NPR Health
MARCH 11, 2025
The virus that causes COVID-19 continues to mutate. Scientists say that's likely to continue indefinitely, and the virus will find new ways to evade the human immune system.
NPR Health
MARCH 11, 2025
Utah is poised to become the first state to ban adding fluoride to public drinking water. A bill passed by the state's Republican-led legislature now awaits a signature from the GOP governor.
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NPR Health
MARCH 11, 2025
Medical students in south Alabama are learning about nutrition at a cooking class in hopes they will be able to better talk to patients about what they eat.
NPR Health
MARCH 11, 2025
Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, the virus continues to spread around the globe as the virus continues to evolve. Scientists say that's likely to continue indefinitely, as the virus finds new ways to evade the human immune system. At the moment, the virus has faded into the background of daily life even as people still get sick, end up in the hospital and sometimes die.
NPR Health
MARCH 11, 2025
The deadliest phase of the U.S. fentanyl crisis appears to be over. That's according to new research showing fatal overdoses from fentanyl and other street drugs continue to plunge and have now dropped from their peak in all 50 states. But with that good news comes with challenges including caring for a larger population of people, who are surviving, but may be deeply unwell.
NPR Health
MARCH 11, 2025
The Health Secretary's assertion inaccurately characterizes the 2009 government report he cites, according to an NPR review and interviews with former committee members.
NPR Health
MARCH 11, 2025
The WHO declared a pandemic. The NBA shut down its season. President Trump banned travel from Europe. Tom Hanks tested positive. On one day five years ago, the coronavirus became very real in America.
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