What This Teen Mom Wishes She'd Known Before She Got Pregnant
She was ashamed to be seen buying condoms. She didn't dare ask her mother for advice. So how can Uganda bring down its high rate of teen pregnancy?
Children's Health
FAQ: How Would The Republican Health Care Bills Affect You?
The bills under consideration in Congress would make big changes in health care coverage and costs for millions of people. Our searchable FAQ provides answers to key questions on where, how and why.
Women With High-Risk Pregnancies Are More Likely To Develop Heart Disease
Women who develop diabetes or high blood pressure during pregnancy, or whose babies are born prematurely, often are unaware of their own increased risk of heart disease later. So are their doctors.
Georgia OB-GYN Will Lead Centers For Disease Control And Prevention
Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, who leads the Georgia Department of Public Health, has been appointed CDC director. She'll take over as the Trump administration seeks big cuts to the CDC's budget.
They Quit Their Office Jobs To Teach Kids In A Camp For Displaced People
It started when a 20-something government worker in Nigeria visited a camp. And met the kids. And saw that they weren't getting much of an education.
States Move To Tighten Medicaid Enrollment, Even Without A New Health Law
Some states are seeking to make major changes in their Medicaid programs that would end coverage for millions of people, even if the Affordable Care Act isn't repealed.
Tell Us: What's Taboo In Global Health And Development?
For an upcoming series of stories, we'd like to explore the world of taboos. And we welcome your suggestions.
Want To Teach Your Kids Self-Control? Ask A Cameroonian Farmer
The "marshmallow test" is a famous experiment for studying kids' self-control. For the first time, a psychologist gave the test to kids outside Western culture. And they crushed it.
In Fighting Abuse By Members Of Catholic Church Clergy, Victim Sees Resistance To Change
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro discusses the Catholic Church's response to its sexual abuse scandal with Marie Collins, who recently resigned from the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.
'Healing Children': A Surgeon's Take On What Kids Need
Dr. Kurt Newman has spent his career caring for children. In a new book, he argues that children are not just smaller adults, and the differences matter for their treatment.