting shots out to millions of young kids. (Image credit: Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images)

Medical debt can ruin lives, and in many states patients have few financial protections. North Carolina is considering a new law that could lead the way in shielding patients from high medical bills. (Image credit: Oona Tempest/KHN)

COVID-19 vaccines are finally rolling out for babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers.

With pandemic restrictions lifted, Canadians are planning long-awaited memorial services to say goodbye to their loved ones — some, after two years of delays.

Across the country, students have dealt with ongoing disruptions due to the pandemic — from cancelled school clubs and events to changing cohorts and online learning. Both health-care professionals and students have noticed the impact a lack of socialization has had on mental health.

A proposed bill would require cannabis products to carry large warnings, similar to cigarettes. But the state’s legal pot industry says more rules make it harder to compete with the illicit market. (Image credit: Beth LaBerge/KQED)

After five weeks of declining coronavirus deaths, the number of fatalities reported globally increased by 4% last week, according to the World Health Organization.

First, they were struck by illness and then by medical bills they couldn’t pay. Here are seven stories of Americans living under the shadow of health care debt. (Image credit: Heather Ainsworth for KHN and NPR; Carlos Bernate for KHN and NPR; Ash Ponders for KHN and NPR)

Shannon Hunt remembers mechanic Scott “Scooter” Stewart of Shiloh, Ill., who died from COVID. She calls him her “bonus dad.”

New data from the Guttmacher Institute shows the number of abortions rose in 2020, reversing a decades-long trend toward declining numbers. (Image credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images)