In bodycam footage released by the Milwaukie Police Department, 26-year-old Jean Descamps can be seen in a hospital bed at the Providence Milwaukie Hospital emergency room in Milwaukie, Ore., in December 2023. Soon after he was discharged by the hospital, Descamps died from drugs already in his system. Milwaukie Police Department/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Dr. Erica Schwartz, who appeared before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in July, was confirmed Wednesday as CDC director. Finn Gomez/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Finn Gomez/Getty Images The U.S. Senate confirmed Dr. Erica Schwartz as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly a year after the last
The FDA allowed some Zyn nicotine pouches to be marketed as “lower risk” than cigarettes. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images It comes in flavors like “Cool Mint,” “Smooth,” and “Chill.” It’s on the Ferrari F1 race car. And it’s addictive. A paperclip-sized pouch filled with bleach-white fibers and
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
