Myra Solano Garcia in Upland, California, 2024. Garcia has been living with Alzheimer’s disease and is taking one of the two approved drugs on the market to try to slow its symptoms. Zaydee Sanchez for NPR / @zaydee.s Zaydee Sanchez for NPR / @zaydee.s Read part 1 of Jon’s story.Continue Reading
Measles outbreaks in Texas and New Mexico are fueling concerns about the rapid spread of the highly contagious virus. There have been more than 100 measles cases in the United States so far this year, compared to 285 cases in all of 2024. And health officials have warned that theyContinue Reading
Kim Allen doesn’t like clutter. But when it comes to some of her most sentimental items, she finds it hard to let go. Near the top of the list is a ceramic creature that her daughter made years ago. It has one eye, a lolling tongue and a crop ofContinue Reading
During a recent half-marathon, I was taking a walk break when a man on the sidelines shouted, “Come on! Keep running!” I was using the run-walk method, a plan that incorporates intentional walk breaks during runs, and this 30-second walk gave me a chance to catch my breath and takeContinue Reading
Hours after Elon Musk reassured Cabinet members on Wednesday that efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in Uganda had only been “accidentally canceled very briefly,” the Trump administration terminated at least four of the five contracts for Ebola-related work in that country. The four canceled contracts were a tiny fractionContinue Reading
An obscure but influential program that gave detailed public health information to about half of the world’s nations will fold as a result of the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid. With funding from the United States Agency for International Development, the Demographic and Health Surveys were the only sourcesContinue Reading
People protested funding cuts to research institutions at the University of Chicago last week. Scott Olson/Getty Images Scott Olson/Getty Images The Trump administration has partially lifted a hold that had frozen ability of the National Institutes of Health to review new grant applications for research into diseases ranging from heartContinue Reading
A child has died of measles in West Texas, the first known death in an outbreak that is spreading in the region and in neighboring New Mexico, state health officials said on Wednesday. The patient was an unvaccinated school-age child, according to officials in Lubbock, Texas, and the Department ofContinue Reading
Utah could soon become the first U.S. state to ban the addition of fluoride to drinking water. On Friday, the Utah State Senate approved a bill that prohibits adding the mineral to public water systems. If signed by Governor Spencer Cox, the measure would go into effect on May 7.Continue Reading
Extreme heat can be particularly dangerous for older people, putting them at increased risk for heat stroke and death. But could it also affect how their DNA functions, and accelerate the aging process itself? A new study, published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, suggests it could. The analysis ofContinue Reading
