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Why a doctor had to figure out a way to prescribe electricity

Patients who use electricity for a medical device or a health condition, sometimes struggle to pay higher utility bills. In Boston, solar panels and a prescription for electricity is helping.
Martha Bebinger
Health

Election anxiety is real. A doctor explains how to manage it

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dr. Lucy McBride, doctor of internal medicine and podcast host, about managing election anxiety.
Jason Fuller

Mary Louise Kelly

Patrick Jarenwattananon
Health

Caregiving can be a tough, lonely mission. One daughter found ways to reconnect

Some 106 million people provide unpaid care for an adult in the U.S. Many feel invisible and profoundly lonely. But some are creating new ways to support each other.
Kat McGowan
National

Pregnant women and babies face 'terrifying' threat from xylazine addiction

In parts of the U.S., more than half of pregnant women facing severe addiction are also exposed toxic to the toxic animal tranquilizer xylazine, a threat to them, their fetuses and newborns.
Brian Mann
Health

This is what it’s really like to have OCD, according to 4 people living with it

OCD is often misunderstood. Here’s what it’s like, from people who live with it.
Claire Murashima
Health

988 crisis hotline counselors are sometimes targeted by sexually abusive callers

The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is now operational nationwide. Some of the phone counselors say they need help dealing with abusive callers who keep them on the line and sexually harass them.
Melissa Ellin
Arts & Life

Young women are challenging the stigma of sex and love addiction support groups

On social media, young women are increasingly open about attending 12-step sex and love addiction programs. Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous reports 1,200 meetings in more than 50 countries.
Neda Ulaby
Health

Walking pneumonia cases are spiking, especially in kids. Here's what to know

Respiratory infections caused by the bacteria mycoplasma pneumoniae are on the rise across the US. People of all ages are being affected -- including an unusual surge in young children. The good news: It's usually mild. The bad news: It can take weeks for an infection to burn through a classroom or family.
Maria Godoy
Health

This DIY Halloween costume turns you into the world's scariest animal

Here's a costume that won't take a lot of fuss — and will earn you the title "world's scariest animal" this Halloween.
Susan Brink
National

'Dreamers' can get Obamacare this year, unless a court case stops them

A Biden administration rule allows people in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to enroll in ACA health plans and qualify for subsidies. Nineteen states are seeking to block the rule.
Julie Appleby

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