What's The Scariest Halloween Costume Of Them All?
It's a bloodsucking creature. But it's not a vampire. Or a vampire bat. Here's a look at the eight deadliest animals on earth (and a costume primer).
Health & Safety
If A New Cancer Drug Is Hailed As A Breakthrough, Odds Are It's Not
Untested cancer drugs are often hyped by journalists, doctors and biotech firms, a survey finds. Dressing up unproved medications with shiny words can inspire false optimism among patients.
Community Health Workers Reach Some Patients That Doctors Can't
Los Angeles is finding that community health workers — problem solvers who are untrained in medicine, but fluent in compassion — can be key to helping the county's sickest and neediest get better.
Fleas Are Great! But Watch Out For A Worm That Looks Like Vermicelli
In honor of Halloween, NPR gets a guided tour of parasites that reside in London's Natural History Museum.
Wake Forest Baptist Joining Youth Football Study
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center will play a major role in a new study of head impacts in youth football. The data collected will be used to improve the safety of the game.
Black Women's Breast Cancer Risk Rises To Equal White Women's
African-American women's advantage in avoiding breast cancer has evaporated, with their rates rising to match white women's. Higher obesity rates, a risk factor for breast cancer, may be one reason.
Ask Us Anything About How Fertility Testing Is Like A Pandora's Box
We're hosting a Reddit AMA tonight at 9 p.m. ET with Joann Galst, a psychologist who specializes in fertility issues. We'll be talking about the complex emotional issues surrounding fertility.
TB Is Now The Top Infectious Killer (Even Though Deaths Are Down)
With 1.5 million deaths a year, tuberculosis has passed HIV/AIDS.
Children Get Married In The U.S., Too: #15Girls
Child marriages don't just happen far away on other continents. They take place in this country as well. And sometimes a judge even approves.
The Lone Star Tick May Be Spreading A New Disease Across America
An uptick in cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever might actually be due to a newer tick-borne bacterium. It looks like it's causing milder infections — and a lot of confusion.