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News Articles: Health

The anti-fraud moves affect people in the states that use Healthcare.gov to buy Affordable Care Act health insurance. Not all of the 760,000 people disenrolled are "phantoms," as the government has claimed.

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  • Your Health

After booting 760K off ACA health plans, the Trump administration adds some people back

The Trump administration provided few details about its process for canceling hundreds of thousands of Affordable Care Act enrollments — even as the next stage of the anti-fraud effort is underway.

October 15, 2026
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  • Julie Appleby

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  • Your Health

Essential items to stock in your medicine cabinet for cold and flu season

Cold and flu season is here. Before someone in your household gets hit, make sure you have these essential meds and comfort items in your medicine cabinet.

October 15, 2026
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By:
  • Andee Tagle

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  • Asia

These workers help train robots who could one day steal their jobs

Factory workers in India are being asked to wear GoPro cameras to record the way they do their jobs. The ultimate goal is to train robots to take over. Will it work?

October 14, 2026
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By:
  • Diaa Hadid and
  • Omkar Khandekar

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  • Investigations

VIDEO: The skincare sample is free. What happens next can cost thousands

For years, customers have complained of aggressive sales tactics and charges at mall skincare stores. NPR investigated the business that connects many of them.

October 14, 2026
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By:
  • Monika Evstatieva,
  • Caley Fox Shannon,
  • and 2 more
A roller coaster is shown at Six Flags over Georgia on Oct. 12, 2026, in Austell, Ga. Photo by Emilie Megnien/ AP

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  • News

Georgia Today: Data centers consumption; Candidate debates; Six Flags death

On the October 13 edition: A man dies after being thrown from a roller coaster at Six Flags over the weekend; Democratic candidate for governor Keisha Lance Bottoms says she wants to fully expand Medicaid; And data centers need water to keep cool, but their thirst doesn’t stop there.

October 13, 2026
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By:
  • Peter Biello and
  • Miranda Hawkins
Yiyun Li won the Pulitzer Prize for her 2025 memoir, <em>Things in Nature Merely Grow.</em>

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  • Author Interviews

Writer Yiyun Li lost both of her sons. When words fell short, she turned to music

Li won a Pulitzer for her memoir about the suicides of her two sons. In her new novel, Music Against the Night, she writes about two young prodigies in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

October 13, 2026
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By:
  • Terry Gross

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  • Health

Here's what to know if you're unsure about your measles immunity status

Vaccination is the best way to protect yourself against measles. For most adults, one shot of the MMR is considered enough protection. But there are certain situations that call for a second dose.

October 12, 2026
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By:
  • Maria Godoy
Jyoti Kumari holds a photo of her dad, Mohan Paswan. She became a global celebrity after news spread of her 700-mile bicycle ride, carrying her injured father on her bicycle, to get him to their village. Promises were made to reward her heroic feat. Were they kept?

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  • Family

She was a global star: Teen bikes 700 miles carrying injured dad. Where is she now?

Her epic ride — carrying her injured dad on her $20 hot pink bicycle — made headlines. Promises were made — financial help, training for a cycling career, even a movie deal. Were any of them kept?

October 11, 2026
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By:
  • Kamala Thiagarajan
The gates to Markoff's Haunted Forest in Dickerson, Maryland, is reminiscent of folk horror classics like "The Wicker Man."

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  • News

Don't be scared: Being afraid is outright fun, and maybe useful

Listeners of NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday may already know that host Ayesha Rascoe loves horror. But why do scream queens (and kings) like her like what's frightening? The answer may surprise you.

October 11, 2026
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By:
  • Ryan Benk and
  • Ayesha Rascoe
Sauna scientists Dr. Hans Hägglund (from left), Earric Lee and Ashley Mason take a steam  in the Japanese sauna at The Well in Oslo, Norway. They are part of a group of international researchers studying the potential health benefits of sauna and other heat therapies.

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  • Health

Sweating the details: Sauna's potential health benefits draw scientists' interest

A group of international researchers is pushing to rigorously study the potential health benefits of sauna and other heat therapies. They hope to bring scientific legitimacy to the age-old practices.

October 11, 2026
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By:
  • Will Stone
Shelley and Todd Engel.

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  • Health

Ongoing lawsuits allege GLP-1s can cause serious harm. But we don't know how often

Scant data about serious adverse effects makes it harder to answer scientific and legal questions about how often the drugs might cause serious harm like blindness or pancreatitis.

October 10, 2026
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By:
  • Yuki Noguchi
Amit Biligiri (left), with his great-grandfather, B. Raje Urs, on a trip to India.

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  • Education

Why we remember: One student's journey into memory

Why one teen can't let go of the time he ate fries with his great-grandpa.

October 09, 2026
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By:
  • Cory Turner
OpenAI launched ChatGPT for Teens in August, but a watchdog group that studied it recommends that people under 18 not use the artificial intelligence platform.

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  • Mental Health

ChatGPT for Teens has special safeguards. A watchdog group finds most don't work

A study from Common Sense Media says most safeguards in ChatGPT for Teens failed. The chatbot talks to teens like a friend and doesn't alert parents when users talk about self-harm and suicide.

October 09, 2026
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By:
  • Rhitu Chatterjee
A woman wearing a face mask walks past the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East, founded in the 1930s to monitor strains of dangerous pathogens.

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  • Global Health

Did Russia play by the rules in reporting lab worker's death?

A global treaty signed by 197 countries — including Russia — requires reporting any death that could be a sign of an outbreak to come.

October 09, 2026
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By:
  • Gabrielle Emanuel
Cora Walsh with her parents, Chris Walsh and Emily Johnson.

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  • Education

A student hated reading for years. Her podcast explores finding the right diagnosis

Middle schooler Cora Walsh of Long Island, N.Y., has won the 2026 NPR Student Podcast Challenge with a story about her journey with dyslexia.

October 09, 2026
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By:
  • Sequoia Carrillo and
  • Janet W. Lee
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