health care

Letter from US government in focus, being held up by a man who is out of focus behind it

The government says Border Patrol agents in the Southwest speak Spanish — but many migrants speak Indigenous languages

The demand for interpreters is on the rise, especially since children have been separated from their parents at the southern border.

The government says Border Patrol agents in the Southwest speak Spanish — but many migrants speak Indigenous languages
Young boy entering building from sidewalk

‘They didn’t explore the world,’ says physician who cared for toddlers separated from their parents at the border

‘They didn’t explore the world,’ says physician who cared for toddlers separated from their parents at the border
Woman in crowd looking at camera

Liberia was founded by people enslaved in the US. Advocates say the US should not end an immigration program that helps them.

Liberia was founded by people enslaved in the US. Advocates say the US should not end an immigration program that helps them.
Woman putting bills in public bus machine, with windshield behind her

She escaped violence in El Salvador, but there’s little time or resources to heal while seeking asylum in the US

She escaped violence in El Salvador, but there’s little time or resources to heal while seeking asylum in the US
Kenyan women wait to receive family planning and reproductive health services at the Family Health Options Kenya

Kenyan health providers call Trump's global gag rule 'a death sentence' for women

Kenyan health providers call Trump's global gag rule 'a death sentence' for women
Tablets of Hydrocodone at a pharmacy in Portsmouth, Ohio

Smiley: Why is it we can only respond to a drug crisis when it is affecting the white and the wealthy?

In America, some people count, some people are counted out.

Smiley: Why is it we can only respond to a drug crisis when it is affecting the white and the wealthy?
Commuters walk to the train station during evening rush hour in the financial district of Singapore March 9, 2015.

Here's how Singapore provides high-quality health care at low costs

As a plan to overhaul America's health care system makes its way through Congress, we take a look at how one country has managed to maintain high-quality care while controlling costs.

Here's how Singapore provides high-quality health care at low costs
black and white photo of man and woman in wheelchair in front of house

An arcane law is preventing immigrants impacted by America’s nuclear testing from accessing health care

Some states are trying to fill in the health care holes for Micronesians, who are allowed to live and work in the US but are barred from safety net programs like Medicaid. In Oklahoma, though, efforts to help have so far been unsuccessful.

An arcane law is preventing immigrants impacted by America’s nuclear testing from accessing health care
A woman holds a glow in the dark mustache

President Trump, how will you make health care affordable to gig and contract workers if you roll back the ACA?

A growing number of people now work in the gig economy. Ride-hailing apps are sometimes primary sources of income for folks or a way for people to make extra money. For many freelancers, the Affordable Care Act is the way to get health insurance. But what happens to these workers if it gets repealed?

President Trump, how will you make health care affordable to gig and contract workers if you roll back the ACA?
Anu Partanen

This journalist never worried about health care — until she moved to the US

Few things reveal the differences between the US and Finland as clearly as health care.

This journalist never worried about health care — until she moved to the US
Three men standing at a podium

President Trump, how will you cover needy families under your plan to replace Obamacare?

The new Republican new health care plan to replace Obamacare has drawn criticism from both sides of the aisle — for different reasons.

President Trump, how will you cover needy families under your plan to replace Obamacare?
Man in suit standing next to school sign

Halfway through med school, undocumented students worry Trump will derail their progress

The medical school at Loyola University is trying to keep its students in the program. Their skills, languages and cultural diversity are needed in health care, they say.

Halfway through med school, undocumented students worry Trump will derail their progress
tulane cooking

Could cooking change the way we approach medicine?

At Tulane University's Goldring Center for Culinary Medicine, students are learning to pair nutrition with allopathic care — and other schools are catching on.

Could cooking change the way we approach medicine?
Vanessa Kerry

Like her father, Vanessa Kerry is reporting for duty. Her mission: Preventing the next outbreak.

Kerry helps run a program that is trying to address the lack of skilled doctors and nurses in several African countries.

Like her father, Vanessa Kerry is reporting for duty. Her mission: Preventing the next outbreak.
Japanese Yasutaro Koide, 112, receives the Guinness World Records certificate as he is formally recognized as the world's oldest man. He lives in a nursing home in Nagoya, in central Japan.

Japan is home to the world's oldest population — and the world's oldest man

There are 50,000 people over 100 years of age in Japan. Until recently, they got a special present for reaching that milestone.

Japan is home to the world's oldest population — and the world's oldest man