A McDonald's Double Quarter Pounder is shown on March 6, 2018, in Atlanta. Mike Stewart/AP hide caption
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This electron microscopic image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows two, round-shaped, Gram-positive, Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria. AP/CDC hide caption
Morris Brown, a primary care physician, listens to Sarah McCutcheon’s heartbeat in the exam room at his medical office in Kingstree, South Carolina, which sits in a region that suffers from health care provider shortages and high rates of chronic diseases. Gavin McIntyre for KFF Health News hide caption
Fleetwood High School cheerleader Samantha Colelli, 17, a senior at Fleetwood, does a basket during halftime at a game in 2017. As cheerleading has become more ambitious over the last decade, it's also become riskier warn pediatricians. Harold Hoch/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle/Getty Images hide caption
A McDonald's Double Quarter Pounder is shown on March 6, 2018, in Atlanta. The fast-food chain says customers should feel confident ordering from its restaurants despite a deadly E. coli outbreak linked to its Quarter Pounder hamburgers. Mike Stewart/AP hide caption
Garment workers in Bangladesh protest for better working conditions. Kazi Salahuddin Razu/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption
Veronica, 17, of Des Moines, Iowa, with her estrogen pills. A new study shows a very low rate of regret among kids taking puberty blockers or hormones as part of gender-affirming care. Selena Simmons-Duffin/NPR hide caption
Survey asked transgender teens whether they regretted pursuing gender-affirming care
This 2014 photo made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a feeding female Anopheles funestus mosquito. James Gathany/AP/CDC hide caption
Cobenfy, a new drug made by Bristol Myers Squibb and approved by the FDA last week, triggers muscarinic receptors instead of dopamine receptors. It's the first schizophrenia treatment to do so. Bristol Myers Squibb hide caption
For the first time in decades, we have a new kind of schizophrenia drug
A sign outside a McDonald's restaurant is seen in Pittsburgh, on June 25, 2019. E. coli food poisoning linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers has sickened at least 49 people in 10 states, including one person who died and 10 who were hospitalized. Gene J. Puskar/AP hide caption
An aerial photograph from 2023 of the Rusayo camp for internally displaced people on the outskirts of Goma in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Hundreds of thousands of Congolese have found refuge around Goma after fleeing fighting further north. Two new reports document a 'staggering' increase in rapes over the past year. Alexis Huguet/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Seven out of 10 adults in the U.S. say the future of the nation is a significant source of stress. The concern crosses party lines. LPETTET/Getty Images hide caption
When radiologists review mammograms for signs of breast cancer, they can also see arterial calcification in the breast, which is linked with cardiovascular disease risk. BSIP/Universal Images Group/Getty Images hide caption
Samantha Hodge-Williams in 2006. Samantha Hodge-Williams hide caption
Dr. Stefan Khmil performs artificial insemination on a patient in his Clinic of Prof. Stefan Khmil in Ternopil, Ukraine, on July 12. Yurko Dyachyshyn for NPR hide caption
Ukrainians hold off on having babies during the war — some families buck the trend
Stephen Nzioka works on his farm in Miu, Machakos County, Kenya. A changing climate took a toll on his harvests — until a weekly text message gave him insights into the week's weather and the best farming strategies. Khadija Farah for NPR hide caption
In this photo illustration, a package of Opill is displayed on March 22. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Screenshots of some of the waffle products named in the recall. TreeHouse Foods hide caption
A drumming circle at the Friendship House in San Francisco. Friendship House is a Native-led recovery treatment program that provides culturally relevant care. San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers/Getty Images hide caption
Raquel [R] and Rebeca Salas at their home in Phoenix, AZ, on Oct. 6, 2024. Keren Carrión/NPR hide caption
Latinos are more pro-choice than ever before. What spurred this change?
People with prescriptions for Ozempic and similar drugs had lower rates of intoxication and drug overdoses, according to a new study. 5m3photos/Getty Images hide caption
Ozempic shows promise for treating alcohol and drug abuse, study finds
Toyin Salami of Lagos, Nigeria, with her 4-year-old daughter, Kudirat. Her husband, Saheed, tends to two of their other children. "It's hard to get food, let alone nutritious food," she says. Sope Adelaja for NPR hide caption
People protested in front of the White House in September 2023 to raise awareness of opioid-related deaths. A year later, the number of fentanyl-related deaths in the U.S. has dropped sharply. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption