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Doctors are starting to face a flood of message from patients and some health care companies are billing for clinical advice delivered this way. jose carlos cerdeno martinez/Getty Images hide …

Scientists have used a gene-editing technique to make mosquitos allies in the fight against malaria. Environmentalists are troubled by the idea of genetically modifying wild animals. (Image credit: James Gathany/AP)

With excessive heat advisories in effect across the U.S., here’s how to avoid heat-related illnesses.

In a large study, the experimental drug donanemab slowed the progression of Alzheimer’s by about 35%. That’s slightly better than the drug Leqembi, which was fully approved by the FDA …

Do you know how to swim well enough to save your life? NPR’s Life Kit lays out the five basic water safety and swimming skills that can help prevent drowning. …

The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline marks one year of operation on July 16. Ryan Levi/Tradeoffs hide caption toggle caption Ryan Levi/Tradeoffs The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline marks one …

NPR’s Michel Martin talks to Angela Maske of Advocates for Youth about the FDA’s approval of Opill, the first over-the-counter birth control pill.

Companies are racing to accelerate and commercialize in-vitro gametogenesis, or IVG, which would make human eggs and sperm in the lab from any cell in the body containing anyone’s DNA.

Test strips used to detect fentanyl and xylazine in street drugs, are seen at St. Ann’s Corner of Harm Reduction in New York City on May 25, 2023. Overdose deaths …

Ammon Bundy speaks to a crowd of supporters in 2020 during the COVID-19 lockdown. Heath Druzin/Boise State Public Radio hide caption toggle caption Heath Druzin/Boise State Public Radio Ammon Bundy …