California enters a contract to make its own affordable insulin
Under the $50 million deal, the state is partnering with drugmaker Civica to start making the new generic insulin later this year, Gov. Gavin Newsom said.
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How do you take a picture of happiness? We asked photographers to surprise us
Monday, March 20 is International Day of Happiness — as proclaimed by the United Nations. The themes this year are gratitude and kindness. We asked photographers to send us images in that vein.
Opioids are devastating Cherokee families. The tribe has a $100 million plan to heal
The fentanyl crisis is hitting young people hard, and the highest death rates are in Native American communities. The Cherokee Nation is working to help young families recover.
Frozen strawberries sold at Costco, Trader Joe's, recalled after hepatitis A outbreak
Five people in Washington state got sick after eating frozen strawberries from the same supplier, federal regulatory investigators said. The FDA is urging people to stop eating certain products.
A look at PEPFAR's legacy: 20 years of fighting AIDS
NPR's Pien Huang speaks with epidemiologist Dr. Helene Gayle about the 20th anniversary of PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
My meeting with Jiang Yanyong, the Chinese doctor who dared speak the truth about SARS
In 2003, the military surgeon watched in disbelief as Chinese officials downplayed how SARS was spreading — and took the risk of alerting the media to the cover-up. He died this past week at age 91.
Two more drug companies joined Eli Lilly in lowering the cost of insulin
More drug companies lowered list prices for insulin this week. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Kaiser Health News reporter Bram Sable-Smith about what that means for patients.
How the overturn of Roe v. Wade is impacting medical students entering gynecology
State abortion laws are changing the way some medical residents in the fields of obstetrics and gynecology will be trained.
Cyclone Freddy shattered records. People lost everything. How does the healing begin?
The countries hit by this unprecedented storm now must help survivors who may have lost nearly everything. We talk to an aid worker on the ground in Mozambique for insights.
A woman convicted in Poland for aiding abortion says she did what was right
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Justyna Wydrzynska, co-founder of Abortion Dream Team, who was convicted in Poland for helping a woman acquire abortion pills.