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Inside Ottawa's ambitious experiment to reduce drug overdoses

Doctors, pharmacists and frontline health workers have created a safety net for active drug users in Ottawa Canada that aims to slow the rate of fatal overdoses by helping people get high more safely.

Tomeka Kimbrough-Hilson was diagnosed with uterine fibroids in 2006 and underwent surgery to remove a non-cancerous mass. When she started experiencing symptoms again in 2020, she was unable to get an appointment with a gynecologist. Her experience was not uncommon, according to a new poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

A 'staggering' number of people couldn't get care during the pandemic, poll finds

Insured or not, one in five said they couldn't get treated for serious illness, while preventive and elective procedures were neglected. Disruptions in care hit Black and Native Americans the hardest.

Game was her middle name: The world was never ready for Betty Davis

Raucous, outspoken and empowered, Davis, who died last week at 77, always knew what she wanted her music to be — raw — and she took control of her career in an era when few Black women could.

Specialist Meric Greenbaum, left, works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Black Friday. Stocks dropped after a coronavirus variant appears to be spreading across the globe.

Stocks and oil prices drop as the world reacts to new coronavirus variant omicron

Stock markets around the world tumbled on concerns about the new variant. While it's too soon to tell exactly how the variant functions, virologists are rushing to learn more.

Melissa Clark and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe pose with the cheesy baked pasta.

When Melissa Clark cooks, it's 'Dinner in One'

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe visits the food writer's home to talk and cook. Clark has a new book of recipes promising minimal fuss (and dirty dishes).

News brief: Russian filtration camps, Canadian stabbing case, Michigan abortion law

The U.N. general assembly prepares to address the war in Ukraine. The second suspect in the Canadian mass stabbings dies in police custody. A judge strikes down Michigan's strict anti-abortion law.

President Biden speaks at the House Democratic Caucus Issues Conference Friday in Philadelphia.

Fed's coming interest rate hikes may present another economic challenge for Democrats

In an attempt to curb high inflation, the Federal Reserve is expected this week to begin raising interest rates for the first time in three years.

Mark Benton as Frank Hathaway, Jo Joyner as Lu Shakespeare, Patrick Walshe Mcbride as Sebastian Brudenell, Patrick Baladi as Alfred D’angelo in a scene from SHAKESPEARE & HATHAWAY-PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS "In My Memory Lock'd."

SHAKESPEARE & HATHAWAY-PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS: In My Memory Lock'd

Airs Friday, Feb. 21, 2020 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV + Wednesday, March 4 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2

Republican State of the Union rebuttals differed in more than just language

Republican rebuttals to President Biden's speech were not only given in different languages but touched on different GOP priorities and addressed varied concerns to each separate audience.

The U.S. surgeon general warns that e-cigarette smoking has the potential to cause young people lasting harm.

Lung cancer screening rates are low, doctors want to see more at-risk San Diegans

A new report from the American Lung Association finds just 1% of eligible Californians have gotten screenings.

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