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People with diabetes who had gastric bypass surgery had much better control of blood sugar three years later. But most still hadn't met the goal of returning to normal sugar levels, a study finds.

Dr. Baher Butti, a psychiatrist who works in a mental health clinic in Baghdad, tells Linda Wertheimer how the ongoing violence of the conflict in Iraq affects the people he treats.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to NPR's Frank Langfitt, author Claudia Joseph and reporter John Phipps who reported on the many people who went to Buckingham Palace following the queen's death.

Yasmine Mohammed grew up in Vancouver in an Islamic fundamentalist home, and at age 19, was forced into marriage to a man who turned out to be an al-Qaeda operative.

The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration announced it will almost double the number of people it processes off of waitlists for home- and community-based services. But that means a majority of people waiting for slots will still have to wait for months.

Some 76,000 people from Nicaragua and Honduras were covered by TPS, which provides protection from deportation and grants work permits to people from certain nations affected by war or natural disasters.

Most people with depression aren't getting treatment, a study finds, while people who aren't depressed are prescribed antidepressants they don't need. Ethnicity and income have a lot to do with that.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with journalist Tendai Marima about what she has seen while reporting in Mozambique in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai.

The Biden administration is close to advising fully vaccinated Americans to get COVID-19 booster shots after eight months, according to a source familiar with the discussions.

Scott Simon speaks with University of Chicago economist Stefan Nagel about the psychological effects of inflation.