Health

Sunrise view from the cemetery in Mountain Village, a community in Alaska’s Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, the morning after Drake “Clayton” Wilde’s burial. Wilde was only 19 years old when he died …

There are all kinds of coaches — life coach, mindset coach, health coach, relationship coach — but they don’t have the same training as a therapist. Jacob Wackerhausen/Getty Images/iStockphoto hide …

In a video released by Kensington Palace, the Princess of Wales says she’s finished chemotherapy for cancer, but that her “path to healing and full recovery is long.”

People fleeing violence and persecution can be haunted by their traumas for a long time, even after they have found safety in a new place. And children are particularly vulnerable. Rhitu Chatterjee has  the story of  …

NPR’s coverage of their effort to invent an mRNA vaccine that would be free for all countries to manufacture brought them an award for altruism in health. We checked in …

Recent use of hair and skin care products have been linked to higher levels of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in kids. Allen Chen/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Allen Chen/Getty Images A …

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Dr. Frank Hoffman was appalled by the sheer numbers of cases of early-stage breast cancer that were being missed. Then he had an idea: What if “we were to specially …

Lilla Lanivich, 14, and her service dog, Lopez, outside their family’s home in Rochester Hills, Mich. This year’s middle school winner of the NPR Student Podcast Challenge tells how her …

We all want to feel good in our bodies. But so many of us spend our days with achy backs, dried-out eyes and brain fog from too much screen time. …