Cancer diagnoses are more common — but so is surviving A report shows rapid development of new cancer treatment and detection is helping people live longer. But more people are also getting diagnosed, and at younger ages. Yuki Noguchi
Overdose deaths drop for first time in decades Thousands of lives were saved, bringing hope to many after years of little progress in curbing the opioid epidemic.
NPR Exclusive: U.S. overdose deaths plummet, saving thousands of lives After decades of devastating increases driven by fentanyl and other toxic street drugs, overdose deaths are dropping sharply in much of the U.S. The trend could mean roughly 20,000 fewer deaths in 2024. Brian Mann
Report: Cancer diagnoses are more common but so is surviving A new report shows rapid development of new cancer treatment and detection is helping people live more. But more people are also getting diagnosed, and at younger ages. Yuki Noguchi
The body transforms in remarkable ways during pregnancy. So does the brain NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Emily Jacobs of UC Santa Barbara about how pregnancy reshapes the brain, the subject of a study out this week in the journal Nature Neuroscience. Ari Shapiro
These factory workers were swamped by medical debt. Then their employer stepped in A window screen company in Tuscaloosa, Alabama is trying to help workers stay out of medical debt by opening a clinic where care and prescriptions are free. Noam Levey
Climate remembrance: Tony Calhoun survived the water, but not the flood Research suggests suicide is relatively common after weather disasters, but is not nationally tracked.
Abortion providers — and patients — are on the move, as state laws keep shifting Clinics in states where most abortions are legal, such as Kansas and Illinois, are reporting an influx of inquiries from patients hundreds of miles away — and are expanding in response. Bram Sable-Smith
This preventive drug could be a 'game changer' in ending the HIV epidemic In newly released data, lenacapavir, given via a twice-yearly injection, has shown remarkable effectiveness at eliminating HIV transmission during sexual contact. But its cost could be an issue. Maria Isabel Barros Guinle
How one shaman helps others find healing and meaning in a modern world Helena Soholm, a Korean American shaman and transpersonal psychologist, integrates Western and Indigenous systems of knowledge to facilitate healing and growth in modern, technologically advanced societies. Arin Yoon
