Health & Safety

Jeneyah McDonald stands amid cases of bottled water in the kitchen of her home in Flint, Mich. Before water donations arrived in Flint, McDonald says, she spent an estimated $100 out of her $300 weekly grocery bill buying safe water for her family.

When Every Drop Of Water Could Be Poison: A Flint Mother's Story

7:57pm February 08, 2016

For Flint resident Jeneyah McDonald, using bottled water for everything has become an onerous but necessary routine. Still, she worries about the effects that toxic tap water will have on her sons.

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Chipotle Closes Restaurants To Hold Meetings On Food Safety

7:53pm February 08, 2016

by Jim Zarroli

Chipotle held food safety meetings on Monday in all its restaurants. Stores won't be open for lunch but will be later in the afternoon. Managers will review new protocols designed to prevent the outbreak of food-borne illnesses. More than 500 people got sick last year after eating at a Chipotle.

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Scientists Discover A Second Bacterium That Causes Lyme Disease

5:41pm February 08, 2016

by Rae Ellen Bichell

It's not the tick that causes Lyme disease, but the bacteria that live in its spit. Scientists at the Mayo Clinic have found a second bacterium capable of causing the disease in people.

A patient is pictured at a camp for diarrhea patients in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Among the nominations for untold story last year: the need for vaccines to prevent "severe, deadly diarrhea" in this part of the world.

Contest: Seeking Nominations For Untold Stories In Global Health

5:35pm February 08, 2016

by Marc Silver

As a cosponsor of the contest, we're asking you to propose stories that the media has overlooked. We'll cover the winning entry in this blog.

Doctors are about to circumcise an Indonesian baby in Bandung, Indonesia, in 2013. Indonesia authorized medical personnel to perform the procedure in 2010, then revoked the authorization in 2014.

UNICEF Estimate Of Female Genital Mutilation Up By 70 Million

4:58pm February 08, 2016

by Diane Cole

And 60 million of the cases are in Indonesia, which was added to the survey for the first time — evidence that FGM goes far beyond Africa and the Middle East.

World Health Organization Focuses On Zika-Linked Microcephaly Cases

4:39pm February 08, 2016

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to David L. Heymann, chair of the World Health Organization emergency committee on the Zika virus, about what it's doing about the spread of the virus.

When Men Get Breast Cancer, They Enter A World Of Pink

2:02pm February 08, 2016

by Patti Neighmond

Most breast cancer cases are in women, so treatment and support are geared toward them. Men with breast cancer can feel isolated. One man was given a pink ice pack.

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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell holds a press conference on October 8, 2014 in New York City.

A Year On, Did NFL Anti-Domestic Violence Efforts Work?

5:37pm February 07, 2016

by Karen Grigsby Bates

After a tumultuous season, the NFL condemned domestic violence in its ranks, and put a spotlight on the issue during the last Super Bowl. A year later, it's unclear whether that has made a difference.

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Health & Safety

Do You Know What 'Vector' And 'Endemic' Mean? We Can Help — Sort Of

6:14am February 07, 2016

by Maanvi Singh

When it comes to talking about infectious diseases, researchers have their own special jargon. But even they aren't always 100 percent sure of the definitions.

UNICEF: 200 Million Women And Girls Have Suffered Genital Mutilation

1:13pm February 06, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Saturday is the U.N.'s "Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation." The Secretary-General is calling for an end to FGM, and UNICEF has released a report on the prevalence of the practice.