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Health plans of all kinds typically cover rehabilitative services, such as physical therapy to help people after an accident or illness. But before the Affordable Care Act passed, coverage of similar services to help people learn or maintain functional skills, rather than regain them, was often excluded.

A new plan provides a blueprint for meeting the increased need. By 2030, one in four county residents is expected to be over 60.

Israel has voted to end cooperation with UNRWA, the United Nations agency providing aid to Palestinian refugees. The move threatens key services for hundreds of thousands of refugees in the West Bank.

NPR's Juana Summer's speaks with Julie Rovner of KFF Health News about what it means to run the Department of Health and Human Services and what Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., could bring to the job.

How about a chance to get up-close and personal with graceful, fluttering butterflies? That’s the opportunity for visitors at Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History from today.

President Bush makes a surprise visit to Baghdad to visit Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The president told the new leader and his Cabinet that the future of Iraq is in its citizens' hands, and that it's in the interest of the United States that the mission in Iraq succeeds.

The U.S. military reports it has had no trouble reaching its recruiting goals, even with the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. NPR's Melissa Block spends a few days with an Army recruiter in Texas for a look at what's inspiring young Americans to sign up.

There’s year another sign of how hard the tourism industry on the Central and South Coasts has been hit by the coronavirus crisis. Just released transient…

Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo Counties have moved ahead with their proposal to be removed from Southern California’s regional stay-at-home…

New COVID-19 safety shutdowns are now in place on the Central and South Coasts, with a wave of additional restrictions in place. They went into effect at…