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A stranger noticed a woman's birthmark. It saved her life
"My Unsung Hero" from the team at Hidden Brain tells the stories of people whose kindness left a lasting impression on someone else. Jackie Briggs' hero approached her at a health conference in 2006.
Pain patients and doctors worry the CDC's new opioid guidelines may be damaging
by Will Stone
Patients with chronic pain and doctors have long raised concerns about the CDC's opioid prescribing guidelines. The agency has drafted a new version, but some worry it doesn't protect patients enough.
Encore: Barlow & Bear bring musical theater into the TikTok era
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Grammy winners Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear of the group Barlow and Bear about breaking into musical theater via TikTok and their 'Bridgerton' musical.
Jury selection begins for Parkland gunman who killed 17 people
by Greg Allen
More than four years after Nikolas Cruz killed 17 people at a Florida high school, the sentencing phase of his trial began Monday. He's pleaded guilty. A jury will decide if he gets the death penalty.
The man who led the 1st Amazon warehouse to unionize in America
by Alina Selyukh
The story of Chris Smalls is one of the biggest underdog victories in modern corporate history. Fired two years ago, he has now organized Amazon's very first unionized warehouse in America.
How a Ukrainian hospital, still recovering from COVID, pivoted to a new crisis: war
Once war began in Ukraine, COVID ceased being the top-level medical concern. NPR's Scott Detrow spent 24 hours with a doctor doing everything he can to help with a whole new overwhelming crisis.
In a record year for book ban attempts, ALA says these 10 books were challenged most
by Miranda Mazariegos
To kick off National Library week, the American Library Association listed its annual top 10 most challenged books. It said it faced an unprecedented number of attempts to ban to books this year.
White people feared COVID less after learning other races were hit hardest, data show
by Adrian Florido
New research finds that white Americans made aware about COVID's racial disparities cared less about the virus themselves. The data have potential implications for public health messaging.
Encore: Arooj Aftab considers her Grammy nods a triumph. But they won't define her
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Grammy winner Arooj Aftab about finding musical inspiration in the words of the 13th-century Sufi mystic poet Rumi and about how her Pakistani heritage informs her work.
The crisis in Ukraine could speed up the shift to cleaner energy
by Laura Benshoff | Keystone Crossroads
There's concern that the U.S. push to send more natural gas to Europe will come at a cost to the climate. But experts say the Ukraine crisis may actually invigorate efforts around sustainable energy.
Sen. Cory Booker says we are witnessing 'a Jackie Robinson moment for our nation'
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, a Democrat who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, about the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for a seat in the Supreme Court.