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Vaccine-makers are readying 190 million doses of the flu vaccine for deployment across the U.S. this fall — 20 million more doses than in a typical year. A nasal spray version will be available, as well as shots.

2020 Flu Shot Strategy: Get Yours Early In The Season

With the flu season looming, public health officials urge nearly all Americans over 6 months old to get immunized starting next month. Strategize now to avoid getting the flu while COVID-19 is raging.

Aerial view of downtown Fort Worth, Texas. Some hospitals in Texas and around the U.S. are seeing high profits, even as their bills force patients into debt. Of the nation's 20 most populous counties, none has a higher concentration of medical debt than Tarrant County, home to Fort Worth.

Some hospitals rake in high profits while their patients are loaded with medical debt

Across the U.S., many hospitals have become wealthy, even as their bills force patients to make gut-wrenching sacrifices. This pattern is especially stark for health care systems in Dallas-Fort Worth.

Rose Previte's stuffed summer squash with lamb and rice, from her new cookbook, <em>Maydān: Recipes from Lebanon and Beyond</em>.

Rose Previte, of D.C.'s Michelin star restaurant Maydān, releases her debut cookbook

The word maydan means a gathering place. And that's what Rose Previte wants her debut cookbook, Maydān: Recipes from Lebanon and Beyond, to be: a way for people to come together around table.

Karen Read, right, smiles as defense attorney David Yannetti, front left, speaks to reporters in front of Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., after the judge declared a mistrial on Monday.

Karen Read's high-drama murder trial ended with a hung jury. Here's what to know

Read is accused of killing her boyfriend, but alleges a cover-up by his fellow cops. The high-drama case ended in a mistrial and with the lead investigator dismissed. Prosecutors now plan to retry it.

Lt. Craig Stotts at the Twin Falls Police Department on April 6, 2023.

What could make a hoax call reporting a school shooting worse? Social media

NPR has documented an alarming pattern of hoax school shooting calls across the country. Now another pattern has emerged: bad actors using these moments to spread misinformation online.

A view of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on June 25.

Here are the major Supreme Court decisions decided this term

The U.S. Supreme Court has wrapped up its term and begun to agree to cases it will hear in its next one, to begin in the fall.

Paige Bueckers is the 1st pick in the WNBA draft

Some of the biggest stars in women's basketball started their pro careers at Monday's WNBA draft. Jesse Washington from ESPN's Andscape talks about No. 1 pick Paige Beuckers and more.

In Sports Opportunities, Women Still Lag

Title IX has been credited with opening competitive sports to millions of American girls and women. Host Scott Simon talks with three-time Olympic gold medalist-turned law professor Nancy Hogshead-Makar about the law's impact. Hogshead-Makar teaches federal gender-equity law at Florida Coastal School of Law in Jacksonville.

William Wong (standing) poses with his parents and nephew in an old family photo. Wong's mother immigrated to the U.S. from China as his father's "sister" to bypass the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.

Chinese-American Descendants Uncover Forged Family Histories

The Chinese Exclusion Act, designed to prevent Chinese laborers from entering the country, prompted tens of thousands of people to use forged papers to enter the U.S. The law was repealed 70 years ago, but many Chinese-Americans are still piecing together their ancestors' true identities.

A Prehistoric Family? Looking For Clues In The Mud

Ancient footprints discovered in Britain show that five individuals of mixed ages took a stroll together 800,000 years ago. Commentator Barbara J. King asks whether it's scientifically credible to consider these individuals a family.

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