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Russian President Vladimir Putin enters a hall in the Kremlin before a meeting in 2015.

Sensing Chaos, Russia Takes A 'Wait-And-See' Approach To Trump

David Remnick and Evan Osnos of The New Yorker say Russia was caught off guard by Trump's election. "Nobody expected, frankly, that [he] was going to win," Osnos says.

Although expanding Medicaid in Oregon didn't drive down the recipients' overall use of hospital emergency rooms, the state has seen a decline in <em>avoidable</em> use of ERs by 4 percent in the past two years, according to state statistics.

Emergency Room Use Stays High In Oregon Medicaid Study

Health officials hoped giving more people health insurance would curtail their use of expensive emergency rooms for routine medical care. But data from Oregon suggest their overall ER use didn't drop.

Caravan Of Central American Migrants Seeking Asylum Hope To Cross Border

Hundreds of asylum seekers are in Tijuana, Mexico, hoping to cross the border into San Diego. This is despite President Trump's order to Department of Homeland Security to "stop the caravan."

Assisters get up to speed on how best to explain the new health coverage choices during training on Sept. 25 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C.

First Step In Health Exchange Enrollment: Train The Helpers

Navigators are a key part of the health law rollout. They work at nonprofit organizations, and they're being trained to help people learn about their coverage options. In some areas that training is still going on, even though the exchanges are up and running.

Social Distrust Blooms Among Millennials, But Where Are Its Roots?

A Pew Study finds that the milliennial generation has a low level of social trust. There are several possible causes for this distrust, including a skewed social media culture and a faltering economy.

Researchers say that aggressive people tend to interpret ambiguous faces as reflecting hostility.

Would Angry Teens Chill Out If They Saw More Happy Faces?

Since most of the faces we encounter are emotionally ambiguous, we're forced into interpretations. And in the case of troubled teens, the perception of hostile faces all around can lead to aggressive behavior. In an experiment, researchers tried to retrain the way those kids interpreted faces.

People wait in the shade while in line to get Covid-19 tests in Revere, MA.

Coronavirus Test Results Get Faster, But Still Too Slow To Help Slow Disease Spread

The average wait time for results has dropped to about three days, but that is still too slow to keep infected people from unknowingly spreading the virus, researchers report.

An Eli Lilly researcher tests possible COVID-19 antibodies in a laboratory in Indianapolis.

Government Signs Deal For COVID-19 Treatments From Eli Lilly

The federal government plans to distribute 300,000 doses of the drug at no cost, but that doesn't mean treatment will be free. Intravenous infusion charges can run more than $1,000.

Time to switch from the parents' health plan to something else.

Young Adults Can Face A Confusing Path To Health Insurance

The administration is focused on getting more young adults into marketplace coverage, but these people often have trouble making the change from family plans or Medicaid coverage.

The Museum of Modern Art reminds visitors to practice safe distancing, in August in N.Y.C. Efforts to fight COVID-19 "decreased dramatically" over the summer, researchers say.

Social Distancing Plummeted In Lead Up To Fall Surge, Survey Finds

Social distancing fell dramatically between spring and fall and the gap between Democrats and Republicans widened. But both ends of the political spectrum agree on some measures to fight COVID-19.

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