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. Read More at NPR

Wastewater testing has proved a reliable early alarm bell for COVID-19 outbreaks. U.S. researchers are now adapting the approach to track the explosive spread of monkeypox, and maybe other viruses. (Image credit: NIAID) Read More at NPR

The Galápagos land iguana is back on Santiago Island. That’s thanks to some help from a team of conservationists. (Image credit: Galápagos National Park Directorate) Read More at NPR

Those households are struggling to stay afloat, according to a new poll from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. (Image credit: Haidee Chu/NPR) Read More at NPR

When the Taliban reclaimed Kabul last August, the U.S.-backed government collapsed and hundreds of thousands of Afghans fled the country. Former president Hamid Karzai was not one of them. (Image credit: Claire Harbage/NPR) Read More at NPR

Jewish leaders and others objected to the sale at a Maryland auction house, saying it had little to no historical value. Read More at NPR

Arbery’s killing on Feb. 23, 2020, became part of a larger national reckoning over racial injustice and killings of unarmed Black people. (Image credit: AP) Read More at NPR

Arbery’s killing on Feb. 23, 2020, became part of a larger national reckoning over racial injustice and killings of unarmed Black people. (Image credit: AP) Read More at NPR

Africa’s metalheads have a bold vision. We talk to Edward Banchs, author of a new book about Africa’s metal scene, and to a heavy metal singer in Botswana known as “Vulture.” (Image credit: Courtesy of Tshomarelo Mosaka) Read More at NPR