14 percent of Washington drivers with kids in the car test positive for marijuana Kids act as a kind of deterrent to drunk driving, but not for marijuana use. Casey Martin
How Communities Affected By Measles Work To Contain Outbreaks NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Steve McGraw, EMS Medical Director for Oakland County, Mich., and member of the local Hatzalah emergency response group, about the measles outbreak there.
How Do Mosquitoes Taste DEET? Hint: It's Not Their Mouthparts It's the only repellent that drives mosquitoes away when they come in contact with it. A new study has a theory about why that is. Jonathan Lambert
Why Health Workers In The Ebola Hot Zone Are Threatening To Strike Threats and attacks have become a way of life — even for staff at regular hospitals. For the simple act of referring patients to Ebola treatment centers, they have become targets. Nurith Aizenman
Facing A Measles Outbreak NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Joseph Kaplovitz, a pediatrician in Brooklyn's Borough Park, about the spike in measles cases.
CDC Reports Largest U.S. Measles Outbreak Since Year 2000 There are 695 cases in 22 states. HHS Secretary Alex Azar said the spike was "avoidable" and he called measles vaccines "among the most extensively studied medical products we have." Richard Gonzales
Decoded Brain Signals Could Give Voiceless People A Way To Talk Scientists have found a way to transform electrical signals in the brain into intelligible speech. The advance may help people paralyzed by a stroke or disease, but the technology is experimental. Jon Hamilton
Healthcare workers bill 'blown to bits' by amendments, says sponsor The sponsor of a patient safety bill says it’s been obliterated by proposed amendments. Patricia Murphy
Rochester Drug Cooperative Faces Federal Criminal Charges Over Role In Opioid Epidemic NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Gary Craig, a Democrat and Chronicle reporter, about the first major pharmaceutical distributor to face federal criminal charges over its role in the opioid epidemic.
World's First Malaria Vaccine Launches In Sub-Saharan Africa It took more than 30 years to develop. The hope is it will eventually save tens of thousands of lives each year. But there are a few issues. Michaeleen Doucleff