Rachel Aviv's new book 'Strangers to Ourselves' tackles mental health diagnoses NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with journalist Rachel Aviv about her book, "Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories that Make Us." It explores the lives of six people with mental illness. Ayesha Rascoe
Explained: New York City declares poliovirus a public emergency disaster NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Nsikan Akpan, health and science editor at WNYC/Gothamist, about the poliovirus emergecy disaster declaration in New York state. Nsikan Akpan
Puzzling trend: large proportion of monkeypox cases have happened in people with HIV A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that a disproportionate number of people who are contracting monkeypox in the U.S. are also HIV-positive. Pien Huang
How a new hard hat technology can protect workers better from concussion The latest generation of hard hats are designed to cushion the brain during an impact by absorbing forces that cause the head to spin. Jon Hamilton
Inslee announces Covid-19 state of emergency will end Oct. 31 Gov. Jay Inslee announced Thursday that all remaining COVID-19 emergency proclamations and the state of emergency will be lifted by Oct. 31. Cara Kuhlman
California public health official on staying safe during scorching heatwave NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. Tomás Aragón, director of the California Department of Public Health, about how the state is responding to its recent heatwave. Ari Shapiro
New York's subway now has a 'you do you' mask policy. It's getting a Bronx cheer Millions of New Yorkers embraced an "all in this together" motto during the pandemic — and many are roasting the city's transit agency over updated signs explaining its newly relaxed masking policy. Bill Chappell
Forehead thermometer readings may not be as accurate for Black patients, study finds Forehead thermometers were significantly less likely to have accurate readings for Black patients compared to oral thermometers. There could be two reasons for this. Ayana Archie
What to expect when you're expecting a booster shot KUOW Reporter Kate Walters joins Soundside to get us up to speed on the new vaccine boosters that target Omicron variants. Hans Anderson
What happened and why? Federal investigators begin search of seaplane wreckage The National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday that a team of investigators had arrived on Whidbey Island to begin investigating the cause of Sunday’s seaplane crash in Mutiny Bay. Casey Martin