Health

The conflict has devastated health care: attacks on hospitals, threats against medical staff. Three Sudanese-American doctors share stories from their colleagues — and map out a plan for the future. …

This photo provided by Indivior in May 2023 shows their drug Opvee. U.S. health regulators approved the medication to reverse overdoses caused by fentanyl and other powerful opioids. Indivior via …

NPR’s Sarah McCammon speaks with Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., about her efforts to push legislation that would make birth control available without a prescription and covered by insurance. SARAH MCCAMMON, …

YouTube Science communicator, author, and YouTuber Hank Green announced in a video that he’s been diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a blood cancer. In the YouTube video, the 43-year-old told the …

Angelina McCall talks about volunteering as a nurse at a clinic on the U.S.-Mexico border after struggling to work in the ER at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Some older Americans got dozens of COVID tests they never ordered in the mail, just as the free test benefit was ending. It could mean they are at risk for …

Many teens and young adults struggle with overuse of screens. They also have good advice for how to have a healthy relationship with social media. Rose Wong for NPR hide …

Two mothers — Jen McLellan in Albuquerque, N.M., and Grace, of Bethesda, Md. — haven’t met, but they share a common childhood trauma: Both came of age in the 1980s …

Americans rank poorly on many health outcomes compared to other countries. The new series Living Better explore ways to change that.

A study from Johns Hopkins University reveals the extent of dog walking injuries that are bad enough to send people to the ER. We hear from dog owners about – …