Americans with mental health conditions often can't get treatment, a new report finds. SDI Productions/Getty Images hide caption
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Tomeka Kimbrough-Hilson was diagnosed with uterine fibroids in 2006 and underwent surgery to remove a non-cancerous mass. When she started experiencing symptoms again in 2020, she was unable to get an appointment with a gynecologist. Her experience was not uncommon, according to a new poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Nicole Buchanan for NPR hide caption
A 'staggering' number of people couldn't get care during the pandemic, poll finds
Kyle Planck, who has recovered from a painful case of monkeypox, has joined advocacy groups and pleaded with elected officials to make the antiviral pills TPOXX more available. Yuki Iwamura/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Getting monkeypox treatment is easier, but still daunting and confusing
There are parallels between COVID and HIV. Despite effective treatment and prevention tools, preventable deaths continue because of difficulties reaching out to and educating people about the tools. And even as the country seems determined to move on from the pandemic, as of April 2022, someone dies of COVID-19 every four minutes in the U.S. Ron Frehm/AP hide caption
Despite effective treatments, HIV drags on. Experts warn COVID may face the same fate
With the U.S. Capitol in the background, thousands of demonstrators take to the streets in downtown Washington, D.C., during the Women's March on Saturday. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption
Many of the changes in health care that happened during the pandemic are likely here to stay, such as conferring with doctors online more frequently about medication and other treatments. d3sign/Getty Images hide caption
"One of the greatest gifts is to feel alive while you are alive," Katherine Standefer says. She writes about her experiences living with an implantable cardiac defibrillator in Lightning Flowers. Luke Parsons/Hachette Book Group hide caption
Author Details 'Living With Death' In Her 20s And Scrambling For Life-Saving Care
A new survey of Americans across all income brackets captures some surprising views about the experience and expectations of economic success in the U.S. today. Alyson Hurt/NPR hide caption
Marlon Munoz still becomes emotional when he remembers having to tell his wife, Aibi Perez, that she had breast cancer, because no other interpreter was available to share the news. Ryan Collerd for Undark hide caption