3+ week, 23+ hour ago (143+ words) NPR's Quil Lawrence interviewing Dave Carlson. Caroline Yang for NPR hide caption Part 2: In part two of Carlson's War, we find Dave Carlson locked up in prison while tormented by PTSD from his time serving in Iraq. Alone and in pain, Carlson reverts back to a combat mindset and finds himself in a dark place. From here, Carlson sets out on a mission to turn his life around. What can we learn from one veteran's journey to recovery? If you haven't heard Part 1, listen here. This episode was produced by Andrew Mambo and edited by Jenny Schmidt and Andrew Sussman. It was fact-checked by Sarah Knight and the engineer was Kwesi Lee. Music by Quil and Tim Lawrence. We'd love to hear from you. Send us an email at [email protected]. Listen to Up First on Apple Podcasts and Spotify....

1+ week, 2+ day ago (190+ words) The CDC quietly rewrites its vaccine guidance online to suggest shots might cause autism, raising new questions about political influence over public health.President Trump unveils a 28-point Ukraine peace plan that leans on territorial concessions Kyiv has repeatedly rejected. And New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani heads to the White House for a meeting with a president who has labeled him a radical threat.Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun?Subscribeto the Up First newsletter.Today's episode of Up First was edited by Jane Greenhalgh, Rebekah Metzler, Megan Pratz, Mohamad ElBardicy, and Alice Woelfle.It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Christopher Thomas.We get engineering support from Stacey Abbott. And our technical director is Carleigh Strange.Our Executive Producer is Jay Shaylor Today's episode of Up…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago (412+ words) The subsidies roughly 22 million Americans rely on to help pay for their health insurance are set to expire at the end of next month unless Congress votes to extend them. We discuss the debate on the Hill, and what would happen to the Affordable Care Act without the subsidies.This episode: voting correspondent Miles Parks, congressional reporter Sam Gringlas, and health policy correspondent Selena Simmons-Duffin.This podcast was produced by Casey Morell and Bria Suggs, and edited by Rachel Baye.Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.Listen to every episode of the NPR Politics Podcast sponsor-free, unlock access to bonus episodes with more from the NPR Politics team, and support public media when you sign up for The NPR Politics Podcast+ at'plus.npr.org/politics. 22 million could lose healthcare subsidies next month, unless Congress acts 22 Million Could Lose Healthcare Subsidies…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago (412+ words) Pill versions of the obesity drugs now taken only as injections are on the way. We look at the science behind the pills and if they might be more affordable and accessible than the shots. SYDNEY LUPKIN, BYLINE: Thanks for having me. RASCOE: Why hasn't there been a pill version of these drugs until now? I mean, it seems like something a lot of people would want. TRACY ZVENYACH: The patient community in the obesity space has been living without - gone without treatment for so long. So new innovations, new treatments to treat this chronic disease - all are welcome. All are exciting. LUPKIN: She says a lot of patients are hopeful about the new pills, particularly if they've had a hard time accessing the injections for one reason or another. RASCOE: OK. So how would this new pill work? Is…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago (216+ words) Health care is at the heart of the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history. That shutdown is on the brink of ending, but the health care issue that started it is still not resolved. Since 2021, people who buy their health care on the Affordable Care Act marketplaces have had extra help -- in the form of tax credits -- to buy their plans. Negotiations to reopen the federal government also promise a Senate vote on the health care subsidies by the second week of December. But that informal deal is not part of the official legislative text to reopen the government. Meanwhile, open enrollment has started, allowing consumers to shop for next year's plans. Because Congress hasn't yet agreed to renew the subsidies, many of the 24 million people who have these plans will see large jumps in the monthly price they may…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago (77+ words) NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Michael Cannon, director of health policy studies at the Cato Institute, about why he believes the ACA has failed and how affordable healthcare could be achieved. Cato Institute's Michael Cannon on what needs to be fixed in the Affordable Care Act NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Michael Cannon, director of health policy studies at the Cato Institute, about why he believes the ACA has failed and how affordable healthcare could be achieved....

6+ day, 21+ hour ago (558+ words) Tatiana Schlossberg, the granddaughter of former president John F. Kennedy, says she has been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. Schlossberg is a journalist and author who writes about the environment. She made her diagnosis public in an essay, called "A Battle with My Blood," that was published on the website of The New Yorker on Saturday, the 62nd anniversary of her grandfather's assassination. In the article, Schlossberg reveals that despite fighting the disease for over a year, her treatments did not result in a lasting remission and says the disease will kill her. Schlossberg is the daughter of Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg. She is 35 years old and is married and has two children. Here's what to know about the cancer, called acute myeloid leukemia, and what else Schlossberg says in the essay. Acute myeloid leukemia is a blood cancer....

3+ week, 6+ day ago (614+ words) In the past 25 years, the U.S. has seen more than 800,000 deaths from gun violence, and another 2 million or more injuries. A new report offers a roadmap to reduce the human toll of this crisis by 2040. Sixty leading experts from a range of fields, including medicine, public health, criminology, law and the technology sector, convened earlier this year to create an action plan to address the problem. The report was published in JAMA on Monday. "For too long, I think we've treated this as inevitable," says Dr. Joseph Sakran, a co-author of the study, trauma surgeon and executive vice chair of surgery at Johns Hopkins Medicine. Gun violence is now the leading cause of death in children and teens, although the vast majority of firearm deaths are among adults. And nearly 60% of all deaths from firearm injuries are suicides. "We do have…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago (191+ words) Health insurance premiums are set to skyrocket after tax credits that make Obamacare more affordable expire at the end of the year. Republicans say they have plans to make health care more affordable. What are those plans? And would they would work? We ask KFF health policy expert Larry Levitt.Then, a Trump administration deadline came and went Tuesday without a sustainable water-sharing agreement on the Colorado River. Colorado State University's Bradley Udall tells us more.And, with fall well underway, resident chef Kathy Gunst has recipes for vegetable, fish and pork stews to share. What's in GOP's health care plans? President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after Vice President JD Vance swore in U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gor in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025, in Washington. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption Health insurance premiums are…...

1+ hour, 12+ min ago (81+ words) Dr. Sandro Galea, a distinguished professor in public health and dean of the Washington University School of Public Health, warns that the administration's turn toward alternative medicine risks sidelining science in federal health policy. Closed-door MAHA summit offers a glimpse into the administration's evolving health priorities Dr. Sandro Galea, a distinguished professor in public health and dean of the Washington University School of Public Health, warns that the administration's turn toward alternative medicine risks sidelining science in federal health policy....