Adolescent Addiction Expert Weighs In On Proposed Ban On Flavored E-Cigarette Pods NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dr. Sharon Levy, a pediatrician and an adolescent addiction expert with Boston Children's Hospital, about the FDA's proposed ban on most flavored e-cigarette pods.
UNICEF Says Even In 2020, Newborns Are Still Vulnerable If you want to know where the world's demographics are trending, look at the babies born this New Year's Day. Diaa Hadid
UNICEF Estimates 400,000 Babies Will Be Born On New Year's Day Over half those births will happen in just eight countries, according to the U.N. agency. Diaa Hadid
FDA To Prohibit Most Flavored E-Cigarettes Except For Tobacco, Menthol The Trump administration plans to ban most flavored e-cigarette pods. NPR's Noel King talks to Jennifer Maloney of The Wall Street Journal, who was one of the first reporters to break the story.
Some foster children have new homes, but bigger crisis in Washington state remains Over two dozen high needs foster kids in Seattle who were in limbo have now gotten places to stay now. But their plight illustrates key flaws in the state foster care system. Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Reporters Pick Their Favorite Global Stories Of The Decade The topics range from a ticking time bomb in the Arctic to the art of taking selfies in an ethical way. Here are the stories selected by our contributors. Marc Silver
A Decade Marked By Outrage Over Drug Prices Nearly 1 in 4 Americans has trouble affording prescription drugs, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation poll. Over the past decade, high prices of several medicines have become flashpoints. Sydney Lupkin
Is your kid missing vaccines? Seattle Schools is offering one more free clinic Michael Anthony drove his 13-year-old daughter, Aunna, all the way from Tacoma to south Seattle to get a chicken pox shot. Eilís O'Neill
Start Fresh: 6 Tips For Mental Health In 2020 Joy can be cultivated. Hostility often masks depression. As one year ends and another begins, these six insights and tips from psychologists offer hope for a good new year. Emily Vaughn
Efforts To Stop Suicide Will Get A Boost In 2020 The new federal budget has more money for a national suicide prevention hotline, and the Federal Communications Commission says it will designate a 3-digit dialing code to call it. Rhitu Chatterjee
