Victoria gave birth to her daughter Lili while in treatment for opioid dependency. Alex Smith/KCUR hide caption
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A new generic that pharmacists can automatically substitute for Mylan's EpiPen will soon be on the market. George Frey/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
When a teen's symptoms of depression improve as a result of treatment, it's more likely that their parent's mood lifts, too, new research shows. Roy Scott/Getty Images/Ikon Images hide caption
The Children's Village has several grassy areas where kids can play soccer and other sports. Adriana Zehbrauskas for NPR hide caption
Inducing labor at 39 weeks may involve IV medications and continuous fetal monitoring. But if the pregnancy is otherwise uncomplicated, mother and baby can do just fine, the latest evidence suggests. Loic Venance/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Mother Daniele Santos holds her baby Juan Pedro, who has microcephaly, on May 30, 2016, in Recife, Brazil. Researchers are now learning that Zika's effects can appear up to a year after birth. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
Babies Who Seem Fine At Birth May Have Zika-Related Problems Later, Study Finds
Evelyn Nussembaum and her son Sam Vogelstein pick up a six month supply of Epidiolex from the experimental pharmacy at UCSF. Lesley McClurg/KQED hide caption
How One Boy's Fight With Epilepsy Led To The First Marijuana-Derived Pharmaceutical
In the mountain town of Juyaya, Puerto Rico, last October, children watched as U.S. Army helicopters brought a team of physicians to assess the medical needs of the local hospital and residents. Going forward, health economists say, the U.S. territory will need continued federal help to deal with its overwhelming Medicaid expenses. Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images hide caption
Puerto Rico's Wounded Medicaid Program Faces Even Deeper Cuts
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UCLA researchers are using a radioactive tracer, which binds to abnormal proteins in the brain, to see if it is possible to diagnose chronic traumatic encephalopathy in living patients. Warmer colors in these PET scans indicate higher concentrations of the tracer. UCLA hide caption
Heat Making You Lethargic? Research Shows It Can Slow Your Brain, Too
A woman breastfeeds her child in a village in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Phil Moore/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Shennel E.P. Henries, a 19-year-old Liberian member of Girl Up, decided to become an activist when she was around 5, Pearl Mak/NPR hide caption
Rohingya children carrying firewood into the Kutupalong camp in Bangladesh. Refugees have stripped almost all the area vegetation to use in cooking fires. Allison Joyce for NPR hide caption
The resolution at the World Health Assembly in Geneva in May was aimed at promoting breastfeeding. Steve Debenport/Getty Images hide caption
Juan Lopez Aguilar (left), a Maya man who fled violence in Guatemala three years ago, tells Dr. Nick Nelson he fears returning to the land of his birth. "There are a lot of gangs," he tells the doctor. "They want to kill people in my community." Heidi de Marco/Kaiser Health News hide caption
Medical Clinics That Treat Refugees Help Determine The Case For Asylum
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Medical Clinics That Treat Refugees Help Determine The Case For Asylum
When ticks come into contact with clothing sprayed with permethrin, research shows, they quickly become incapacitated and are unable to bite. Pearl Mak/NPR hide caption
To Repel Ticks, Try Spraying Your Clothes With A Pesticide That Mimics Mums
Nailah Winkfield (left) and Omari Sealey, the mother and uncle of Jahi McMath, listen to doctors speak during a news conference in San Francisco in 2014. Eric Risberg/AP hide caption
A drug made from a derivative of marijuana has been approved for patients with certain forms of epilepsy. Blaine Harrington III/Getty Images hide caption