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SDSU Basketball player Monique Terry in this undated photo

NCAA Board Approves Athlete Compensation For Image, Likeness

The United States' largest governing body for college athletics realized that it "must embrace change to provide the best possible experience for college athletes," the board said

Pedro Rivera waits with other volunteers in District Heights, Md. to hand out food. He's wearing a mask that reads, "This too shall pass."

Opinion: Always The Bridesmaid, Public Health Rarely Spotlighted Until It's Too Late

Because the public health system mostly operates in the background, it rarely gets the attention or funding it deserves ― until there's a crisis.

Preliminary results of a study of the antiviral drug remdesivir show it is effective in shortening the recovery time for patients with COVID-19.

Antiviral Drug Remdesivir Shows Promise For Treating Coronavirus In NIH Study

The preliminary results showed that hospitalized patients who received remdesivir recovered 31% faster. Dr. Anthony Fauci hailed the findings as "quite good news."

Ukrainian servicemen attend a funeral ceremony for their comrades Yuri Filyuk, 49, and Oleksander Tkachenko, 33, in a village of Oleksandrivka, Odesa region, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. According to Ukrainian servicemen, these two were killed by a Russian missile hit their military base in Krasnoselka, Odesa region, on April 7.

Live updates: Oligarch's detention angers Moscow

The latest developments on the Russia-Ukraine war.

Identical Twins Become Divided By Race In 'The Vanishing Half'

Brit Bennett's new novel centers on two light-skinned African American sisters — one of whom "passes" for white. The Vanishing Half is compelling — if somewhat melodramatic.

ICU capabilities vary not only from hospital to hospital, but also from region to region. Some parts of the country have far more critical care beds by population than others.

ICU Bed Capacity Varies Widely Nationwide. See How San Diego Stacks Up

An NPR analysis of the nation's 100,000 ICU beds finds some communities can accommodate far more critically ill patients than others, signaling potential disparities in care in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., during her swearing-in by Vice President Pence (right) in January. Loeffler faces another Georgia Republican, Rep. Doug Collins, in a special election to complete her term, a divisive intraparty conflict that lays bare divisions within the Georgia GOP that could cost the party the Senate seat.

Georgia GOP Fears Changing Demographics Could End Party's Long Dominance

"In general, Georgia Republicans have to just really reckon with the fact that it's not 2006 anymore," said one observer of the state's politics.

There's "currently no scientific evidence establishing a link between ibuprofen and worsening of COVID‑19," the European Medicines Agency advised Wednesday.

Advice From France To Avoid Ibuprofen For COVID-19 Leaves Experts Baffled

A weekend tweet by France's health minister suggesting ibuprofen might exacerbate COVID-19 doesn't have strong evidence behind it, say the WHO and other infectious disease doctors and researchers.

Ventilators can be a temporary bridge to recovery — many patients in critical care who need them for help breathing get better.

As The Pandemic Spreads, Will There Be Enough Ventilators?

In severe cases of COVID-19, as lungs become inflamed, membranes that transfer oxygen into the blood can become blocked. Some hospitalized patients need mechanical breathing support to recover.

Melissa Villaseñor's talent for impersonation has helped to earn her appearances on <em>Saturday Night Live</em>, like this sketch from April 2018. She joins the show as a full cast member this fall.

A Top Impressionist, Melissa Villaseñor Is Finding Her Own Voice On 'SNL'

She's known for celebrity imitations: Hillary Clinton and Owen Wilson, Jennifer Lopez and Bjork, and so on. Now, as she joins Saturday Night Live's full cast, she's learning what else she can do.

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