Health & Safety

There are 80 different autoimmune diseases, affecting up to 50 million Americans.

Autoimmune disease patients hit hurdles in diagnosis, costs and care

12:07pm November 18, 2023

by Andy Miller

Despite the prevalence of autoimmune conditions, like the thyroid disease Hashimoto's, finding help can prove frustrating and expensive. Patients may rack up big bills as they search for a diagnosis.

An attendee views one of rising artist Adulphina Imuede's dreamlike illustrations at ART X.

Africa's flourishing art scene is a smash hit at Art X

10:24am November 18, 2023

by Emmanuel Akinwotu

It's Art Month in Nigeria — and a highlight is the celebration of art that is Art X, a wide-ranging fair that highlights "Black portraiture" as well as other creations from the continent.

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In the new book "The Farmer's Wife", author Helen Rebanks balances recipes and life

7:13am November 18, 2023

by Scott Simon

Scott Simon speaks to Helen Rebanks about her farm life as laid out in her book, "The Farmer's Wife." They are joined by actor Nick Offerman, who occasionally works on Rebanks' farm.

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Greensboro considers growing Behavioral Health Response Team to better help residents

3:46pm November 17, 2023

by DJ Simmons

Greensboro officials are considering growing the Behavioral Health Response Team (BHRT) to better help unhoused residents or individuals facing emergency health crises.

Extreme drought conditions impact 9 North Carolina counties

10:58am November 17, 2023

by Neal Charnoff

The state Department of Environmental Quality has placed nine North Carolina counties in the extreme drought category, also known as D3.

Pakistani teacher Riffat Arif, known as Sister Zeph, is the 2023 winner of the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize. She holds a trophy presented at a dinner in her honor in Paris. She says she faced bad treatment from her teachers at school and dreamed of "a teacher who gives equal respect and love to children with no difference. I could not find that teacher, so I will be that teacher."

$1 million teacher prize goes to Sister Zeph. Her philosophy: 'Love is the language'

9:32am November 17, 2023

by Anya Kamenetz

The Pakistani educator has won the largest annual prize for teachers from the Varkey Foundation. She says her teaching reflects her belief that "Love is the language that everybody can understand."

It's tradition: Every year, Susan Stamberg sneaks her mother-in-law's cranberry relish recipe onto the air. This year, she's also sharing another cranberry recipe, too — a chutney from actor and food writer Madhur Jaffrey.

This year, Mama Stamberg's relish shares the table with cranberry chutney

5:12am November 17, 2023

by Susan Stamberg

It's tradition: Every year, Susan Stamberg sneaks her mother-in-law's relish recipe onto the air. This year, she's also recommending another recipe, too — from actor and food writer Madhur Jaffrey.

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Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont Independent, questions Dr. Monica Bertagnolli during her confirmation hearing to become director of the National Institutes of Health.

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Sen. Sanders pushes NIH to rein in drug prices

5:12am November 17, 2023

by Sydney Lupkin

The National Institutes of Health has been reluctant to use its leverage as a biomedical research funder to influence drug pricing. Sen. Bernie Sanders is pressing NIH's new director to take action.

Bonobos (pictured) and chimpanzees are our closest relatives. A new study looks at how a community of bonobos behave when they encounter a different group of bonobos. It's markedly different from the way chimps treat strangers.

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Unlike chimps, bonobos offer hope that maybe we can all get along

4:41pm November 16, 2023

by Ari Daniel

Chimps are notorious for hostility toward chimps from another group. Is that part of the human makeup as well? A new study of bonobos, our other closest relative, offers a more cooperative vision.

A doctor checks chest x-rays of a tuberculosis patient at a clinic in Mumbai, India, that treats those with drug-resistant strains of the disease. The World Health Organization has called for the eradication of this ancient and deadly infectious disease.

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WHO says we can 'write the final chapter in the story of TB.' How close are we?

12:09pm November 16, 2023

by Fran Kritz

The pandemic brought notable setbacks in the effort to eradicate tuberculosis, which is likely to regain its notorious title of deadliest infectious disease in 2023. But there are signs of progress.