Health & Safety
How Amazon, JPMorgan Chase, Berkshire Hathaway Could Reshape Health Care Industry
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Steven Halper, managing director at Cantor Fitzgerald about Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase's announcement that they are creating a new health care company.
Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway Pursue The Health Care 'Unicorn'
Details are scarce, but the companies said they want to help their employees get high-quality health care at a reasonable cost. Will this consortium have better luck than those that have preceded it?
Health Stocks Drop After Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway And JPMorgan Chase Announcement
Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway are launching an effort to make health care simpler and cheaper for their own workers. The announcement sent health company stock prices lower.
Somaliland Debates A Tough New Penal Code For 'Rape And Sexual Offences'
Current laws recognize some offenses but they're narrowly defined. "We want to properly address the issue once and for all," says Mohamed Ahmed of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway And JPMorgan Chase Launch New Health Care Company
The new company will be "free from profit-making incentives and constraints" as it tries to find ways to cut costs and improve health care plan satisfaction for employees.
Why Males Are Biology's Riskier Sex
New data have confirmed major differences in mutation rates between the sexes — showing that children inherit more mutations from their dads than from their moms, says guest commentator Robert Martin.
Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway And JPMorgan Tackle Health Care Costs
Some of the biggest names in business are aligning to launch a new health care venture for their U.S. employees. Scott Hensley, editor of NPR's Shots health blog, has an overview.
ER Use Goes Down As Hospital Program Pays Homeless People's Rent
For the last two years, the University of Illinois has been trying an unconventional treatment for homeless "super-user" patients at emergency rooms: it finds them a place to live.
After A Polyp Is Found, Patients May Have To Chip In For Colonoscopies
While the federal health law made insurers cover the full cost of screening colonoscopies, consumers with a history of polyps who need more frequent tests may have to pick up some costs.