Health

Since 2017 nearly a million Rohingya people have languished in camps in Bangladesh. Four young Rohingya are being honored by the U.N. refugee agency for documenting their life in vivid …

Why do some people seem to be obsessed with fitness trackers? NPR talks with psychologist Pamela Rutledge of Fielding Graduate University. LEILA FADEL, HOST: Almost 1 in 3 Americans uses …

Mental health courts connect people to treatment and keep them out of jail. But they also often come at the price of a guilty plea, and participants say that feels …

This is the year that the COVID-19 pandemic was declared to be no longer a global health emergency. But even though case counts are down in 2023, it’s not as …

Advocates and victims of the opioid crisis gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 4, 2023, while the justices hear a case about Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy deal. The protesters …

The antibiotic doxycycline hyclate can be used after sex to prevent sexually transmitted infections. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption toggle caption Rich Pedroncelli/AP The antibiotic doxycycline hyclate can be used after …

A medical worker reacts as police officers and pedestrians cheer medical workers outside NYU Medical Center in New York in April 2020. Some states that stockpiled millions of masks and …

It’s called noma. It’s a potentially fatal bacterial infection. And it’s been so neglected that it wasn’t even on the official WHO list of Neglected Tropical Disease — until now. …

Last year, Elyse Greenblatt of New York City scheduled a telehealth appointment through her usual health system to see if her nagging congestion was COVID-19. The appointment turned out to …

“I always compare dishes from our childhood as like a warm blanket,” says Polish food writer Michał Korkosz of gogl-mogl. “They remind you when you were the happiest in your …