Health & Safety

Two San Francisco ordinances would prohibit the sale of e-cigarettes in brick-and-mortar stores and ban online sales to shipping addresses in the city.

San Francisco Bans Sales Of E-Cigarettes

7:48pm June 25, 2019

by Laura Klivans

San Francisco supervisors say they need to protect kids and teens from becoming addicted to nicotine. The dominant vaping company, Juul, is headquartered in the city and hopes to overturn the ban.

Greensboro Treatment Provider Denies Medicaid Fraud Allegations

4:42pm June 25, 2019

by Paul Garber

A Greensboro mental-health treatment provider is denying allegations of medical fraud that emerged in recent media reports.

Health & Safety

Wake Forest Baptist Health Unveils New Birth Center, Neonatal ICU

4:33pm June 25, 2019

by Keri Brown

Wake Forest Baptist Health unveiled its new labor and delivery center on Tuesday before it officially opens later this summer. It will provide services for both routine and complex pregnancies.

President Trump Signs Executive Order On Improving Healthcare Price And Quality

Foresight 2020: Health Care

4:13pm June 25, 2019

We expand our coverage of the upcoming presidential election by diving deep on health care.

Health & Safety

How Can We Prevent Suicide?

4:13pm June 25, 2019

For something as widespread — and as grave — as suicide, why don't we talk about it more? And once we do, how do we convey the right message and seek to prevent loss of life?

State To Probe Greensboro Treatment Program

8:20am June 25, 2019

by Paul Garber

State officials are investigating a Medicaid-backed Greensboro organization that provides mental health services.

Trump Directs Alex Azar To Help Make Health Care Costs More Transparent

6:55am June 25, 2019

NPR's Noel King talks to Health and Human Service Secretary Alex Azar about President Trump's executive order issued Monday on health care pricing and transparency.

Queue Listen Now

An executive order President Trump signed Monday aims to make most hospital pricing more transparent to patients, long before they get the bill.

Trump's Plan To Lower Your Hospital Costs: Here's What You Need To Know

9:24pm June 24, 2019

by Julie Appleby

A broad executive order issued Monday is supposed to help consumers get better estimates of health care costs. But whether it will be a game changer depends on the details, say health care analysts.

The executive order on drug price transparency that President Trump signed Monday doesn't spell out specific actions; rather, it directs the department of Health and Human Services to develop a policy and then undertake a lengthy rule-making process.

Trump Administration Pushes To Make Health Care Pricing More Transparent

5:40pm June 24, 2019

President Trump is issuing an executive order intended to force hospitals to disclose prices. A lot of work remains to turn this order into a regulation, and the industry is resisting the move.

Queue Listen Now

Peak Performance: Inside The World Of Super Athletes

4:52pm June 24, 2019

What does it mean to push the human body to the limit?