NPR spent 2 years tracking deaths from heat. We found a staggering hidden toll
An NPR investigation found that people in the U.S. are dying from heat much more often than official counts show.…
Kids with brain injuries thrive at this camp. But federal research funding is in flux
A Pennsylvania summer camp helps children who have survived brain injuries. But the future of federal funding for brain injury…
Record cyclosporiasis outbreak tests the response of a ‘weakened’ health system
From state and local food-safety response to the federal health agencies that fund that work, a record-breaking year for cyclosporiasis…
Dr. Erica Schwartz confirmed as CDC director, filling a leadership vacuum
Schwartz takes command of a public health agency that has lost thousands of employees, amid layoffs, resignations and leadership turmoil.
Pediatricians and health officials are sidestepping Trump’s CDC on vaccine advice
The Trump administration's upending of years of vaccine advice puts many pediatricians in a quandary. Some are steering patients away…
Iceberg lettuce at Taco Bell linked to cyclospora outbreak in 5 states
Federal health officials have identified a single supplier of the produce from Mexico that was served in Taco Bell restaurants…
CDC director nominee Erica Schwartz faces Senate for confirmation hearing
Dr. Erica Schwartz, Trump's nominee for CDC director, faces the Senate health committee for her confirmation hearing on July 15.…
American passenger feels ‘betrayed’ by federal order to stay in hantavirus quarantine
Two passengers from the cruise ship that had a hantavirus outbreak were blocked by the federal government from leaving the…