Lost Pup Finds New Life As Humanitarian Mascot In Refugee Camp
The puppy started following a team that was cleaning up the beach in Bangladesh. And now he is an Instagram star.
Health & Safety
A Good Life And A Good Death: What Is Palliative Care?
In That Good Night, palliative care doctor Sunita Puri shares insights from her years caring for patients with serious illness. She sees her role as an advocate and ally — every step of the way.
5 Years After Flint's Crisis Began, Is The Water Safe?
"In some ways we're better," says activist Melissa Mays. "In other ways, we're forever poisoned, damaged, traumatized ... that's not gonna ever be better."
How Do Mosquitoes Taste DEET? Hint: It's Not With Their Mouthparts
It's the only repellent that drives mosquitoes away when they come in contact with it. A new study has a theory about why that is.
Why Health Workers In The Ebola Hot Zone Are Threatening To Strike
Threats and attacks have become a way of life — even for staff at regular hospitals. For the simple act of referring patients to Ebola treatment centers, they have become targets.
Majority Of Americans Say Drug Companies Should Be Held Responsible For Opioid Crisis
According to a new NPR/Ipsos opioid poll, 71% of Americans surveyed also say the government should do more to curb the epidemic.
Doctors In Congo Threaten To Strike If Ebola Attacks Continue
Health care workers in the center of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo say if the government doesn't improve their security in one week, they will walk off the job.
Facing A Measles Outbreak
NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Joseph Kaplovitz, a pediatrician in Brooklyn's Borough Park, about the spike in measles cases.
CDC Reports Largest U.S. Measles Outbreak Since Year 2000
There are 695 cases in 22 states. HHS Secretary Alex Azar said the spike was "avoidable" and he called measles vaccines "among the most extensively studied medical products we have."