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Critics Lambast Substack Over 'Pro' Program for Big-Name Writers

Even a cursory review of the trendy newsletter platform Substack reveals a vast and varied roster of topics and writers, ranging from the headline-grabbing musings of punk rock icon Patti Smith to the work of thousands of lesser-known hobbyists and self-styled experts.

Our 11 most-read global pandemic stories of 2021

From India to Israel to white-tailed deer in Iowa harboring the coronavirus, our top COVID stories of the year reveal the ever-changing nature of the world's health crisis.

Blogger Gabby Beckford On The Difficult Decisions Made Traveling During The Pandemic

Americans long to travel like they did pre-pandemic. Travel blogger Gabby Beckford has been visiting other places, and shares her experience of what it's been like.

Researchers collecting data from an automated collection machine on the UC San Diego campus that captures sewage flows to track COVID-19 infections on Aug. 11, 2021.

Sewage Sampling Key To Controlling COVID-19 At UCSD

A sewage testing program at UCSD could be key to helping identify COVID-19 outbreaks when students return to school in the fall.

Professor William Nericcio is shown in his office at SDSU in San Diego, Calif. He uses comic books to teach students about critical thinking. Sept. 7, 2021

Would You Take A Class Called 'Sex, Drugs, And Rock 'N' Roll'?

SDSU uses comics to teach students how to think critically in an age of disinformation

In this April 2020 file photo provided by the North Korean government, Kim Jong Un, center top, attends a politburo meeting of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang.

North Korea's Kim at a critical crossroads a decade into his rule

As North Korea's dictator marks a milestone on Friday, he might be facing his toughest moment yet, as crushing sanctions, the pandemic and growing economic trouble converge

Medical debt upended their lives. Here's what it took from them

First, they were struck by illness and then by medical bills they couldn't pay. Here are 15 stories of Americans living under the shadow of health care debt.

Courtney Gramm waited seven months to receive her nurse practitioner license in California. Nursing boards, meant as a safeguard, have become an obstacle, preventing qualified nurses from getting into the workforce for months when basic vetting should take only weeks.

Nurses are waiting months for licenses as hospital staffing shortages spread

Almost 1 in 10 nurses who were issued new licenses last year waited six months or more, an NPR analysis found. Nurses say patient care suffers as these delays make staffing shortages even worse.

Protesters, wearing red makeup to simulate tears of blood, making the three-finger salute during a demonstration against the military coup in Hlaing Township, Yangon, Myanmar, on Thursday in a photo taken from a screenshot from AFPTV video.

U.N. Official Warns Of 'Bloodbath' In Myanmar If Coup Isn't Reversed

The remarks by Myanmar special envoy Christine Schraner Burgener during a closed-door session of the U.N. Security Council come as new fighting rages between the army and ethnic insurgents.

Many hospitals around the country, including Medstar Washington Hospital in Washington, D.C., have started sharing their prices online in compliance with a recent federal rule.

Hospitals Have Started Posting Their Prices Online. Here's What They Reveal

Since January, hospitals were supposed to be disclosing true prices for their services, as a way to empower patients to shop around. Turns out, compliance is spotty and the data can be hard to find.

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