How HHS Secretary Alex Azar Reconciles Medicaid Cuts With Stopping The Spread Of HIV As head of the Department of Health and Human Services, Alex Azar is charged with making Trump's plan to end HIV in the U.S. by 2030 work. "We have an historic opportunity," he tells NPR. Ari Shapiro
Scientists Test Whether Brain Stimulation Could Help Sharpen Aging Memory Memory faltering as you age? Parts of your brain that used to work in-sync may be out-of-step. A study shows that a precise jolt of electricity can bring these parts back together, boosting memory. Jonathan Lambert
Seasonal Sniffles? Immunotherapy Tablets Can Replace Allergy Shots For Some Allergens Many allergists have started to prescribe immunotherapy tablets to some of their patients. They're safe and convenient, and like allergy shots, they treat the root cause of your allergic misery. Allison Aubrey
1st Living HIV-Positive Organ Donor Wants To Lift 'The Shroud Of HIV Related Stigma' Last month, surgeons at Johns Hopkins Hospital made a medical breakthrough when they transplanted a kidney from Nina Martinez, who has HIV, to an HIV-positive person. Michel Martin
Democratic Republic of Congo Sees A Recent Surge In Ebola Infections The World Health Organization says there's been a marked increase in new cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo. More than 1,100 people have become infected during the eight-month epidemic. Nurith C Aizenman
Stuck in the emergency room because there's nowhere else to go Some psychiatric patients are spending not just hours in the emergency room, but days or a week. They're living there in the ER because there is nowhere... Tom Banse
100K Washingtonians could lose food stamps under proposed SNAP changes State leaders say proposed changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program would harm Washington’s most vulnerable. Patricia Murphy
Mozambique Health Officials Race To Vaccinate Against Cholera After Cyclone Idai NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Dr. Ilesh Jani, director general of Mozambique's National Institute of Health, about the massive cholera vaccination campaign underway in the wake of Cyclone Idai.
Researchers Are Surprised By The Magnitude Of Venezuela's Health Crisis A report from Johns Hopkins University and Human Rights Watch finds an alarming decline in the quality of health care across the country. Melody Schreiber
'What are we gonna do?' More than 1,000 Seattle students exposed to HIV, hepatitis Health officials urge students to get tested after they were accidentally exposed to blood-borne pathogens through dental clinics based in 12 Puget Sound schools. Esmy Jimenez