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Just before Christmas, federal health officials confirmed life expectancy in America had dropped for a nearly unprecedented second year in a row – down to 76 years. While countries all …

Kim Pratt needed a kidney, and in 2108 she created a Facebook post looking for a potential donor. After seeing the post for the second time, CJ Johnston decided to …

A man fills cans with water in order to bring water to homes in Xochimilco, Mexico. Silvana Flores/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Silvana Flores/Anadolu Agency via …

A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration badge. The DEA issued an alert warning of a “sharp increase in the trafficking of fentanyl mixed with xylazine” on Monday. Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty …

NPR’s Pien Huang talks to Dr. Benjamin Beard, deputy director of the CDC’s division of vector borne diseases, about how climate change could be contributing to the spread of diseases. …

State abortion laws are changing the way some medical residents in the fields of obstetrics and gynecology will be trained. Copyright © 2023 NPR. All rights reserved. Visit our website …

Communities around the US are rushing to spend billions in opioid settlement money paid out by Big Pharma. The Cherokee Nation is investing $100 million in treatment, harm reduction and …

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What’s the risk of contracting a virus from your Fido or Kitty? It’s not a frivolous question, as one cat-owning virologist explains. And there’s another question: Can you give a …

Krissy Harmon’s home is less than a mile from a landfill that caught fire more than three months ago. She uses blue painter’s tape to keep smoke out and says …