Health & Safety
NCDHHS expands eligibility for monkeypox vaccination
North Carolina officials have expanded eligibility for those seeking monkeypox vaccinations.
Health insurance prices for care are now out there, but finding them is an ordeal
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.
A national fellowship that supports disabled artists has a new class for 2022
Fellows of Disability Futures for this year honors disabled lineages in art, which is to say, traces the links between elders and emerging artists across the country.
How one author is aspiring to make sex education more relatable for today's kids
Cory Silverberg's new book, You Know, Sex, touches only briefly on reproduction. Instead, it focuses on young people, and the questions they might have about pleasure, power and identity.
News brief: Federal Reserve, Dr. Caitlin Bernard, Russia cuts gas supplies
The Fed is expected to hike interest rates Wednesday. An Indiana doctor says she's been harassed for giving an abortion to a 10-year-old who had been raped. Russia cuts gas supplies to Europe.
Encore: It took multiple trips to the ER for him to be treated for monkeypox
Monkeypox has been declared a global health emergency. But as doctors learn how to identify symptoms, a diagnosis can take days. (Story first aired on All Things Considered on July 23, 2022.)
Doctor who provided an abortion for a young rape victim speaks out
Indiana doctor Caitlin Bernard, who provided a medication abortion for a 10-year-old girl from Ohio who had been raped, says she has been harassed since coming under the national spotlight.
Fauci says the government must help fight homophobic stigmas surrounding monkeypox
Fauci said the government must combat any homophobic stigma associated with monkeypox.
Dr. Fauci on federal response to monkeypox and COVID
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Dr. Anthony Fauci about the Biden administration's response to the monkeypox outbreak and the current COVID-19 omicron variant surge.