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A student sought counseling help after panicking over a tuition bill. A weeklong stay in a psychiatric hospital followed — along with a $3,413 bill. The hospital soft-pedaled its charity care policy.

President Biden spoke out against anti-Asian American and Pacific Islander hate and harassment since before the spa shootings around Atlanta. Now, community leaders want concrete responses.

At least 711 nursing homes reported running out of N95 masks at the end of May, and 1,963 said they had less than a week's worth. "The federal government has got to step up," says one advocate.

Doctors are using conscientious objection to turn down patients. Religious anti-abortion clinics are springing up. Advocates say abortion rights are under threat again in Romania.

Why is the price of a CT scan 33 times higher in a hospital emergency room than in an outpatient imaging center just down the street?

In 1943, a Marine pilot kept a diary during his service in World War II. Lt. Charles C. Winnia chronicled his missions flying against the Japanese in the Pacific, and his love for a girl back in Nashville, Tenn. Winnia was shot down, and never came home. His diary -- nearly forgotten for over 60 years -- was recently discovered and read by his sweetheart, Violet Jane Watkins, for the first time. Read diary excerpts and hear Watkins read Winnia's last letter to her.

The goal is to reach 90 percent of children with the DTP vaccination — a child's first scheduled immunization. Some countries are barely at 50 percent.

The Trump administration's new Cuba Restricted List includes stores, marinas and government ministries, along with rum and tourism companies.

The coronavirus has forced millions into unemployment and sparked a hunger crisis. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Radha Muthiah of the Capital Area Food Bank in Washington, D.C., about the problem.

Reentry programs work like a bridge between the world of corrections and the world of social services. Here's what one of those programs is doing to help folks stay out for good.