How You (And Your Dog) Can Avoid Snake Bites — And What To Do If You Get Bitten It was a warm, wet winter this year across much of the U.S., which means more snakes and a higher risk of bites. Here are some tips for avoiding vipers and their venom. Patti Neighmond
Why Racial Gaps In Maternal Mortality Persist Black and Native American women die of pregnancy-related causes at a higher rate than white women. Researchers say the gaps are driven by unequal access to health care and the experience of racism. Patti Neighmond
Opinion: Keep Limits Intact On Medical Residents' Work Hours Caps on shift lengths for medical residents were implemented to improve patient safety. Given the effects of sleep deprivation on emotional capacity and residents' well-being, why risk longer hours? Clayton Dalton
Experimental Drug For Huntington's Disease Jams Malfunctioning Gene More than 600 people will take part in study to test a promising treatment for Huntington's disease, a fatal inherited condition. The experimental drug interferes with defective genetic machinery. Richard Harris
Lubrication And Lots Of Communication: Navigating A New Sexual Life After Menopause A new book, Flash Count Diary, celebrates the emotional and creative freedom of postmenopausal intimacy. Mara Gordon
What's Behind A Rise In Conscience Complaints For Health Care Workers? A new rule expands protection for health care workers who refuse to provide certain care on moral grounds. The rule cites a sudden rise in religious discrimination complaints. What's fueling the rise? Selena Simmons-Duffin
Deaths of homeless people jump in Seattle area Deaths among people who were homeless in King County more than doubled in the past five years, according to a new report from the Medical Examiner’s Office. Gil Aegerter
Will Displaying Drug List Prices In Ads Help Lower Costs? The government wants consumers to have sticker shock about drug prices. A new rule requires list prices be displayed in TV ads. Patients advocates are not sure it will do much to lower prices. Selena Simmons-Duffin
Lessons Learned From California's Effort To Tighten The Childhood Immunization Law NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with California state Sen. Richard Pan. Pan is also a pediatrician, and he was one of the leaders of the effort to force parents to vaccinate their children.
They came to Washington to work, then they got the mumps We roll up a long, gravel road about 20 miles outside Mattawa, a small farming town in central Washington state. We’re on the King Fuji Ranch where there's four suspected cases of the mumps and over a 100 exposed workers quarantined. Anna King
