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NPR News: With $100 Million Grant, Sesame Workshop Reaches Out To Refugee Kids
With $100 Million Grant, Sesame Workshop Reaches Out To Refugee Kids In January, Sesame Workshop will start creating programs for Syrian kids who've had to flee their homeland. The goal is to help them deal with the "toxic stress" of refugee life. Read more on NPR
NPR News: 9 Global Stories You May Have Missed In 2017
9 Global Stories You May Have Missed In 2017 Now's your chance to learn about an all-female orchestra from Afghanistan, the boy who escaped from Boko Haram, a board game that's all about running away from the matchmaker — and more. Read more on NPR
NPR News: Fear Of Needles May Chip Away At Vaccination Rates
Fear Of Needles May Chip Away At Vaccination Rates Public health officials worry about the number of parents who aren't getting children vaccinated. A study suggests that getting multiple shots while in preschool contributes to vaccine fear. Read more on NPR
NPR News: Why Some Teen Moms Can't Get The Pain Relief They Choose In Childbirth
Why Some Teen Moms Can't Get The Pain Relief They Choose In Childbirth In more than a dozen U.S. states, laws prohibit pregnant teens from getting epidural anesthesia during labor, or even some kinds of prenatal treatment, without a parent's consent. Read more on NPR
NPR News: How A Typical Teen Did Something Not So Typical To Help Street Kids
How A Typical Teen Did Something Not So Typical To Help Street Kids James Okina of Calabar, Nigeria, was on his way to a soccer match when a chance encounter with a homeless kid changed both of their lives. Read more on NPR
NPR News: Home For The Holidays? Get Off The Couch!
Home For The Holidays? Get Off The Couch! If you sit too much during middle age — at work and at home — your ability to exercise or even walk in late decades is at risk, research hints. And, of course, your risk of heart disease climbs, too. Read more on NPR
NPR News: For Children, A Good Booger Joke Helps The Medicine Go Down
For Children, A Good Booger Joke Helps The Medicine Go Down Dr. Howard Bennett knows that humor can help his young patients be less worried when they're at the doctor's office. In his latest book, he uses gross-out jokes to explain how kids' bodies work. Read more on NPR
NPR News: Could Brain Surgery Save A Father And Son?
Could Brain Surgery Save A Father And Son? Bit by bit, dystonia was stealing Carl Luepker's ability to use his hands and talk. But his biggest fear was that his children would inherit the disorder. Then he saw his son Liam's foot twitch. Read more on NPR
NPR News: The Foster Care System Is Flooded With Children Of The Opioid Epidemic
The Foster Care System Is Flooded With Children Of The Opioid Epidemic Judge Marilyn Moores presides over the Indianapolis juvenile court. She tells NPR's Scott Simon that the influx of children into the foster care system because of the opioid crisis is overwhelming. Read more on NPR
NPR News: UNICEF Is Unhappy About Lack Of Online Protection For Kids
UNICEF Is Unhappy About Lack Of Online Protection For Kids A new report looks at the dangers that youngsters face on the internet — but also points up the transformative ways in which they benefit from digital access. Read more on NPR
NPR News: FDA Commissioner: Are The Incentives Right For Orphan Drugs?
FDA Commissioner: Are The Incentives Right For Orphan Drugs? Food and Drug Commissioner Scott Gottlieb says he wants to know why drugmakers churn out medicines for some rare diseases but not others. Read more on NPR
NPR News: U.N. Investigator On Extreme Poverty Issues A Grim Report — On The U.S.
U.N. Investigator On Extreme Poverty Issues A Grim Report — On The U.S. He undertook his fact-finding mission with a series of questions: Are those in poverty able to live with dignity? And what does a government do to protect those who are most vulnerable? Read more on NPR
NPR News: Surgery For Saving Babies From 'Water On The Brain' Developed in Uganda
Surgery For Saving Babies From 'Water On The Brain' Developed in Uganda It's a new way to treat hydrocephalus. A study show it could save thousands of lives – in poor countries like Uganda and in rich countries, too. Read more on NPR
NPR News: Massive Deployment Of Muppets To Middle East
Massive Deployment Of Muppets To Middle East MacArthur Foundation gives $100 million to fund new Sesame Street programs for displaced children. Read more on NPR
NPR News: How Racism May Cause Black Mothers To Suffer The Death Of Their Infants
How Racism May Cause Black Mothers To Suffer The Death Of Their Infants African-American women are more likely to lose a baby in the first year of life than women of any other race. Scientists think that stress from racism makes their bodies and babies more vulnerable. Read more on NPR
