Life Kit: How to become a morning person
NPR's Life Kit has tips and tricks for how to become an early riser.
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6 tips to help you pick the right health insurance plan
The open enrollment period to buy health insurance on HealthCare.gov starts now and runs through Jan. 15, 2022. Look for more options and expanded subsidies this year — and more help signing up.
Your public school kid's lunch might be served on a pizza slice box. Here's why
Labor issues are making staples of school dining hard to find, triggering the worst supply chain headaches these institutions have faced in years. "It's like a ginormous hurricane," one official says.
The COVID-19 pandemic has now killed 5 million people around the world
The U.S. leads the world in the number of confirmed deaths from the virus — 745,800 people — followed by Brazil and India, according to Johns Hopkins University's coronavirus tracker.
Will the CDC follow the FDA and approve Pfizer's vaccine for kids ages 5-11?
The CDC this week will weigh in on Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11. If final approval is given, vaccines for this age group could be available within a few days.
The FDA is probing whether the Moderna vaccine can cause a rare side effect in teens
Moderna says the FDA is looking into reports of a rare side effect — myocarditis, or the inflammation of the heart muscle — in those who've gotten the shot.
OB-GYN struggles to navigate care under Texas abortion law
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Dr. Ghazaleh Moayedi, an OB-GYN in Texas, about the state of reproductive rights two months after the passage of Senate Bill 8, a restrictive abortion law.
Life Kit: Picking the right health insurance for you
Choosing between health insurance plans can be a headache. How do you pick the right one?
Montana private hospitals could lose funding due to state ban on vaccine mandates
Dr. Scott Ellner, CEO of Billings Clinic, speaks with Asma Khalid about a potential clash between state and federal mandates regarding hospital employees' vaccination status in Montana.
They call it 'climate injustice.' Here's how Sufia Khatun of Bangladesh is fighting it
Cyclones come more often and the sea is rising, says this activist. Livelihoods and lives are threatened. Here's what she'd like to tell the nations gathered in Glasgow for the COP26 climate summit.