'Say no to power peeing' and other good tips from a pelvic floor physical therapist Your pelvic floor supports organs like your bladder, bowels and reproductive system. Strengthen it with exercises and mantras (like "squeeze before you sneeze") from physical therapist Sara Reardon. Marielle Segarra
How many kids go to work instead of school? They toil in mines, tend crops, scrub floors. An author of a new report on child labor points to great progress in reducing the number of kids who work but says the numbers remain "unacceptable." Fatma Tanis
The paperwork trap: A sneaky way to cut Medicaid in the 'One Big Beautiful Bill'? Republicans want to add work requirements for Americans to get Medicaid. Is that a necessary step to fight "waste, fraud, and abuse" or a sneaky way of cutting the social safety net? Greg Rosalsky
RFK Jr.'s picks for CDC vaccine advisers meet this week amid controversy For the first time since Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. replaced all the members of the vaccine committee, it is meeting in Atlanta. Pien Huang
The good news (154 million deaths avoided) and bad news about childhood vaccines A new study points out success stories — and potential obstacles — to bringing vaccines to the world's children. Gabrielle Emanuel
NPR's 'Embedded': Why doctors think women can have safe abortions without their help Doctors have become increasingly supportive of self-managed abortion with pills, an abortion method that's become more common since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Abby Wendle
'The Network' podcast tracks the rise of abortion pills post-Roe Tuesday is the third anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. In that time, about 40% of U.S. states have increased their abortion restrictions. But that hasn’t stopped abortions from happening.
She hoped key research could help save her eyesight. Then the Trump funding cuts came Jessica Chaikof says research into gene therapies could someday save her eyesight. But she worries cuts to federal research funding could mean that therapy won't be ready in time. Craig LeMoult
TikTok bans #SkinnyTok. But content promoting unhealthy eating persists The social media platform TikTok recently banned a hashtag called #SkinnyTok after European regulators warned it was promoting extreme weight loss. But eliminating this kind of content is not easy. Katia Riddle
RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz say health insurers will cut red tape on 'prior authorizations' In recent years, health insurers ramped up the practice of requiring doctors to get their approval before tests and procedures. On Monday, health leaders announced voluntary reforms from insurers. Selena Simmons-Duffin
