On July 6, volunteers dispense medication at a makeshift emergency clinic, set up in a former school in eastern Sudan, for people displaced by conflict. AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption
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Iowans supporting access to abortion rally on Thursday, April 11, 2024, outside the courthouse in Des Moines, Iowa, where the Iowa Supreme Court heard arguments on the state's restrictive abortion law. The law that bans most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. Hannah Fingerhut/AP hide caption
Iowa supreme court upholds ban on abortion at six weeks of pregnancy
Books sit on a shelf at a clinic that provides abortion care on April 30, in Jacksonville, Fla. A six-week abortion ban that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed went into effect on May 1. Joe Raedle/Getty Images North America hide caption
Abortion bans that grant exceptions to 'save the life of the mother' are a gray area
Former National Health Institute Director Francis S. Collins. Graeme Jennings - Pool/Getty Images hide caption
This former NIH chief went public with his prostate cancer to help others
We asked our readers to send in their wishes for 2024, and many of you expressed a hope that humans pay attention to the health of the planet. The woman pictured above is one of the nomadic Wodaabe people — cattle herders who live mainly in Chad and Niger. Their lifestyle is affected by higher temperatures, shifting winds and changing precipitation patterns due to climate change. Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Does it matter what time you go to bed? Sleep scientist Rebecca Robbins identifies commonly held beliefs about sleep — and debunks misconceptions. Photo Illustration by Becky Harlan/NPR hide caption
Gregory says his wife would never have imagined the impact her fund would have. Andrew Gregory hide caption
Before dying, she made a fund to cancel others' medical debt — nearly $70M worth
A group of volunteers with Maui Medic Healers Hui gather before heading out to help people affected by the fires in Lahaina. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
Weeks after the fire, the response in Maui shifts from a sprint to a marathon
Brian Wallach and Sandra Abrevaya at their home in suburban Chicago. Jamie Kelter Davis for NPR hide caption
Good health depends on more than daily exercise and a healthy diet. Access to safe housing, good schools and a decent job are important too. Si-Gal/Getty Images hide caption
Children share apples in Sydney, Australia. Natalie Board/Getty Images/EyeEm hide caption
Reframe your relationship with dread: 5 exercises to help accept what scares you
Transgender inmates who don't get proper gender-affirming care in prison can experience serious anxiety, depression and suicidal ideation. One individual said the experience was "catastrophic." Jasjyot Singh Hans for NPR hide caption
This 2014 illustration made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention depicts a polio virus particle. On July 21, 2022, New York health officials reported a polio case, the first in the U.S. in nearly a decade. Sarah Poster and Meredith Boyter Newlove from the CDC via AP hide caption
Dr. Atul Gawande delivers a speech in 2015. In January 2022, he became the head of the U.S. Agency for International Development's work in global health. Lisa Lake/Getty Images hide caption
Female community health care workers protest in New Delhi, India, in August 2020. The women are part of a government program called Accredited Social Health Activists — and are demanding higher pay and better working conditions. In May, the program won an award from the World Health Organization. T. Narayan/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Relatives sit outside the Abdoul Aziz Sy Dabakh Hospital in Tivaouane, Senegal, a town 75 miles northeast of Dakar Thursday, May 26, 2022. Cheick Si/AP hide caption
A pediatrician examines a newborn baby in her clinic in Chicago on Tuesday in 2019. In a new policy statement released Monday, the American Academy of Pediatrics says it is putting all its guidance under the microscope to eliminate "race-based" medicine and resulting health disparities. Amr Alfiky/AP hide caption
Maryland House Speaker Adrienne Jones, a Democrat, listens to debate on April 9, 2022, before lawmakers voted to override Republican Gov. Larry Hogan's veto of a measure to expand abortion access in the state. Brian Witte/AP hide caption
Bruce Willis attends the premiere of "Motherless Brooklyn" during the 57th New York Film Festival at Alice Tully Hall on Oct. 11, 2019, in New York. Willis' family announced that the actor has been diagnosed with aphasia, causing him to step away from acting at the age of 67. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Hussein Raad, a 22-year-old college student, gets his second dose of the Pfizer vaccine at Zayoona Mall in Baghdad. Ahmed Kusy Mostafa hide caption
Iraq has enough doses of COVID vaccine for everyone. But many Iraqis don't trust it
When students at Stanford University return to campus in January, they'll be barred from holding parties or other big gatherings for two weeks. Ben Margot/AP file photo hide caption