Here's What One Parkland Survivor Wants You To Know About Supporting Others NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Kyra Parrow, a Parkland shooting survivor and advocate for gun violence prevention, about mental health.
Growing Corn Is A Major Contributor To Air Pollution, Study Finds A study ties an estimated 4,300 premature deaths a year to the air pollution caused by corn production in the U.S. In some regions, the per-bushel health costs exceed the corn's market price. Jonathan Lambert
Amazon partnership targets health care for its low-wage workers Amazon's health care partnership is looking at solutions for warehouse and call center workers. Carolyn Adolph
Washington Senate to vote on vaccine bill in midst of measles outbreak A Senate committee plans to vote Monday on a bill that would eliminate personal and philosophical exemptions to vaccines. Patricia Murphy
How Can Doctors Be Sure A Self-Taught Computer Is Making The Right Diagnosis? It's hard for humans to check algorithms that computers devise on their own. But these artificial intelligence systems are already moving from the lab toward doctors' offices. Richard Harris
Lessons In Life And Death From 12-Year-Old Lola Lola Muñoz entered a painful experimental treatment for a rare type of brain cancer, hoping to ultimately help other children down the line. Photographer Moriah Ratner captured her journey. Moriah Ratner
How InterSurgeon Connects Surgeons Around The World NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to William Harkness, co-founder of InterSurgeon, a free service that connects surgeons globally and helps low-income countries provide access to surgical care.
Tobacco age will soon be 21 in WA. But will it stop kids from smoking? Kim Malcolm talks with Washington State Secretary of Health, Dr. John Wiesman about raising the tobacco purchase age to 21. Kim Malcolm
Are We Ready For An Implant That Can Change Our Moods? Deep brain stimulation offers relief from some neurological problems and is being tested for mood disorders. But the treatment — an implant in the brain — raises ethical questions. Jonathan Lambert
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson On Medicaid Work Requirement NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson about a federal judge's decision this week that blocked his state's Medicaid work requirement rules.