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Health & Safety

Health & Safety

  • Jarod Lew for NPR
    A self-employed couple already had to dip into retirement savings for health costs. Now, they are skipping vacations and canceling streaming to afford health insurance.
  • Narinder Nanu/AFP
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    About a third of all fertilizer shipped globally passes through the Strait of Hormuz. Now shipping is all-but stopped through the Strait and this could have repercussions for the global food supply.