What If You Had Ebola And Didn't Even Know It?
Viruses can hit people in different ways, with symptoms ranging from minimal to severe. A doctor wanted to know if that was true for Ebola as well.
Health & Safety
GOP Health Insurance Alternatives May Wind Up Using Penalties Like The Mandate
Republicans dislike the health law's requirement to have insurance or pay a fine. But if they want to keep the ban on preexisting conditions, they need to find a way to make customers purchase a plan.
How Trump Could Repeal Several Parts Of The Affordable Care Act
President-elect Trump and Congress have a couple of options in deciding how to best repeal the Affordable Care Act, each with dramatically different impacts. NPR sorts through the options and looks at how existing Obamacare insurance plans will be affected.
Report: Disasters Are Even More Disastrous Than We Think
When damage from floods and earthquakes is tallied, the emphasis is on lost property and possessions. The poor face another, even more devastating kind of loss.
Spanking Young Children Declines Overall But Persists In Poorer Households
One-quarter of mothers with the lowest incomes told researchers they'd administered physical discipline to a kindergarten-age child in the past week. Overall, though, physical discipline has declined.
Experimental Vaginal Ring Fights HIV But Will Women Wear It?
It's a problem with many of the anti-HIV options. Even if they're proven to be effective, people don't always want to use them.
Safety Of Painkiller Celebrex Affirmed In New Study
A large study alleviates concerns that Celebrex boosts the risk for heart attacks and strokes as much as Vioxx. But the findings raise some concerns about prescription doses of ibuprofen and naproxen.
'Minibrains' Could Help Drug Discovery For Zika And For Alzheimer's
Each lab-grown cluster of human cells fits on a pin's head, but contains some of the cell types and circuitry of a real brain. The structures already are offering insights into how Zika attacks.
DNA Is Not Destiny When It Comes To Heart Risk
People with unlucky genes but good health habits were half as likely to develop heart disease as those who had an unhealthful lifestyle and genes that increased their heart risk, a study found.
Does Bono Deserve The 'Glamour' Award For Global Activism?
We spoke with some global development thinkers to see what they think about the impact of Bono and the One group he co-founded.