Health & Safety

They don't call him Mr. Toilet for nothing! On a cold and windy November day, Jack Sim visited NPR and gladly struck a pose on his favorite appliance. Note: This toilet was not hooked up.

Mr. Toilet And Mr. Condom Think Jokes Will Save The World

8:47pm April 20, 2015

by Marc Silver

Potty humor! A condom in a key chain with the slogan: "Weapon of mass protection." The goal is to use laughter to change attitudes. And there's even a study to prove that it works.

According to the Food and Drug Administration, there were four flavors of Kind bar that were misbranded when the agency reviewed them in August 2014.

Nut So Fast, Kind Bars: FDA Smacks Snacks On Health Claims

4:30pm April 20, 2015

by Poncie Rutsch

The FDA has issued a warning letter to Kind about the labeling of its fruit-and-nut snack bars. It argues that the bars contain too much fat to bear the label "healthy" printed on the wrapper.

How The Food Industry Relies On Scientists With Big Tobacco Ties

4:20pm April 20, 2015

Critics of the system that ushers food products to market say it is rife with conflicts of interest. When scientists depend on food companies for work, they may be less likely to contest food safety.

"The choice to say something is risky, and the choice to say nothing is risky. So there is no safe path." - Margaret Heffernan

What Does Everyday Courage Look Like?

1:14pm April 20, 2015

by NPR/TED Staff

Margaret Heffernan talks about the danger of "willful blindness" and praises ordinary people who are willing to speak up.

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Health & Safety

Guilford County Sees Drop In Uninsured Patients

10:14am April 20, 2015

by Neal Charnoff

The number of uninsured residents in Guilford County decreased by about 10,000 in the last two years, according to data from the federal census.

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Mellow Pastimes Can Be Good For Your Health, Too

10:11am April 20, 2015

by Patti Neighmond

You don't have to be out running marathons to get health benefits from leisure activities. Engaging pastimes like reading, sewing or listening to music improved health markers, a study finds.

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Aydian Dowling is currently leading the annual "Ultimate Guy" contest held by Men's Health magazine. If he wins, he will be the first trans man to appear on the cover.

Transgender Man Leads 'Men's Health' Cover Model Contest

6:49pm April 19, 2015

by NPR Staff

Aydian Dowling is leading the popular vote by a landslide in the magazine's annual "Ultimate Guy" contest. If he wins the judges' round, he'd be the first trans man ever on the magazine's cover.

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Boston Marathon Bombing Bystander, Injured In Blast, Runs Again

6:33pm April 19, 2015

Michelle L'Heureux was among the hundreds injured during the bombing at the Boston Marathon in 2013. Then she was just a spectator. Now, she's readying to run the marathon for the first time.

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Young schoolgirls receive new notebooks and textbooks at a refugee camp in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan. Many girls in Pakistan still don't receive an education.

See Priya Cook: Gender Bias Pervades Textbooks Worldwide

11:07am April 19, 2015

by Maanvi Singh

In almost every corner of the world, women are either completely written out of school books, or they're portrayed in stereotypical, subservient roles, a report says. What will it take to fix this?

WHO Leader Says End Of Ebola Outbreak Is Near, But Hard Work Remains

6:25pm April 18, 2015

by Jason Beaubien

The new head of the World Health Organization's Africa region predicts the Ebola outbreak will end by this fall. But the world must remain vigilant until transmission has completely stopped, she says.

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