Fewer U.S. Households Are Going Hungry. But Cuts In Food Aid Loom Some 14 million U.S. households are struggling to get enough to eat — a return to pre-recession levels. The USDA data comes as the Trump administration proposes tightening eligibility for food aid. Pam Fessler
How High Heat Can Impact Mental Health A new NPR probe found low-income areas in dozens of major U.S. cities are more likely to be hotter than wealthier ones, and people with severe mental illness are impacted by that increase in heat. Nora Eckert
Blind From A Bad Diet? Teen Who Ate Mostly Potato Chips And Fries Lost His Sight A poor diet can lead to vision loss, experts say. For a teen, it's certainly rare, but a new case study documents blindness in a boy who ate lots of chips, white bread and bits of processed meat. Allison Aubrey
Families, advocates sound alarm over patients stuck in the hospital without a medical need Christopher Davis was lying on the floor watching cartoons one night last December while his mother, Beverly, decorated her Spokane home for Christmas. From time to time, she showed him a decoration. But Christopher, a 46-year-old developmentally disabled man, just pushed them away. Austin Jenkins
A Look At The Costs From The Opioid Epidemic A massive suit against the opioid industry could cost them more than $10 billion. But, is that enough money to cover the costs of overdose deaths, treatment programs and more? Selena Simmons-Duffin
A Speedy Test For Norovirus Could Help Water Supplies Check For Contamination Flooding from storms can sometimes lead to contamination from sewage in the drinking water supply. Scientists are trying to develop a quicker test for one troublesome contaminant: norovirus. Joe Palca
Whatever Happened To ... The 494 Children Who Got HIV In 1 Pakistani City? That was in the spring. This summer, panic and hysteria are still palpable among worried parents. An investigation is underway. Benazir Samad
The Massive Effort To Halt Ebola In Congo When Ebola spread to the eastern city of Goma in July, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak an international crisis. We look at what is being done to keep Ebola from spreading. Eyder Peralta
For 2 Nurses, Working In The ICU Is 'A Gift Of A Job' For years, Kristin Sollars and Marci Ebberts worked together caring for critically ill patients, a job they say is also a daily mindset. "You carry a little bit of them with you," Ebberts said. Aisha Turner
Overdose medication to be available in Washington without prescription Washington health officials offer statewide standing order for naloxone. The order will allow any individual to get the overdose reversal medication from a pharmacy without a prescription. Derek Wang
