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Minnesota Hospitals’ Limited Charity Care Leaves Patients Struggling

Cori Roberts of St. Cloud, Minnesota, incurred more than $8,000 in medical bills after she was diagnosed at CentraCare with early-stage cervical cancer. She says the health system told her she made too much — about $41,000 a year — to qualify for financial aid. Anthony Souffle/The Minnesota Star Tribune hide caption toggle caption Anthony

Narges Mohammadi Transferred to Tehran Hospital

Prominent Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi in a hospital in Tehran, Iran on May 10, 2026. Narges Foundation Archive/via AP hide caption toggle caption Narges Foundation Archive/via AP BEIRUT — Nobel Peace laureate and activist Narges Mohammadi has been transferred to a Tehran hospital more than a week after collapsing in prison, her foundation

NAD+ Supplements and Infusions: What the Evidence Shows

Sunnu Rebecca Choi for NPR Scientists carrying out research on the compound nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide — or simply NAD+ — are running into an unusual problem these days: A little too much publicity around their subject of study. Enthusiasm for NAD+ boosting supplements, injectables and IV infusions has overtaken the wellness and longevity world, attracting

Share Your Best Tips for Cutting Your Food Bill

Let us know your best hacks for cutting costs. sergeyryzhov/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption sergeyryzhov/Getty Images I've been reporting on food and affordability for NPR for our new series What's Eating America . And in talking to people, business owners and experts, I've picked up some strategies to help keep my family's food costs

Savvy shoppers turn to discount grocers to cut food costs

Rich Henderson and his wife, Rachel Negro-Henderson, grocery shop for their family at the Aldi in Bellmawr, New Jersey. Rachel Wisniewski for NPR hide caption toggle caption Rachel Wisniewski for NPR NPR's series What's Eating America examines the forces shaping our food system and how they're scrambling the way we eat. BELLMAWR, N.J. — When

Two more MV Hondius passengers test positive for hantavirus

One French passenger and one from the US test positive after being evacuated from the vessel in the Canary Islands. A French woman and an American man have tested positive for hantavirus infections as countries around the world repatriate passengers from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak. French Health Minister Stephanie Rist said

Happy Mother’s Day to My Unfailingly Kind Mother

Bertha Ngumbi (right) with daughters Esther (left) and Faith. Family photo hide caption toggle caption Family photo Bertha Ngumbi, my sweet mother, is one of the kindest women I know. But when I was a kid growing up in Kenya with four siblings, her kindness annoyed me. My siblings — three sisters and one brother

Gleevec: How One Pill Transformed Cancer Care

Dr. Brian Druker, director of the Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health & Science University, championed the drug that became Gleevec. Kristyna Wentz-Graff/Oregon Health & Science University hide caption toggle caption Kristyna Wentz-Graff/Oregon Health & Science University Get the latest on the science of healthy living in the  NPR Health newsletter , sent weekly. When

Art Is More Than a Mirror

David McKenna as Piggy in Netflix's new Lord of the Flies adaptation. J Redza/Eleven/Sony Pictures Television hide caption toggle caption J Redza/Eleven/Sony Pictures Television Watching Netflix's new adaptation of William Golding's Lord of the Flies, I found myself struggling. Grappling might be the better word, actually. I wasn't grappling with the show itself, an ambitious
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