Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Kurova Coleman.

President Biden has proposed a new rule that would force health insurance companies to

beef up coverage for mental health services.

The rule is intended to assist people who have to get help that isn't covered by their

insurer and find it's more expensive.

Biden says children need mental health support.

There are about 70 percent of our kids who seek mental care for mental health or addiction

cannot get it.

70 percent.

Biden says the rule is intended to make sure that families have the same access to mental

health care as they do for physical ailments.

Tens of millions of people in the U.S. continue to roast in dangerous temperatures.

NPR's Nathan Roth reports a new analysis shows it's worse for people in cities.

The new analysis by the nonprofit research group Climate Central looked at census

tracks for 44 of the nation's largest cities.

It found that more than 40 million Americans in urban areas are facing eight-degree hotter

temperatures than their rural counterparts because of a phenomena called the Urban Heat

Island effect.

That's when concrete, lack of shade, cars, and other factors make air temperatures hotter

than they would be if the area was undeveloped.

Other research on urban heat islands finds that poor neighborhoods and communities of color

tend to be affected the most.

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