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Students stand for the Pledge of Allegiance as they return to in-person learning at St. Anthony Catholic High School in California on March 24. Masks and physical distancing are proving to have some major public health benefits, keeping people from getting all kinds of illnesses, not just COVID-19. But it's unclear whether the strict protocols would be worth the drawbacks in the long run.

Should Masking Last Beyond The Pandemic? Flu And Colds Are Down, Spurring A Debate

Hospitalizations are down 62% for childhood respiratory illnesses, a study shows. Masking and physical distancing are keeping a variety of viruses in check, but will these behaviors last?

Cillian Murphy plays physicist Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan's new film.

'Like it or not, we live in Oppenheimer's world,' says director Christopher Nolan

Nolan's film tells the story of Robert Oppenheimer, the man who spearheaded the development of the atomic bomb. "Of all of the subject matter I've dealt with, it's certainly the darkest," he says.

Miriam McDonald developed postpartum depression after giving birth to her third son, Nicholas. She says she felt sad, disconnected, and indifferent.

Women Say California Insurer Makes It Too Hard To Get Drug For Postpartum Depression

To get a new drug for postpartum depression, some insurers want women to try other drugs first and even electroconvulsive therapy. It could be a test for California's new mental health parity law.

Once On The Brink Of Eradication, Syphilis Is Raging Again

Syphilis cases in California have contributed to soaring national caseloads of sexually transmitted diseases. Experts point to the advent of dating apps, decreased condom use and an increase in meth.

Stephanie Rimel looks at a photo of her brother Kyle Dixon, 27, who died of COVID-19 on Jan. 20. She says that during his illness and after his death, some people made insensitive comments or denied the pandemic's reality.

When COVID Deaths Are Dismissed Or Stigmatized, Grief Is Mixed With Shame And Anger

After their brother died, two sisters faced a barrage of misinformation, pandemic denialism and blaming questions. Grief experts say that makes COVID-19 the newest kind of "disenfranchising death."

Lauren Overman poses for a portrait at a park close to her home near Greensboro, N.C., on Nov. 21, 2022. Overman will sometimes work virtually from this picnic table as an abortion doula, which she has been doing for over four years. She offers her services virtually and in-person, to people across the U.S., including in states that have banned or severely restricted abortion access.

In North Carolina, more people are training to support patients through an abortion

In the months since Roe v. Wade was overturned, training groups in North Carolina say they've seen an uptick in interest from people wanting to work as abortion doulas.

Delta Health Center, in rural northwest Mississippi, was founded in the 1960s and is one of the country's first community health centers. Delta's leaders say community health centers all over the U.S. are trusted institutions which can help distribute COVID-19 vaccines.

With Roots In Civil Rights, Community Health Centers Push For Equity In The Pandemic

A federally-funded clinic in rural Mississippi embodies the history of community health centers in the U.S., and shows how these safety-net clinics can help minority patients during the pandemic.

Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) introduced the "Cover Now Act" outside the U.S. Capitol on June 17, 2021. The bill intends to close the health insurance gap in Texas and 11 other states that have not expanded Medicaid to uninsured adults. A similar fix is part of the spending bill being debated in Congress this week, and would provide affordable coverage for more than 2.2 million Americans.

A Death In Dallas: What's At Stake As Congress Weighs A Medicaid Fix For The Uninsured

More than 2 million Americans are uninsured because they live in the 12 states that didn't expand Medicaid. 60% are people of color. Will Congress help by including them in the new spending bill?

Surgical instruments used in a kidney transplant in 2016. The agency that oversees organ allocation, the United Network for Organ Sharing, is under scrutiny after a report documented loss and waste of donated organs, often because of problems transporting the organs.

Transplant agency is criticized for donor organs arriving late, damaged or diseased

A probe found troubling lapses in the country's organ transplant system. Blood types mismatched, diseased organs accidentally transplanted and donor organs lost or damaged in transit.

E-40, Lil B, Too $hort and Kamaiyah. Collage by Jackie Lay / NPR.

How the Bay Area became a rap incubator with a chip on its shoulder

Though the Bay's vibrant rap community lit the fuse on many of the stars, styles and innovations that have blown up across the map, the region might still be best known for being underestimated.

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