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An examination of billing policies and practices at more than 500 hospitals across the country shows widespread reliance on aggressive collection tactics.

The country's top public health advocate says the cycle of opioid addiction won't be stopped without more money from Congress and cooperation among federal, state and local officials.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Reverend Michael Eric Dyson about the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., and racism in politics and religion.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with historian Jill Lapore about how the testimony from Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday fits into the larger American culture.

During the past two years, home prices nationally have soared more than 30%. Rising mortgage rates make affording a home even harder. That has many people wondering if we're in another housing bubble.

After battling COVID-19, nurses with the U.K.'s National Health Service want a pay raise of 12.5%. The government proposes a 1% raise. NPR's A Martinez talks to NHS nurse Matt Tacey.

Some public health experts hope the growing availability of faster, cheaper tests could lead to a new strategy of widespread testing — one that could finally get the pandemic under control.

U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno joined fellow Ohioan, Republican Sen. J.D. Vance, in claiming Haitian migrants are eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.

For decades, Turing's status as a giant in mathematics was largely unknown, thanks to the secrecy around his computer research and the social taboos about his sexuality.

As Britain's prime minister, Tony Blair succeeded in negotiating peace in Northern Ireland in 1998. Five years later, he joined the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq — sullying his reputation ever since.