How Can A Nudge Save A Life?
We have the treatments to end health problems like infant diarrhea. Sendhil Mullainathan says the "last mile" nudge is to encourage people to use them.
Health & Safety
How Are Health Workers Putting An End To Guinea Worms?
Professor Richard Thaler returns to the show to talk about how a nudge has essentially eradicated guinea worm disease in Africa.
Bad News For Kids Who Don't Like Flu Shots
A panel of advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended against using a needle-free flu vaccine that's popular with pediatricians, parents and children.
It's Not Easy Running A Hospital Without Running Water
A third of hospitals surveyed in low- and middle-income countries report they do not have running water all the time. And sometimes not at all.
A Protein That Moves From Muscle To Brain May Tie Exercise To Memory
In mice, monkeys and people, exercise releases a protein called cathepsin B. And as blood and brain levels of this protein rise, memory gets better. But the protein has a dark side, too.
Can You Psych Yourself Into Running A 4-Minute Mile?
NPR's Lulu Miller tells the story of one runner who always believed he could break the four-minute mile. Then a terrible accident made him question if he would ever be the same runner.
Has Zika Pushed More Women Toward Illegal Abortions?
A new study offers some intriguing clues.
The Challenge Of Taking Health Apps Beyond The Well-Heeled
A nutrition app may not be the top priority for someone who struggles to pay for groceries. But cellphones have the potential to improve the health of people with low incomes, if they can get them.
'Buster' Goes To Harvard: A Proud Day For Liberia's Top Cop
Liberia's top cop stared Ebola in the eye and didn't blink. But when he came to the Ivy League school to study, he was sweating it.
House Speaker Paul Ryan Reveals GOP Health Care Plan
House Speaker Paul Ryan unveiled the health care component of congressional Republicans' policy agenda Wednesday, a long-awaited alternative to the Affordable Care Act.