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Thousands of migrants are expected to cross the U.S.-Mexico border to seek asylum, creating tension and uncertainty for towns and migrant centers.

The more oral sex someone has had, the greater their risk of getting oral cancers that grow in the middle part of the throat. Transmission of the human papillomavirus is the reason, a leading researcher says.

When the severity of patient sickness and special local expenses are taken into account, some areas marked by big Medicare outlays flip from profligate to average or even frugal, according to the calculations from the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Potential Republican presidential contender Gov. Haley Barbour made it clear at a House hearing that he wants control over how to spend Mississippi's Medicaid money. He challenged the administration to switch funding to block grants.

Some states allow pharmacists to take charge of medication-related care for patients as long as any changes made by pharmacists are communicated to the patients' doctors.

Patients often welcome palliative care once it is explained that it can be more than hospice care. Many doctors, on the other hand, are still slow to embrace the approach.

Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin unveiled a bill this week that would abolish most forms of private health insurance and move state residents into a publicly funded insurance pool.

Few options are available for the 42,000 Pennsylvanians losing coverage by the end of the month. Their state-subsidized health plan is out of money, and new Republican Gov. Tom Corbett is terminating the program.

Half a dozen states are considering changes in laws that would allow psychologists to prescribe medicines to treat mental illness. Shortages of psychiatrists in some areas and psychologists' success in New Mexico have given the approach traction, despite the objections of medical doctors.

To boost the odds you'll stick with your medicines, try taking your pills when you do something else on a regular schedule, such as brushing your teeth. Signing up for automatic refills may also help.

Taking a crack at Medicare is considered dangerous at best. Other health spending cuts could disrupt the implementation of the president's health law.

The federal health overhaul law imposed a variety of restrictions on flexible spending accounts as a way to boost government revenue. Now a backlash is brewing in Congress and bills to roll back some of the changes are getting traction.

Only about a quarter of adults have advance directives in place. On the relatively infrequent occasions when people do sign advance directives, they're usually thinking about what they would want in a crisis rather than for a chronic illness.

One of the most symbolic restorations at Notre Dame cathedral is the rebuilding of its spire. An exact replica of the 19th century masterpiece will begin rising in the Paris sky this summer.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with columnist Jamelle Bouie about Supreme Court justices arguing they are not subject to the same accountability as the other two branches of government.

The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, is stepping down.

On the 60th anniversary of the Birmingham children's march, students there reenacted the important event which alerted the nation to the police brutality used against those fighting for civil rights.

Johansen, who went on to perform under the persona of the lounge singer Buster Poindexter, is the subject of a new Showtime documentary co-directed by Martin Scorsese. Originally broadcast in 2004.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with author and activist Tiffany Hammond about her new children's book A Day With No Words. It details a day in the life of non-speaking autistic kids and their families.

Saturday is King Charles III's coronation. The ceremony in London will be full of pomp and pageantry. But there will also be some big changes to this more than 1,000-year-old ritual.

The TennCare cuts, which followed the resolution of a long-running court battle, affected mostly elderly or disabled residents, including approximately 37,000 who had relied on the state program for all their health care needs.

A much-publicized provision of the new health law would give parents the option of keeping children on their insurance plans until age 26, but coverage won't kick in for months.

In a test of the Obama administration's ability to smoothly implement the sweeping health care overhaul law, officials at the Department of Health and Human Services have just 90 days to launch an insurance program for people who can't get private coverage because of health problems.

Without big budgets, developing nations have to be creative and flexible when it comes to health care. As a result, some interesting new technologies and techniques have emerged that Westernized countries have adopted.

Congress has extended the COBRA subsidy periods again and again, helping many laid-off workers keep health insurance. Still, sorting through the paperwork to get the government assistance is no easy task. And, the government subsidies expire in March unless the jobs bill passes.