Honoré Prentice (in yellow shirt and glasses), who lives in Canada, met three of his birth siblings, who live in the U.S., in person on Dec. 13, 2021. The brothers were all born in Haiti. Family photo/Family photo hide caption
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Friday
Researchers say multiple factors are likely impacting early puberty, including obesity, stress and endocrine-disrupting hormones which are widespread in the environment. SDI Productions/Getty Images/E+ hide caption
Girls in the U.S. are getting their period earlier. Here's what parents should know
Thursday
Alok Shukla walks across the Paturiyadand forest of Korba district in India's state of Chhattisgarh. Shukla has led a decade-long grassroots campaign against some of companies seeking to develop coal mines in forested areas. Idrees Mohammed/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A farmworker was infected with bird flu from a dairy cow, the third human case in the recent outbreak. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption
Eating a low-carb diet, or the low FODMAP diet, can help with IBS symptoms, a new study finds. d3sign/Getty Images/Moment RF hide caption
Wednesday
People gather outside the Savage Sisters' community outreach storefront in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia. The area is being hit hard by Medetomidine and Xylazine, powerful sedatives most often used by veterinarians that are moving through the illicit drug supply triggering "mass overdose" events and causing gruesome skin wounds. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption
A new wave of overdoses is triggered by a tranquilizer used on animals
Wymon Johnson, poses for a portrait at his residence in Bakersfield, Calif. Johnson is currently renting a room from a friend while he is waiting for long term housing through the Kern County Housing Authority. Alyson Aliano for NPR/Alyson Aliano hide caption
Like the gut, microbes are important for a healthy vaginal ecosystem. Getty Images/Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library hide caption
A microbiome transplant could help people with bacterial vaginosis
Tuesday
Melinda French Gates says she will donate $1 billion over the next two years to support women and family rights globally. Here, French Gates speaks at the forum Empowering Women as Entrepreneurs and Leaders during the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters in Washington in April 2023. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption
Approximately one in every three births in the U.S. occurs as the result of a C-section. Getty Images hide caption
After a traumatic C-section, journalist takes on the medicalization of birth
Law enforcement gather at the scene of a fatal shooting in Philadelphia on April 28, 2023. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption
Mandy Messinger's early memories of her father, Craig, are of the smell of his tobacco pipe and how he taught her to throw a baseball. Craig Messinger, was killed in a flash flood near Philadelphia in 2021. She is still processing his death. Mandy Messinger hide caption
Craig Messinger is one example of the toll climate change is taking on human life
A truck sits in still water after Hurricane Laura swept through Cameron Parish, La., in 2020. The storm killed dozens of people in the U.S. hide caption
Monday
Zepbound is one of several new drugs that people are using successfully to lose weight. But shortages have people strategizing how to maintain their weight loss when they can't get the drug. Shelby Knowles/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption