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This story was provided to Sound Medicine by Stateline, an initiative of the Pew Charitable Trusts.The number of people with insurance coverage for…

An appeals ruling Tuesday removed a stay against a 2011 state law that prohibits doctors from asking patients about gun ownership or use when it's not…

Devna Bose is a public health reporter for The Associated Press, based in Jackson, Mississippi. She covers hospitals, rural health access and disparities and public health funding. Before coming to the AP, Bose covered education, race and health policy in New Jersey, the Carolinas and Mississippi.

The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline counselors help people who may be on the cusp of taking their own life. But some counselors say that they’re also facing verbal and sexual abuse from a small fraction of callers.

Last July, the cumbersome 10-digit National Suicide Prevention Lifeline became 988. At the one-year mark, there’s some success to report: Texts to the lifeline increased dramatically and average wait times across the line plummeted from 2 minutes 39 seconds to 41 seconds.

Tuberculosis remains in the headlines this week. Cases worldwide are on the rise and the World Health Organization says it could lead to pandemic levels…

Joe Neel is NPR's deputy senior supervising editor and a correspondent on the Science Desk.

Dr. Blessing Ogbemudia graduated from Indiana University’s medical school in May. As he was celebrating with a few friends, he received an anonymous…

Standing in her home, Shalonda Cooper points to an old picture of her mom, Windora.“See how she looks here?” Shalonda asks. “She looks healthy! Look at…

The child-mortality gap has narrowed between the poorest and wealthiest households in a majority of more than 50 developing countries, a new study from…