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A Slack workspace has served as a war room for AI industry insiders and Trump administration officials to launch a rapid campaign aimed at persuading Americans to manage their healthcare and medical records on apps.
Middle schooler Cora Walsh of Long Island, N.Y., has won the 2026 NPR Student Podcast Challenge with a story about her journey with dyslexia.
A study from Common Sense Media says most safeguards in ChatGPT for Teens failed. The chatbot talks to teens like a friend and doesn't alert parents when users talk about self-harm and suicide.
Why one teen can't let go of the time he ate fries with his great-grandpa.
Heath Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces new steps aimed at identifying and treating complications from vaccines.
Zimbabwean teenager Kelly Nhedega once dreamed of finishing school and starting a career before having a family
Studies suggest women are getting angrier, but are they just more open about it?
Around 100 school children have taken part in an art project to help them deal with bereavement.
The review, which focuses on younger people, warned there was a risk society was moving from an era of under-diagnosis to over-diagnosis.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has established a new clinic at the National Institutes of Health to study vaccine injuries. It's part of a larger administration effort on vaccine safety.
A University of Cincinnati study links weekly physical activity to slower cognitive decline and motor function loss in Parkinson's disease patients.
The benefits of a quality humidifier include moisturizing skin, fighting off allergens and even defending against dry lips and mouth, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The Duke of Sussex says he had an "adrenaline crash" while visiting Vancouver Island to "get some space".
NPR's Michel Martin hosted a panel conversation about mental health and suicide in the Black community, exploring a difficult subject in deeply personal conversations.
DonnaJean Wilde held an abdominal plank for five hours at the Huntsman World Senior Games, smashing her own Guinness world record by nearly 30 minutes.
For more than 20 years, Dr. Jennifer Litton has been treating breast cancer. Getting diagnosed with breast cancer herself showed her how far treatment has come.
A scorecard from MAHA activists suggests the Trump administration has broken most of its promises to the movement. The “burn feels especially raw,” one prominent activist said.
I rounded up the best tea kettles, including electric and stovetop options, from brands like Smeg, Fellow and Cuisinart, after talking to tea experts.
Prime Big Deal Days is over, but you can still shop Amazon deals under $50 on household essentials, beauty products, vacuums and more.
A hotel room may appear to be squeaky clean but harmful germs could be lurking in places you might not expect. Plush carpets could inhabit E. coli and staph that can hitch a ride on shoes and wheeling suitcases. Reporting for TODAY, NBC’s Vicky Nguyen teams up with an environmental testing lab and books two room in…
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NHS winter pressures appear to be building already, with rises in waiting times for planned surgery.
A Nature & Health Alliance survey finds nearly half of Americans spend under two hours outdoors weekly, fueling burnout, brain fog and belly fat.
Amid a decline in youth mental health, momentum is building for a federal crackdown on social media companies over protections for kids.
In Los Angeles County, the nation's most populous, a new system could screen hospital patients for financial aid, preventing hundreds of thousands from getting bills they can't pay.
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with radiologist Dr. Lisa Mullen about a new Maryland law requiring that patients be notified if mammogram results show calcium deposits in blood vessels.
Police have arrested thousands of young people in France during protests demanding better school funding
Neil and Katie Russell are working with the hospital where their daughter died on the scheme.
The Food and Drug Administration says its ongoing safety review of the nation’s main abortion pill will continue into next year
A two-year randomized trial found that diet drinks with aspartame, sucralose and acesulfame potassium matched water for weight loss outcomes.
Nail discoloration was reported by 46% of GLP-1 users versus 17% of non-users, while scalp inflammation accompanied hair loss in most medication users studied.
The plague, a rare bacterial infection known for its deadly impact in 14th-century Europe, still exists today
Russia says it's open to a Trump-Putin phone call as concern and questions mount over a woman's death of "pneumonia of unknown origin."
A Texas man who fatally shot a convenience store clerk in 2000 has been executed, a week after a failed lethal injection in Tennessee
Epic Research analyzed 85 million health records and found shingles rates dropped 62% among younger adults eligible for childhood chickenpox vaccination.
Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in adolescents and young adults under age 39, and the rate is rising fastest in women under 50.
Care should focus on healthy eating and exercise, not medicines such as weight-loss injections, says the World Health Organization
Rosanna Brown was advised to end her pregnancy because her baby had a life-threatening condition.
Dan Buettner highlights how blue zones residents drink water, black coffee and red wine with resveratrol to support long-term health goals.
Alan Alda, now 90, reveals how humor and acceptance help him cope with Parkinson's disease, calling the condition "just a hobby" he lives with.
Reports of a lab worker dying in Russia after allegedly being exposed to plague have raised concerns, even as the WHO says the public health risk is low.
Zambia plans to sign a revised health agreement with the United States that excludes controversial clauses about sharing patient data and specimens
A Kenyan citizen who had been living in Congo before returning to Nairobi over the weekend has become Kenya’s first confirmed case of Ebola and the country’s first death from the disease in the fast-moving outbreak
Russian authorities say a staffer at a plague research institute in Siberia contracted pneumonia of an unknown cause, and local state TV reported the woman died last week
Emily Pearson was diagnosed with a rare condition that left her vulnerable to sun as a teenager. A new medication offers hope.
Hours after experiencing a flare-up related to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Kenney Blewett of Kyle, Texas, died by suicide in June.
Dr. Céline Gounder asked America.gov 37 questions on autism, vaccines and more. Here's what it got right — and wrong.