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The Department of Health and Human Services will let small compounding pharmacies make six peptides that haven't been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. It may not be enough to meet demand.

Dr. Jennifer Shuford's resignation comes just four months after President Trump appointed her to help steady the agency.

Giving birth at home without medical assistance is gaining more attention. But experts say it carries a lot of risks.

A new study from AARP shows caregivers' out-of-pocket costs rose about 60% in the last five years.

Transplant teams can talk to families about organ donation before they've decided whether to continue life-sustaining medical care for loved ones. Until now, that has been forbidden.

People with alpha-gal syndrome can have allergic reactions to meat from mammals. Many of those affected change their diets to eat other proteins.

The current outbreak, first identified in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has now counted 10,000 patients and has spread with great speed. How can it be stopped?

Melanoma is one of the deadliest skin cancers, and the results of the study have many in the field wondering if this therapy can be applied to other deadly cancers.

In Nairobi, a city prone to floods, workers in the "Green Army" are making preparations to prevent disaster when El Niño arrives.

What makes special education teaching jobs so hard to fill? NPR set out to find some answers by talking to more than a dozen teachers who do this work every day.