Congress passed $100 million for teen pregnancy prevention. Most of it is untouched
With days left to go in the 2026 fiscal year, lawmakers push the health department to spend the money Congress allocated to prevent teen pregnancy. An NPR exclusive.
President Trump's FDA commissioner nom, Dr. Heidi Overton, faces Senators' questions
Dr. Heidi Overton has been nominated to be the new FDA commissioner. The Senate HELP committee pressed her on vaccines, mifepristone, food safety and whether she can tell the president he's wrong.
How to limit rat numbers? Train humans
No matter how much poison you put out, rats continue to thrive. So D.C.'s Rat Rangers are trying education (of people, not the rats). They take residents into back alleys to illuminate the problem.
RFK Jr.'s ethics filing reveals book deals worth millions of dollars
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s annual financial disclosure reveals he has received two lucrative book advances and free flights from a friend while in office.
Needy couples got cash and a spending plan. Results were good — and bad
In Liberia, joint financial planning boosted cash aid's benefits. It also had an unexpected consequence for some families.
OpenAI's breach of Australian health department website prompts rebuke from Albanese
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he is extremely concerned about OpenAI's security breach of a government website, and that the artificial intelligence company took too long to reveal the incident
These 6 charts show how NIH research funding has been reshaped under Trump
Stories of science funding being cut, labs shutting down and scientists losing jobs have flooded the media under Trump's administration. These six graphics show how those changes have affected U.S. biomedical research.
New research suggests human actions could be driving increase in disease outbreaks
Infectious disease outbreaks are on the rise worldwide. A new analysis finds human actions, from deforestation to climate change, are partly responsible.
Senators to question FDA nominee about her views on abortion pill and vaccines
President Donald Trump’s pick to run the Food and Drug Administration will face questions from Senate lawmakers considering her nomination
Idaho case may be connected to the 1982 Tylenol murders, officials say
Authorities in Idaho say a man found dead in a church decades ago may be connected to unsolved poisonings in 1982 that were dubbed the Tylenol murders