Health

Rick Slayman is pictured at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, where he became the first person to have a genetically modified pig kidney transplant. Michelle Rose/Massachusetts General Hospital hide caption …

Paris Lekuuk, 15, (center) listens to a math lesson in the third grade classroom of his primary school in northern Kenya. Just weeks earlier, he had been living the traditional …

The Mi’kmaq Nation in Maine spent about $50,000 of its opioid settlement funds to build a healing lodge it will use for traditional sweat ceremonies to help people recover from …

Dr. Denis Mukwege, co-winner of the Nobel peace prize in 2018, is the recipient of the $1 million Aurora humanitarian prize. In an interview with NPR, he reflects on how …

Oscar nominee Ryan Gosling has named the mosquito as the world’s scariest animal. He has a point. David Gannon/AFP via Getty Images; Paul Sarosta/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption David …

Ivan-balvan/Getty Images/iStockphoto Ivan-balvan/Getty Images/iStockphoto If you’re like many digitally savvy Americans, it has likely been a while since you’ve spent much time writing by hand. The laborious process of tracing …

Because of the Israeli operation, hospitals lack basic supplies. And doctors must face the heartbreaking decision whether to let one patient die so they can use available resources to save …

In the U.S., people spend billions on hair care products. Now, thousands of Black women have filed lawsuits against companies that sell chemical relaxers charging they bring risks of certain …

The government has declared May 10 a day of mourning to mark the deaths from disastrous floods and pledged to help. But some say the authorities aren’t doing enough. And …

When the boys spent a year in the same school, Sam did fine, but John struggled and had some noisy meltdowns. Jodi Hilton for NPR hide caption toggle caption Jodi …