David J. Sencer CDC Museum at the Edward R. Roybal campus, the headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia. CDC is the national public health agency of the United States, under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). hapabapa/Getty Images/iStock Editorial hide caption toggle caption hapabapa/Getty Images/iStock Editorial
Maija Whitefeather-Manning, 28, cuddles her newborn baby, Corvus, at United Hospital District in Blue Earth, Minnesota- the only hospital in the region. Molly Castle Work/MPR News hide caption toggle caption Molly Castle Work/MPR News When Nikki Johnson heard Mayo Clinic Health System was closing its labor and delivery unit at her local clinic in Fairmont,
Dr. Rupa Narra shares a before and after photo from Thursday’s shift in an Ebola treatment unit in Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Narra and her colleagues are limited to about an hour at a time with patients in the unit due to the difficulty and risks of working in protective gear. Courtesy of
The Department of Education building in Washington, D.C. Robert Knopes/Education Times via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Robert Knopes/Education Times via Getty Images Catch up on what you missed with our Education newsletter, sent weekly. Kelly Rogers told employees Wednesday that she is resigning from her post overseeing special education at the federal Education
The measles ward at Dhaka Shishu Hospital is full, even five months after the start of a massive outbreak in Bangladesh. Ali Asif Shawon for NPR hide caption toggle caption Ali Asif Shawon for NPR In May, we posted a story about the rapid and devastating spread of measles in Bangladesh. The headline: More than
Dr. William Richardson opens the telemedicine portal at his clinic, Choices Women’s Center, through which he can see patients seeking an abortion, in his office at the clinic in Tucson, Ariz., on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. Anna Watts for NPR hide caption toggle caption Anna Watts for NPR TUCSON, Ariz. — Dr. William Richardson says
