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Chief medical officer wants a more resilient health care system

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with Dr. David Marcozzi, Chief Medical Officer at the University of Maryland Medical Center, about hospital capacity amid the current COVID-19 surge.

4 years after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico power grid remains in poor shape

NPR's Michel Martin talks with journalist Eliván Martínez Mercado about the state of Puerto Rico's power grid years after Hurricane Maria devastated it.

HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra says doctors in Congress who are balking at the rules of the "No Surprises Act" aren't looking out for patients. "I don't think when someone is overcharging, that it's going to hurt the overcharger to now have to [accept] a fair price," Becerra says. The Congressional Budget Office estimates the Biden team's rules would push insurance premiums down by 0.5% to 1%.

Doctors are mad about surprise billing rules. Becerra says stop gouging patients

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra says health providers who have exploited a complicated system to charge exorbitant rates will have to bear their share of the cost — or close.

Carol Bouvard of Switzerland during training for the Mixed Team Aerials at the FIS Freestyle Ski and World Championships on in 2019. Mixed team aerials is a new event at the Beijing Winter Olympics this year.

Here are the 7 new Olympic events to watch in Beijing

The 2022 Winter Olympics are set to begin this week in Beijing, China. And viewers will be able to tune into a series of new events appearing at the Games.

Iraqi Envoy Evaluates Violence at Home

Police say gunmen assassinated a top Foreign Ministry official in Iraq Saturday, a death that came on the heels of a car bombing that claimed several more lives. Iraq's U.N. ambassador, Samir Sumaidaie, tells Jacki Lyden about the mounting toll of civilian casualties in his homeland.

Fumio Kishida, second left, Japan's prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks after placing a red paper rose on an LDP candidate's name to indicate a victory in the upper house election.

Shinzo Abe's party scores a major victory in Japan's election

The victory may be propelled by what is seen as a wave of sympathy votes in a country still reeling from the shock of the former prime minister's assassination.

Here are the 14 books that NPR staff and critics are loving the most so far this year

Every year, we ask NPR staff and contributors to tell us about their favorite books. From a list of 167 books so far this year, here are the 14 that the most people chose as their top pick.

'Soft Dangerous' Blues from Chris Whitley

Bluesman Chris Whitley's career has flourished in the indie-label world of shoestring budgets and creative freedom, and he has an intensely devoted following on both sides of the Atlantic. Now, Whitley has a new album called Soft Dangerous Shores. It's a collaboration with renowned producer/engineer Malcolm Burn. Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers interviewed Whitley and has this profile.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (right) shakes hands with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi during a meeting in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Saturday.

U.S. tells China that its support for Russia in Ukraine complicates relations

China's support for Russia's war in Ukraine is complicating U.S.-Chinese relations at an already difficult time, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told his Chinese counterpart.

Lean Out: Employees Are Accepting Lower Pay In Order To Work Remotely

A new study finds American companies are using remote work as a way to avoid giving workers raises; so much so that it's helping to moderate inflation.

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