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NPR's Mia Venkat explains to Scott Detrow what the internet couldn't stop talking about this week.

Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.

The Federal Reserve and the FDIC reported on lessons learned from March's bank failures, including lapses in government oversight and ideas on how to prevent similar meltdowns going forward.

From Montego Bay to Miami, sargassum is leaving stinky brown carpets over what was once prime tourist sand. But whether it gets ignored or removed, it comes with high health and environmental risks.

Health care practitioners who band together can earn Medicare bonuses by saving money. Most of the groups decline potentially richer deals that include penalties for excessive spending.

Renowned medical ethicist Dan Callahan confronts the rationing controversy head-on. He says Medicare should determine what benefits it will make available, based on costs and other considerations, and then simply not pay for those that don't pass their tests.

Doctors are leaving private practices in large numbers and going to work for hospitals. Last year, hospitals hired half of the new doctors just out of medical school. Hospital administrators say having more doctors improves care.

The technological trials for the online health insurance exchanges have turned an enrollment period that was supposed to be a leisurely three-month stroll into a last-minute sprint for millions of Americans. People who want coverage that starts at the beginning of 2014 need to sign up no later than Dec. 23.

Some states permit insurers to deny policies to people who have received treatment for domestic violence. Now there's a move to prohibit the practice as part of a health care overhaul.

Hundreds of illegal migrants from Pakistan and other nations were aboard, hoping to land lucrative jobs in Europe. We talk to family members, some still awaiting news of the fate of their loved ones.