Purdue Pharma, which makes OxyContin, defended its efforts to combat opioid abuse after it was named in the Ohio suit. Toby Talbot/AP hide caption
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Wednesday
Leon Watts (left) with Lee and Suzanne Chase. Ina Jaffe/NPR hide caption
Most of the people in a choir at Ryerson University in Toronto have joined a study testing how practicing music might help people with hearing loss handle noisy environments better. Andrea Hsu/NPR hide caption
A whistleblower lawsuit alleged that two Florida insurance plans inflated fees by making patients appear sicker than they were. Getty Images hide caption
Poll responses to the question of whether the Senate should pass the American Health Care Act. NPR hide caption
Poll: Americans Increasingly Think Their Health Care Will Get Worse
Some people using brokers to buy insurance through healthcare.gov will no longer have to go through a multi-step process to enroll. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Tuesday
A woman is vaccinated at a health center in Conakry, Guinea, during the clinical trials of a vaccine against the Ebola virus. Cellou Binani/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A 4-year-old regulation in New York state requires doctors and hospitals to treat sepsis using a protocol that some researchers now question. Getty Images/iStockphoto hide caption
French pharmaceutical group Sanofi is expected to receive an exclusive license to market a new Zika vaccine. AFP/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
States Fear Price Of New Zika Vaccine Will Be More Than They Can Pay
Monday
A new ad in India shows women mocking men who answer nature's call in nature. It's part of a national effort to encourage men to put a toilet in the family home. Astral Pipes/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Adult ADHD can be difficult to diagnose. Hemant Mehta/IndiaPicture RF/Getty Images hide caption
Adult ADHD Can't Be Diagnosed With A Simple Screening Test, Doctors Warn
Sunday
The good old reflex hammer (like this Taylor model) might seem like an outdated medical device, but its role in diagnosing disease is still as important as ever. Meredith Rizzo/NPR hide caption
Saturday
Will Shindel prepares for a gene-editing class using the CRISPR tool at a Brooklyn community lab called Genspace. Alan Yu/WHYY hide caption