What's Behind The Increase Of Measles Cases In The U.S. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, about causes and repercussions of measles as outbreaks continue in New York City.
Paradise, Calif., Water Is Contaminated But Residents Are Moving Back Anyway Despite public health warnings about benzene contamination in the town's water supply, some Paradise residents say they have no choice but to return. Kirk Siegler
First U.S. Patients Treated With CRISPR As Gene-Editing Human Trials Get Underway This could be a crucial year for the powerful gene-editing technique CRISPR as researchers start testing it in patients to treat diseases such as cancer, blindness, and sickle cell disease. Rob Stein
Health Officials Warn The Measles Outbreak Is Accelerating The U.S. has confirmed more than 500 measles cases so far this year. That's 50 percent higher than the total number recorded last year, even though we're only about a quarter of the way through 2019. Michaeleen Doucleff
Measles Outbreak 'Accelerates,' Health Officials Warn This year, the U.S. has confirmed 550 measles cases so far. A recent spike is connected to outbreaks in New York, but there are outbreaks in four other states too. Michaeleen Doucleff
Teen Dating Violence Can Lead To Homicide — Girls Are The Most Common Victims A study finds that about 7 percent of all teen homicides between 2003 and 2016 were committed by a romantic partner. The majority of victims were teen girls. Rhitu Chatterjee
No Fake Drugs, More Jobs For Youth, End Child Sexual Abuse Online: A Vision For 2030 The 5 recipients of the Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship predict how their projects will make the world a better place. Marc Silver
Do You Love Lying In Bed? Get Paid By NASA To Do It For Space Research Researchers are currently looking for candidates who will stay in bed 24 hours a day, seven days a week for 60 straight days for a study on how the body adapts to weightlessness. Lindsey Feingold
Examining Sanders' Medicare-For-All Proposal Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent for Kaiser Health News, describes the latest Medicare-for-all bill by Sen. Bernie Sanders and the options for single-payer coverage proposed by lawmakers.
Republican State Lawmakers Split Over Anti-Abortion Strategy Ohio is the latest Republican-led state to pass a ban on abortion once a fetal heartbeat can be detected. But Tennessee this week backed off on a similar bill, fearing costly legal battles. What now? Blake Farmer