Ghost Viruses And The Taliban Stand In The Way Of Wiping Out Polio The World Health Organization is celebrating the eradication of another strain of the polio virus. Yet major challenges remain in the global effort to get rid of the disease. Jason Beaubien
Calculating The Real Costs Of The Opioid Epidemic The costs of the opioid epidemic are huge, not just in the toll of human lives but also the financial drain on families, and the local and state governments that provide treatment and support. Selena Simmons-Duffin
U.S. Travel Ban Disrupts The World's Largest Brain Science Meeting Scientists from nations including Iran, Mexico, and India were refused visas to attend this year's Society for Neuroscience meeting in Chicago. Some researchers got stand-ins to present their work. Jon Hamilton
More LOLs, Fewer Zzzs: Teens May Be Losing Sleep Over Social Media Research yet again shows teens are glued to their phones to an unhealthy degree. In fact, they may be choosing social media over sleep. But maybe it's not all sad face, researchers say. Emily Vaughn
A Gambian Nurse Fights Pain Without Pills As the U.S. grapples with the opioid crisis, pain medication is in short supply in some other parts of the world. One nurse in the Gambia explains how she addresses pain with tools other than drugs. Jason Beaubien
Vape producers say states don't have authority to issue ban A national trade organization and one of its members have filed a lawsuit to try to block the states ban on flavored vaping products. Angela King
Bellevue police arm themselves with Narcan to combat rise in overdoses Heroin and fentanyl are becoming a bigger problem in Bellevue, and now police are arming themselves with an overdose antidote Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
2 Ohio Counties Reach Settlement In Lawsuit Over Opioid Epidemic Three U.S. drug distributors and a manufacturer reached a last-minute deal with two Ohio counties Monday, avoiding what would have been the first trial in a federal case on the opioid crisis. Brian Mann
Roundtable: Suicide Rates Rise Among Teens And Law Enforcement Officers NPR's Michel Martin talks about the rising rates of suicide among teens and law enforcement officers with three experts: Sgt. Kevin Briggs, Jonathan Singer and Catherine Barber.
California Wants To Train Doctors To Prevent Gun Deaths NPR's Scott Simon asks UC Davis Health psychiatrist Amy Barnhorst about training doctors to prevent gun deaths through counseling patients.
