Health

Chloe Chalakani is an entrepreneur who runs a handmade pasta business with her partner in coastal Maine. The government shutdown fight affects how much she’ll pay for health insurance next …

Green bean and chicken stir-fry is one of the many “vegetable-forward” recipes in Roy Choi’s cookbook, The Choi of Cooking: Flavor-Packed, Rule-Breaking Recipes for a Delicious Life, which he co-wrote …

Rosie Brown, executive director at East Carroll Community Action Agency in Lake Providence, La., said many people in the area struggle to make ends meet. Medicaid expansion was a lifeline …

My family and I have been watching post-season baseball, and I think I have to lie down. We’ve seen so many ads for drugs prescribed to treat plaque psoriasis, Crohn’s …

A solitary horseman stands atop a rocky outcropping in Cappadocia, Turkey. Dennis Schmelz hide caption toggle caption Dennis Schmelz A solitary horseman, illuminated by a beam of light, stands on …

Parenting a two year old is such a wild ride. The other day, my son started the morning with an explosion of cuddles, followed immediately by refusing the blueberry muffins …

Two-to-three thousand soldiers from Napoleon’s army were found in a mass grave in the northern suburbs of Vilnius, Lithuania in 2001. Michel Signoli / UMR 6578 Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, EFS …

Viruses are tiny — and sneaky. So sneaky that some play a deadly game of hide and seek. The “seek” part is all too familiar: They’re always looking for ways …

Illustrations by Kristen Uroda for NPR When I was in middle school, I’d spend hours sitting in a dark closet in my bedroom on the phone with my cousin. We’d …

States are preparing for a spike in demand at food banks, like this one inside a church in Eagle River, Alaska, if food aid benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance …