The human cost of climate-related disasters is acutely undercounted, new study says A new study counts the human health costs from increasingly costly and dangerous extreme weather in the U.S. Alejandra Borunda
Older U.S. adults should get another COVID-19 shot, health officials recommend The CDC said Americans 65 and older should get another dose of the updated vaccine that became available in September — if at least four months has passed since their last shot. The Associated Press
Florida's response to measles outbreak troubles public health experts The state has at least 10 cases of the illness to date but the state's surgeon general has not called for vaccinations or quarantining of exposed kids. This goes against science-based measures. Pien Huang
Missouri advocates gather signatures for abortion legalization, but GOP hurdle looms Missouri has one of the strictest abortion bans in the U.S. Abortion rights supporters have until May to gather over 171,000 signatures to have the issue appear before voters this fall. Jason Rosenbaum
How gerontology, the study of aging, came to be NPR's history podcast Throughline tells us the story of the scientist who helped launch gerontology, the study of aging, and how we started viewing aging as a disease.
Could IVF access be protected nationally? One senator has a plan Senator Tammy Duckworth has introduced a bill to protect access to IVF. She tells NPR about her own experience with fertility treatments and her attempts to build bipartisan support for her bill. Linah Mohammad
There's a cheap and effective way to treat childhood diarrhea. So why is it underused? A new study seeks to find the reasons that health-care personnel avoid the easy treatment for this potentially life-threatening condition. Kamala Thiagarajan
Tuition will be free at a New York City medical school thanks to a $1 billion gift Ruth Gottesman is a professor emerita of pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. Gottesman's late husband, David, left the money to her upon his death. Ayana Archie
Raising a child with autism in Kenya: Facing stigma, finding glimmers of hope In Africa, there is a shortage of specialists and a lack of financial support for famlies who can't afford therapy. We look at how three families are coping. Scovian Lillian