Health

A neuroscientist explains how to break free from romantic infatuation

Marielle Segarra

Clare Marie Schneider

Malaka Gharib

Academic and author Tom Bellamy, author of the book Smitten, explains how to recognize the signs of limerence, a romantic obsession characterized by extreme emotional highs and lows.

Science & Technology

How the stressors of space teach us lessons about health
Health

Local pediatrician raises concerns about new CDC guidance for measles vaccines
Health

CDC vaccine panel adds new rules for getting the COVID vaccine in a tense meeting

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Think the COVID threat is over? It's not for these people

Manuela López Restrepo

Declarations and loosened restrictions aside, for the immunocompromised or chronically ill, COVID is still a major concern.
Environment

California celebrates a decade of a key environmental data tool

Erik Anderson

The groundbreaking CalEnviroScreen data tool turned 10 years old this spring. California officials are celebrating its impact on the state’s disadvantaged communities.
Health

Hospitals create police forces to stem growing violence against staff

Renuka Rayasam

Georgia is the latest state to enact a law that allows hospitals to create independent police forces. Critics worry the law enforcement focus could have unintended consequences.
Health

The story behind a lesser known track from hip-hop history: 'Stroke Ain't No Joke'

Ari Daniel

For decades, the genre has had a stealth mission: promoting public health. It started with Doug E. Fresh's "Stroke Ain't No Joke."
Health

He helped cancer patients find peace through psychedelics. Then came his diagnosis

Rachel Martin

Roland Griffiths is known as the scientist who helped prove that psychedelics can alleviate depression and mental anguish in cancer patients. That pursuit has since become a lot more personal.
Health

'No violins': Michael J. Fox reflects on his career and life with Parkinson's

Sacha Pfeiffer

Megan Lim

Sarah Handel

When Michael J. Fox describes his experience with Parkinson's disease in his new documentary, he's extremely blunt. But talking with NPR this week, he hasn't lost the humor that made him famous.
Health

She's a U.N. disability advocate who won't see her own blindness as a disability

Ari Daniel

Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame could not imagine "what the future had in store" when she began to lose her vision at age 10. "Is this the end for you?" some asked. She faced sorrow but ultimately triumphed.
Health

This telehealth program is a lifeline for New Mexico's pregnant moms. Will it end?

Sarah Jane Tribble

A federal program in remote New Mexico has helped hundreds of pregnant mothers stay healthy, but it's running out of time and money despite a growing national maternity care crisis.
Local

Canine Companions graduate and get matched with forever families

Tania Thorne

Twelve canine students got the chance to celebrate their graduation ceremony and begin a life-changing job on Friday.
Health

FDA advisers narrowly back first gene therapy for muscular dystrophy

Scott Hensley

Rob Stein

A panel of experts voted 8-6 in favor of Food and Drug Administration approval of the first gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a fatal genetic disease.