Balraam Singh, 35, eats breakfast with his wife, Nusaa Davii, and their 7-year-old son, Munna, on the pavement outside Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi, India. The child is receiving treatment for a heart condition, and the family has been sleeping on the pavement outside the hospital for the past 20 days. Sajad Hameed for NPR
For the first time since 2014, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has updated its guidelines for the treatment of symptoms commonly associated with menopause. BSIP/Universal Images Group/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption i BSIP/Universal Images Group/Getty Images For the first time since 2014, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has updated its
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. Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption i Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images Late last month, the Trump administration announced that
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KARUR, India — Three men stride across a cavernous textile factory floor of Texworth in the southern Indian city of Karur, handing GoPros and smart glasses to workers, including 40-year-old Shoba Kirubakaran. She’s packing yellow aprons decorated with chickens into plastic wrapping for the brand Designs By Danica. It’s the third time Kirubakaran says she’s
The products promise younger-looking skin. The salespeople promise special deals. But customers at skincare stores across the country say they’ve walked away with something else entirely: thousands of dollars in unexpected charges and purchases they can’t return. Over the past year, NPR investigated complaints from shopping malls in Michigan to hotel spas in Hawaii, where
