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Inmates and loved ones say governor is wrong about prisons following CDC guidance

Five Michigan inmates died this past weekend of COVID-19, bringing the total number of inmate deaths statewide to 94. 42% of state prisoners have now been…

Experts hope a new insurance provision included in the recent stimulus package could help stem rising maternal mortality in the U.S. Each year, about 700 American women die due to pregnancy, childbirth or subsequent complications.

With Black Women At Highest Risk of Maternal Death, Some States Extending Medicaid

The U.S. is the only industrialized nation where the rate of pregnancy-related deaths is rising. Experts say one way to save lives is making sure new mothers don't lose their health insurance.

McLaren Macomb nurses vote to authorize strike: Nearly 600 could walk off job

Nearly 600 nurses at McLaren Macomb could walk off the job when their current contract ends at midnight on July 27.That’s after 90% of dues-paying union…

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed an executive order banning all elective medical procedures, including abortions, during the coronavirus outbreak. The ban extends to medication abortions.

Legal Fight Heats Up In Texas Over Ban On Abortions Amid Coronavirus

The state banned all elective medical procedures, including abortions, amid the outbreak. Abortion-rights activists say Texas is "exploiting this crisis to ... ban abortion in the U.S."

Adam (Ben Whishaw) in the labor ward of the hospital.

'This Is Going to Hurt': An honest look at how doctors suffer in a punishing system

A new TV series, based on Adam Kay's 2017 memoir of the same name, depicts the unrelenting stress of a young doctor in the U.K.

Clash over public education in Michigan

There are those who think that Governor Rick Snyder has been made to bear too much of the blame for the mess in Flint.There may be some truth in that.The…

Writer and activist Larry Kramer, here in 1989, was an unapologetically loud and irrepressible voice in the fight against AIDS.

Opinion: Larry Kramer, A Remembrance Of A Fierce AIDS Activist

NPR's Scott Simon remembers AIDS activist Larry Kramer who died this week. He was 84.

Author Jocelyn Nicole Johnson alongside the cover of her new book, <em>My Monticello.</em>

Jocelyn Nicole Johnson talks home, identity, and 'My Monticello'

In her debut book, My Monticello, author Jocelyn Nicole Johnson asks what it means to claim a home in a place like Charlottesville, Va., — where whom the city belongs to has long been in question.

Paul DeLorenzo is general manager at Danversport, an event venue featuring a 10,000-square-foot ballroom with a 900-person capacity. He thought 2020 was going to be their best year ever until the pandemic forced him to close. DeLorenzo is hopeful capacity limits will increase soon.

After A Year Of Mostly Cancellations, Bookings Are Back For Many Event Venues

Phones are once again ringing at event spaces that were largely closed during the pandemic. And venues are starting to navigate the new normal as people being to plan long-postponed celebrations.

People in the Andean city of Puno, Peru, lined up earlier this month to withdraw funds from their pensions. The World Food Programme says the number of people experiencing severe food insecurity in Latin America and the Caribbean could quadruple.

14 Million People In Latin America, Caribbean At Risk Of Hunger, U.N. Report Says

The World Food Programme estimates that the number of people experiencing severe food insecurity in this area, where the coronavirus is spreading quickly, could quadruple in 2020.

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