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A cluster of suicides in Las Vegas, plus a troubling rise in youth suicide attempts observed in ERs nationwide, is raising fears that the pandemic is fueling a children's mental health crisis.

As head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Verma says she's working to ease safety rules and lighten licensing requirements, to expand the number of hospital beds and health workers.

In the ashes of the Marshall Fire, recovered objects hold memories and reveal the costs of the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history. Survivors have found new meaning in old treasures.

"The Last Confessions of Sylvia P" uses three interconnected stories to explore the life and literary legacy of poet Sylvia Plath.

Optometrists are lobbying for more leeway to treat patients — and physicians' groups are pushing back. But it's more than a turf war, both sides say, as they explain why patients' vision is at stake.

With a Democratic Senate and a GOP House, some census advocates are looking past the new Congress for other ways to help protect the 2030 census and other head counts from political interference.

Republicans backed Donald Trump in 2016, changing the party's identity. Former GOP strategist Tim Miller explores this shift in his book Why We Did It: A Travelogue On The Republican Road To Hell.

A decade after a landmark report on Americans' shorter lives, the problem has only gotten worse. Unlike other wealthy nations, U.S. life expectancy has not bounced back from the pandemic.

KQED's Mindshift podcast visits a language arts classroom where an extroverted teacher has developed creative ways of inviting introverted students to share their thinking.

The hosts of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour discuss what makes a good TV finale and name some of their favorites.