First doses of mpox vaccines arrive at the heart of Africa's outbreak. What took so long? Congo has over 20,000 cases of mpox and hundreds of deaths, mostly in children, but zero vaccines until now. A planeload of doses donated from the EU landed in Kinshasa on Thursday. Gabrielle Emanuel
Paralympians who faced polio: a lovey-dovey table tennis duo, a fierce wheelchair racer Athletes who contracted childhood polio share their stories of how they overcame the consequences of the disease — and what sports means to them. Maria Isabel Barros Guinle
Whatever happened to ... the doctors who stand by their patients in gang-ridden Haiti? How do you get a cancer patient to a center that provides treatment when the roads are not safe? That's one of the challenges facing health-care providers in gang-eidden. Haiti. How are they doing? Ari Daniel
'Never lose courage': A Paralympian who could barely walk as a kid takes 2 track medals Neighbors told Preeti Pal's parents she'd never marry because she was born with cerebral palsy. She just won two bronzes and is now a hero in India. Oh, and she has no interest in marriage. Sonia Narang
A massive polio vaccination campaign is underway in Gaza NPR's Juana Summers talks with Dr. Hamid Jafari, director of Polio Eradication for the WHO's Eastern Mediterranean region, about the effort to administer some 600,000 vaccines in Gaza. Juana Summers
Whatever happened to ... the Bolivian women who skateboard in Indigenous garb? Skateboarding women of Bolivia wear Indigenous garb to pay homage to the strength of their mothers and grandmothers. Their motto: When you fall, you have the power to get back up. Christina Noriega
Whatever happened to ... the Rohingya refugee who won a U.N. award for his photos? We catch up with Sahat Zia Hero, a winner last year of the Nansen Refugee Award for "outstanding work" helping displaced people. He is still making pictures: "This is a tough life." Maria Isabel Barros Guinle
Whatever happened to ... the family who lost it all? Spoiler alert: It's a happy ending With no work, home, car or food due to the pandemic, the couple in Sao Paolo, Brazil, struggled to survive. Then they got a tiny house. How are they doing today? Jill Langlois
The rape and murder of a female doctor in India sets off an outcry over women's safety The young woman was raped and murdered while on break from a 36-hour hospital shift. Women who work in health care — and other fields — are calling for changes to protect them from sexual violence. Ruchi Kumar
Coronavirus FAQ: I'm a NOVID and don't want to catch COVID. Can you guide me? Maybe you're COVID indifferent. Or a COVID amnesiac. Or a NOVID who wants to keep your no COVID streak going. With cases rising this summer, it's time for a refresher course on how to avoid the virus. Fran Kritz