Ride-Hailing Revolution Leaves Some People With Disabilities Behind Disability rights advocates say transportation giants Lyft and Uber are not doing enough to ensure equal transportation access as required under federal law. Eric Westervelt
More U.S. Towns Are Feeling The Pinch As Recycling Becomes Costlier The U.S. recycling industry is facing a quandary: Too much of the plastic we use can't be recycled, and taxpayers increasingly are on the hook for paying for all that trash to hit the landfills. Rebecca Davis
Want To Know What's In Your Sweat? There's A Patch For That Scientists are getting closer to developing a wearable patch that can measure hydration and other health markers — in sweat. The hope is it could give athletes more data to boost their performance. Joe Palca
U.S. Recycling Industry Is Struggling to Figure Out A Future Without China China is no longer taking the world's waste. The U.S. recycling industry is overwhelmed — it can't keep up with the plastic being churned out. This doesn't bode well for our plastic waste problem. Christopher Joyce
Washington parents can't opt out of MMR vaccine for philosophical reasons More kids will need the measles vaccine in order to legally attend public or private schools in Washington this fall. That comes after a recent change to state law. Ann Dornfeld
Restrictions On Abortion Medication Deserve A Second Look, Says A Former FDA Head The FDA heavily restricted mifepristone — a drug that ends early pregnancies — when it approved it 19 years ago. A former FDA commissioner asks whether the current restrictions should be revisited. luisa torres
Colombia Kindly Offers Free Health Care To Venezuelans – Up To A Point The government has promised to welcome migrants from neighboring Venezuela as "blood brothers." But more than 1 million newcomers are adding to the stress on an already strained health-care system. luisa torres
Obesity Medicine Specialist Discusses New WW App For Kids NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford, who specializes in obesity medicine, about a new app from WW — formerly Weight Watchers — that targets children.
Planned Parenthood Out Of Title X Over Trump Rule The organization says it is leaving the federal family planning program because of rule changes that prohibit Title X grantees from providing or referring most patients for abortion. Sarah McCammon
Can Maternal Fluoride Consumption During Pregnancy Lower Children's Intelligence? A Canadian study suggests that fluoride consumed by pregnant women can affect the IQ of their children. No single study provides definitive answers, but the findings will no doubt stir debate. Richard Harris