Like many miners with advanced black lung disease, Tim Balthis looks healthy, sitting with his wife Fran Balthis on their porch in Pound, Va. But a scan of his lungs shows so much fibrotic tissue a doctor told Balthis he was surprised he was still alive. Roger May for NPR hide caption toggle caption Roger
Back in the 1950s when Dr. Kelly Brownell was a young boy, snacking didn’t really exist. “Children ate three meals and maybe one snack,” he says. And typically that snack occurred in one place: at home. “Nobody ate in their automobile. Maybe if you took a long trip, your parents would make sandwiches to bring
A drone, just returned from a delivery, swings into the landing mechanism in Muhanga, Rwanda. The country’s government has contracted with American robotics company Zipline to deliver emergency blood through drones since 2016. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR MUHANGA, Rwanda – Noella Mukanoheli was nine months pregnant and bleeding out. It took
This article first appeared in the Planet Money newsletter. You can sign up here. If you go to a store like Whole Foods, you’ll find a lot more than … whole foods. You’ll also find bougie packaged snacks, cereals, and all sorts of other processed foods and drinks. Often they’ll have buzzwords on their packaging.
Izzy Kadrmas, a medical assistant at Partnership Health Center’s Watershed Clinic in Missoula, Montana, prepares to take Tywon Pugh’s blood for testing. Katheryn Houghton/KFF Health News hide caption toggle caption Katheryn Houghton/KFF Health News MISSOULA, Mont. — Tywon Pugh has seizures that make it hard to find and keep a job. “They called me a
Cyclosporiasis is an intestinal illness caused by food or water contaminated with the parasite Cyclospora. wildpixel/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption wildpixel/Getty Images Two people have died as part of the cyclosporiasis outbreak in Michigan, according to the state’s Department of Health and Human Services. These are the first reported deaths associated with cyclosporiasis since
