No Drips, No Drops: A City Of 10 Million Is Running Out Of Water
In Chennai, India's sixth-largest city, the reservoirs are literally drying up. How are its citizens — and the government — responding?
Health & Safety
San Francisco Bans Sales Of E-Cigarettes
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
A Greensboro mental-health treatment provider is denying allegations of medical fraud that emerged in recent media reports.
Wake Forest Baptist Health Unveils New Birth Center, Neonatal ICU
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.
Foresight 2020: Health Care
We expand our coverage of the upcoming presidential election by diving deep on health care.
How Can We Prevent Suicide?
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
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
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.
Trump's Plan To Lower Your Hospital Costs: Here's What You Need To Know
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.
Trump Administration Pushes To Make Health Care Pricing More Transparent
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.