Health

Research participant Heather Rendulic prepares to grasp and move a can of tomato soup at Rehab Neural Engineering Labs at the University of Pittsburgh. Tim Betler/UPMC and University of Pittsburgh …

New parents who get help from a trained financial coach in a pediatric clinic are less likely to miss well-child visits, which are recommended by the six-month mark. SCOTT SIMON, …

Recent job trends like the Great Resignation have put a spotlight on the connection between work and well-being. One way to boost happiness at work is to have stronger connections …

President Biden is a healthy, vigorous 80 year-old, according to the White House physician who completed an annual physical. The report says Biden remains fit to fully execute his role …

Canada has delayed efforts to expand it’s medical assistance in dying program to include mental illness. The plans raised unease in a country that already has a liberal assisted death …

LaShonia Ingram was one of 28 Medicaid beneficiaries in Tennessee charged with TennCare fraud last year. The District Attorney dropped the felony charges. Brad Vest/WPLN hide caption toggle caption Brad …

NPR’s Scott Simon speaks with Dr. Ellie Brownstein, president of the Utah chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, about Utah’s new law banning gender affirming care for transgender youth. …

The premise of The Last of Us is that the cordyceps fungus turns people into creatures that do the fungus’s bidding. HBO Max/Screenshot by NPR hide caption toggle caption HBO …

Charles Silverstein (left) and his partner of 20 years, William Bory, smile at the camera in the 1970s. Silverstein dedicated his work to helping LGBTQ people live without shame. Rutgers …

A food subsidy many college students relied on is ending with the pandemic emergency : NPR A food subsidy many college students relied on is ending with the pandemic emergency …