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Republicans want to add work requirements for Americans to get Medicaid. Is that a necessary step to fight "waste, fraud, and ...

The Supreme Court allowed South Carolina to remove Planned Parenthood clinics from its state Medicaid program, even though ...

On today's show we look at two significant bills signed into law this week by Gov. Dan McKee. First, a ban on the sale and ...

The advisory committee makes recommendations to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the nation's vaccine ...

George Kent, founder and longtime music director of the Chorus of Westerly, died June 17 at age 88. Kent also served as ...

They toil in mines, tend crops, scrub floors. An author of a new report on child labor points to great progress in reducing ...

Every year, millions of Americans rely on FEMA assistance after hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes and other disasters. The ...

After long days focused on the facts, our newsroom reads a lot of fiction at home. We asked our NPR colleagues what they've ...