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"If we want to get back to a more normal existence, we need to give states the tools they need to contain the virus," Andy Slavitt, a former director of Medicare and Medicaid in the Obama administration, told NPR.

Ex-Officials Call For $46 Billion For Tracing, Isolating In Next Coronavirus Package

Leading former federal health officials Andy Slavitt and Scott Gottlieb are leading a call for $46 billion for specific measures in a next coronavirus aid package to safely reopen the economy.

Training on how to spot human trafficking is given not only to doctors and nurses but also to registration and reception staff, social workers and security guards.

Hospitals Gear Up For New Diagnosis: Human Trafficking

Many people forced into labor or the sex trade seek medical help at some point, and health care workers are being trained to identify them and to offer assistance.

A Salvadoran man reads a newspaper at a market in San Salvador on January 8. The newspaper headline reads: "The United States will decide today the future of TPS."

What You May Not Realize About The End Of TPS Status For Salvadorans

It's not just immigrants from El Salvador who stand to lose. Here's why their families back home could be devastated.

President Donald Trump signed the USMCA trade deal on Friday, alongside Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexico's President Enrique Peña Nieto in Buenos Aires.

USMCA: Trump Signs New Trade Agreement With Mexico And Canada To Replace NAFTA

"This has been a battle, and battles sometimes make great friendships," President Trump said as he signed the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement alongside America's closest neighbors.

Tavi Gevinson, who started the online magazine <em>Rookie</em> when she was 15, announced Friday that the site will shut down. Gevinson, who at 22 is now a writer and actress, is seen here in New York City in 2016.

'Rookie,' Tavi Gevinson's Online Magazine And Cultural Touchstone, Is No More

The publication was beloved by its teenage readers. Gevinson, who founded the site when she was 15, said Rookie was "no longer financially sustainable."

Offering therapy to children in need at school makes sense, says Sarah Nadeau, who adopted two girls from a family that struggled with addiction, because sometimes school is the only stable place they have.

School-Based Counselors Help Kids Cope With Fallout From Drug Addiction

More than 50 Massachusetts schools are participating in a new program that brings counselors in to help children deal with the stress and trauma of living in families struggling with drug addiction.

Planned Parenthood opened its new headquarters in Washington, D.C., in September. The Supreme Court declined to take up a key case, a big win for the organization.

Supreme Court Ducks Effort To Defund Planned Parenthood

Two states had tried to block the use of Medicaid money for non-abortion, pregnancy-related health care services at Planned Parenthood. The action is a big win for Planned Parenthood.

Omicron is subsiding in South Africa

NPR's Eyder Peralta speaks with Dr. Glenda Gray, president of the South African Medical Research Council, about how omicron cases are going down in South Africa, and the lessons for the U.S.

Vance, unlike many GOP war veterans, is a leading voice against military intervention

Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance served in the Marine Corps. But unlike many Republican war veterans, he is a leading voice against U.S. military intervention abroad.

Vance, unlike many GOP war veterans, is a leading voice against military intervention

Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance served in the Marine Corps. But unlike many Republican war veterans, he is a leading voice against U.S. military intervention abroad.

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