Why Astronomical Drug Prices Are Bad For Health — And Profits Fatima Suleman, a professor of pharmaceutical sciences, hopes that WHO's Fair Pricing Forum can help lower drug costs — and benefit drug manufacturers. Jason Beaubien
Sarah Corbett: How Can Introverts Be Activists Too? Sarah Corbett describes herself as an extreme introvert — but she's also an activist. She discusses how alternate forms of activism allow people like her to participate in quietly powerful ways. NPR/TED Staff
Does Empathy Have A Dark Side? It's good to feel empathy, right? Not always, says a forthcoming book. Humans are empathetic beings, and we sometimes harm others, not out of a failure of empathy, but because of it. Jonathan Lambert
How The Trump Administration's Transgender Troop Ban Is Affecting One Military Family The Trump administration gave transgender service members a deadline to secure a medical diagnosis before the new ban took hold. But military families are struggling with the accelerated timeline. Lauren Hodges
Medicare-For-All Dominates Democrats' Health Care Debates Democrats are offering competing plans to provide universal health care coverage, all of which are variations on the Medicare-for-all plan that Sen. Bernie Sanders has introduced. Danielle Kurtzleben
British Drug Maker Indivior Indicted On Fraud And Conspiracy Charges In The U.S. The federal government is charging the maker of the addiction drug Suboxone with fraud and conspiracy in marketing the drug to doctors. Brian Mann
Consumer Product Safety Commission Warns Parents About 'Rock 'n Play' Infant Rocker The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission along with toy maker Fisher-Price are warning parents about using the "Rock 'n Play" infant rocker — which has been linked to at least 10 infant deaths. Patti Neighmond
Safety Commission May Ask For A Recall Of Fisher-Price Baby Cot Tied To Infant Deaths Fisher-Price's Rock 'n Play sleeper has been linked to 32 infant deaths. Now the consumer safety agency is considering asking the company to recall the product. Rebecca Ellis
Ancient Bones And Teeth Found In A Philippine Cave May Rewrite Human History Islands in Southeast Asia were clearly important in the evolution of early humans, say scientists who have turned up 50,000-year-old remains of what they suspect is a previously unknown human species. Christopher Joyce
Justice Department Accuses Maker Of Suboxone With Fraud, Conspiracy Federal prosecutors charge British drug maker Indivior with felony fraud and conspiracy for its marketing of opioid addiction products including Suboxone. Brian Mann
