On Sept. 11, 2001, 343 firefighters and paramedics were killed, most when the towers collapsed. Now, an equal number have died from 9/11-related illnesses, the FDNY says. Pool/Getty Images hide caption
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Long-time collaborators Pardis Sabeti (right) of the Broad Institute and Christian Happi of the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases in Nigeria, are developing an early-warning system that could flag an emerging pandemic . Jodi Hilton for NPR hide caption
Siblings Sofia Oliveira, 18, and Andre Oliveira, 15, pose for a picture at the beach in Costa da Caparica, south of Lisbon, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Ana Brigida/AP hide caption
EIS officer Arran Hamlet walks into the Government Meadows site to conduct environmental sampling for norovirus. Mia Catharine Mattioli/CDC hide caption
Norovirus in the wilderness? How an outbreak spread on the Pacific Crest Trail
Clarence DeMar in 1932. Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection hide caption
A study of this champion's heart helped prove the benefits of exercise
Advisors to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have recommended a new RSV vaccine to protect newborns by immunizing their moms late in pregnancy. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,/AP hide caption
CDC recommends RSV vaccine in late pregnancy to protect newborns
Ekemeni Riley is the managing director of Aligning Science Across Parkinson's, a research initiative that worked on an effort to bring a more diverse population into a study on genes that carry a greater risk for the disease. A team that included scientists from Lagos, London and the U.S. found a previously unknown gene variant that can nearly quadruple the risk for people of African ancestry. Anna Rose Layden for NPR hide caption
EIS officer Arran Hamlet walks into the Government Meadows site to conduct environmental sampling for norovirus. Mia Catharine Mattioli/CDC hide caption
A photo of Jeffrey Ramirez is seen at his parents' home in Vista, California. He was diagnosed with cancer while in prison and died at age 41. Ariana Drehsler for NPR hide caption
Clarence DeMar in 1932. Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection hide caption
A study of this champion's heart helped prove the benefits of exercise
Advisors to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have recommended a new RSV vaccine to protect newborns by immunizing their moms late in pregnancy. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,/AP hide caption
Jon Hetherington, 34, from Oregon, originally planned to attend the Seattle show of Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour, but couldn't fly because his wheelchair exceeded the plane's cargo dimensions. He posted about the saga on TikTok and a representative for Beyoncé arranged for him to attend her Dallas show. Jon Hetherington hide caption
Archaeologists dug into a riverbank in Zambia and uncovered what they call the earliest known wood construction by humans. The half-million year-old artifacts could change how we see Stone-Age people. Larry Barham and Geoff Duller/University of Liverpool hide caption
To woo a cockatoo, scientists find having your own drumsticks and rhythm is key
Health advocates and community members gathered in Washington D.C. in mid September to push the Biden administration to take additional action on medical debt in an event hosted by nonprofit Community Catalyst. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Community Catalyst hide caption
Medical debt could soon be barred from ruining your credit score
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The world hopes to enact a pandemic treaty by May 2024. Will it succeed or flail?
Ozempic, approved by the Food and Drug Administration for Type 2 diabetes, is racking up blockbuster sales because many people are taking it to lose weight. As more people try it, reports to the FDA about possible side effects are rising. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
As Ozempic use grows, so do reports of possible mental health side effects
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to achieve by 2030. United Nations hide caption
Anti-abortion demonstrators gather outside Planned Parenthood's Water Street Health Center in Milwaukee on Monday, Sept. 2023. Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin began offering abortions at the clinic that day after not doing so for more than a year. Margaret Faust/ WPR hide caption
Abortions resume in Wisconsin after 15 months of legal uncertainty
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The California company iHealth is one of 12 U.S. manufacturers getting an investment from the federal government to provide free tests by mail to people ahead of the winter COVID season. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Adam Kaye and his mother, Marti Kaye, spend every Sunday together. Adam normally plays some of her favorite songs on his guitar, with Marti whistling or humming along. But he recently had shoulder surgery and won't be able to strum a guitar for a while. Dustin Jones/NPR hide caption
Still there: Alzheimer's has ravaged his mother's memory, but music brings her back
About 12 million Americans qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid, and they face relentless red tape accessing health care. A bipartisan fix that could help them is in the works. Getty Images hide caption
Bulbul Aktar, a shasthya kormi, or community health worker, with the malaria elimination program in Bangladesh, goes door to door to treat malaria patients. "This is my job, my duty," says Aktar. "Every single home, I have to know about them and visit them." Fatima Tuj Johora for NPR hide caption
Smoky haze from wildfires in Canada obscures New York City's Empire State Building this year. The air in the U.S. has improved over the past 50 years, but smoke pollution from growing wildfires erodes much of that progress. David Dee Delgado/Getty Images hide caption
Women, aged 40 and older, gathered in Chicago to jump Double Dutch during the club's annual playdate. Amiyah Dyer/40+ Double Dutch Club hide caption
Jumping for joy and sisterhood, the 40+ Double Dutch Club holds a playdate for women
Orange County Superior Court Presiding Judge Maria Hernandez says CARE Court will resemble the county's other collaborative courts, like her young adult diversion court, where compassion and science drive her decisions. April Dembosky/KQED hide caption