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Kimberly Cartier and Chelsea Altman have had two very different experiences trying to use the new health care exchange website. David Greene explains what happened.

Young people coming up in the GOP are trying to answer this question: What does it mean to be a Republican right now? William Carter grew up in Georgia, and is trying to find his way in the party.

For a preview of Joe Biden's town hall, NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Democratic strategist Jennifer Palmieri about the stakes and goals of the campaign with less than three weeks to the election.

Bram Sable-Smith of member station KBIA reports Missouri doesn't have a database. David Greene talks to Danna Droz of the National Assoc. of Boards of Pharmacy about differences in state databases.

Until recently, electronic medical records hadn't really caught on. But the 2009 federal stimulus package provided tens of billions to speed up the process. Now in one state, Oregon, two-thirds of doctors have electronic medical records, and researchers are mining the data to help doctors improve the care they give patients.

As Republicans and Democrats campaign for control of the N.C. General Assembly, a handful of close races could make the difference. One of those in north Mecklenburg’s 98th District is a rematch of a race that helped Democrats gain ground in 2018.

Boston doctors have performed the world's third penis transplant. Of the two previous ones, one has been successful and one did not work. But with more veterans having blast injuries to the groin, doctors say it's important to work on this kind of procedure.

When majority Republicans don't need to make a case to sell their candidate, they're free to ask her broader, gentler and, sometimes, random questions.

Virginia election officials said the problem, which was caused by a severed fiber optic line, was fixed after nearly six hours. Several politicians called for the deadline to be extended.

Eventually, smartphones with 5G capabilities could be up to 20 times faster than the current 4G standard, but most places in the U.S. still don't have the infrastructure to support 5G.

The Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration's request to end the 2020 Census count as soon as possible. This comes after an emergency request from the administration.

U.S. News & World Report's ratings count when it comes to marketing to prospective medical students and fundraising, med school deans acknowledge. But they take the rankings less seriously as a scientific gauge of what actually goes on at their schools.

The New Jersey Democrat argued that Amy Coney Barrett's opinion in a 2019 work discrimination case did not square with her recognition of implicit bias in the justice system.

The Supreme Court nominee declines to opine on whether President Trump can pardon himself, citing the possibility she might need to rule on it. Sen. Cory Booker agrees it's a bridge she could cross.

Early voting in North Carolina starts Thursday, Oct. 15 and lasts until Saturday, Oct. 31. Have questions about voting in person during a pandemic? We've compiled some answers.

The shutdown of an auto plant in northeast Ohio in 2019 looms large in the presidential race. Ohio is a state that Trump won easily in 2016, but it is in toss-up territory now.

About half of African-American women in the U.S. are obese, compared to 30 percent of white women. Black women not only carry more weight, but they start piling on extra pounds years before their white counterparts. Around age 8 or 9, girls become less active, and the decline is steepest for black girls.

Republican Gov. Sam Brownback, who has vowed to fight the new federal health care law, sent back a $31.5 million federal grant to start modernizing computer systems. Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger says the governor is betting that the new health law will be repealed — and she worries it's not sound policy.

The nation's biggest retailer is planning to offer a wide range of medical care in U.S. stores. A Wal-Mart document seeking partners for the effort says the company aims to become a major provider of primary care. Later, an executive with the retailer said the company document was "overwritten and incorrect."

The state of North Carolina sued on Tuesday to seek financial damages from companies associated with so-called “forever chemicals” released for decades from a Bladen County plant into the Cape Fear River.