New York Attorney General Letitia James is investigating fraud and neglect at nursing homes across the state.

Before the legislation, hospitals and medical providers could put liens on patients’ homes or take up to 10 percent of their paychecks to collect on unpaid medical bills. Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation last week prohibiting those collection practices, effective immediately.

The homes are turning away veterans due to lack of staffing.

Cities are once again locking down thousands of neighborhoods and sending people into quarantine, even as local Chinese authorities are tasked with easing COVID restrictions.

Menstruation is a taboo subject in China, but women are fighting the stigma with open discussion and campaigns for better access to period products.

"The housing situation is just so, so bad that people will live by the river rather than wait in the nursing home for an apartment to open up."

Conditions in some corrections facilities are a moral failure that also costs taxpayers millions.

In Chad, one of the continent's poorest countries, rising food and fuel prices — and drought — have left many hungry and unable to afford the limited food that is for sale.

Since the outbreak began in September, eight children have died — and there is no approved vaccine. But doctors are hopeful that public health measures may be enough to stop the spread.

Several crises in the country — including political instability, COVID and financial collapse — have created deteriorating conditions that have allowed the bacteria to spread.