Farming in a 20-year drought is "hard for us," says John Mestas, at his cattle ranch in Colorado's San Luis Valley. Rising levels of arsenic in the water supply are linked to the drought. Melissa Bailey/KFF Health News hide caption
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A sign for monkeypox vaccinations is shown at a vaccination site in Miami Beach, Fla. Lynne Sladky/AP hide caption
One person died and four were injured in a shooting at a medical office building in downtown Atlanta on May 3. The violence came one day after Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a hospital safety act into law. Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Jade Vandiver holds her son Ezra at home in Clayton, New Mexico. Vandiver joined a federally funded rural maternity program while pregnant with Ezra. Joe Garcia III/KFF Health News hide caption
This telehealth program is a lifeline for New Mexico's pregnant moms. Will it end?
Miguel Lerma, right, with his grandparents who raised him, Jose and Virginia Aldaco. Miguel Lerma hide caption
Millions of people have long COVID brain fog — and there's a shortage of answers
The U.S. public health emergency declaration helped marshal resources during the worst of the COVID-19 crisis, when the virus was spreading rampantly. This week, the declaring expires. Frederic J. Brown /AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The CDC will stop reporting new daily COVID infections and rely instead on hospitalization data to monitor the severity of the COVID. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Amelia, a 5-year-old student at Oakville Elementary School, socializes during lunch in March at the school in Oakville, Mo. Kids who eat school meals tend to have a healthier diet. Brian Munoz/St. Louis Public Radio hide caption
Children play outside in Kensington, a neighborhood in Philadelphia known for open-air drug markets and gun violence. Last year, due to safety concerns, the Philadelphia Police Department downsized its outdoor summer play program. Sam Searles/WHYY News hide caption
Study finds gun assault rates doubled for children in 4 major cities during pandemic
Anti-abortion and abortion rights activists protest in Washington, D.C. at the March for Life rally in January. The decision triggered strict abortion bans in more than a dozen states. A new study shows widespread confusion about abortion bans at Oklahoma hospitals. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Tracking health threats, one sewage sample at a time
From left to right: Long COVID patients Linda Rosenthal, Julia Landis and Shelby Hedgecock continue to suffer from severe symptoms. Courtesy of Linda Rosenthal, Julia Landis and Shelby Hedgecock hide caption
As pandemic emergencies end, some patients with long COVID feel 'swept under the rug'
Students help run the Circle C Market in rural Cody, Neb., as part of classwork. As rural areas struggle to keep traditional grocery stores, some communities are finding innovative ways to keep the stores running. Mike Tobias/Nebraska Public Media hide caption
Packages of Mifepfex, the brand-name version of mifepristone, seen at a family planning clinic in Rockville, Md. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
Here's what really happened during the abortion drug's approval 23 years ago
Samantha Casiano and Luis Villasana and had a baby last week who died shortly after birth. The fatal condition was diagnosed at 20 weeks of pregnancy. When Casiano asked her OB-GYN what her options were, she was told, "You don't have any options. You have to go on with your pregnancy." Kelsey Durell hide caption
5280 High School in Denver is one of 43 secondary schools in the U.S. with a program designed for students recovering from substance use disorder and related mental health disorders. Stephanie Daniel/KUNC hide caption
Marianne Sinisi, of Altoona, Pennsylvania, lost her 26-year-old son, Shawn, to an opioid overdose in 2018. She wants the opioid settlement dollars to be spent in ways that help spare other parents similar grief. Nancy Andrews/KHN hide caption
Even though the uptake of the omicron booster has been lackluster, federal officials have decided some adults can get a second shot. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
Public health professor Arline Geronimus says marginalized people suffer nearly constant stress, which leads to increasingly serious health problems over time. Jon Cherry/Getty Images hide caption
How poverty and racism 'weather' the body, accelerating aging and disease
Kennise Nevers holds her son, AJ, in her arms at home. Nevers' mother, Nancy Josey, looks on. Jesse Costa/WBUR hide caption
Volunteer pilots fly patients to get abortions and gender-affirming medical care from states with bans to nearby states where the services are available. Rose Conlon/Kansas News Service hide caption
Volunteer pilots fly patients seeking abortions to states where it's legal
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Volunteer pilots fly patients seeking abortions to states where it's legal
An unhoused individual sleeps under an American flag blanket in New York City on Sept. 10, 2013. In 2021, approximately 11% of Americans lived below the federal poverty line. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption