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In a close vote, advisers to the Food and Drug Administration recommended approval of a gene therapy for muscular dystrophy developed by Sarepta Therapeutics. Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images hide caption toggle …

Despite the end of the public health emergency, long COVID persists for some patients. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: It’s no understatement to say COVID-19 has shifted the way most of …

Former President Trump at the annual New Hampshire Republican State Committee meeting in January. Trump has promised to crack down on the Mexican cartels by instituting the death penalty for …

NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks with White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha about how the national public health emergency for coronavirus is coming to an end May 11.

The U.S. public health emergency declaration helped marshal resources during the worst of the COVID crisis, when the virus was spreading rampantly. This week, the declaring expires. FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP …

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe asks Dr. Carlos del Rio of Emory University what listeners need to know about the newest COVID-19 variant to reach the United States, Arcturus or XBB.1.16.

The head of the World Health Organization made a historic announcement today: COVID-19 is no longer a global emergency. NPR unpacks what that means — and what comes next. SACHA …

NPR’s Ari Shapiro speaks with the author Abraham Verghese about his new novel The Covenant of Water in which a family in India is haunted by a medical mystery.

Montana state Rep. SJ Howell speaks on the House floor during a motion to discipline Rep. Zooey Zephyr at the Montana Capitol in Helena on Wed., April 26, 2023. Howell …

A new advisory outlines how a national strategy could tackle the problem of loneliness in the United States. Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Getty Images A new advisory outlines …