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He's the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee that oversees health aid and he's just announced he's running for Majority Leader. He spoke to NPR about his foreign aid vision.
Friday, November 13 is World Kindness Day. Your mission: Do something kind. Small acts of kindness definitely count!
In the last decade, strong support for kratom and 7-OH products have kept them federally legal. That's started to change. A crackdown for some highly potent products related to kratom is coming.
Republicans and Democrats in North Dakota worked together to limit what people with diabetes have to pay for insulin, joining a growing bipartisan push across the country to protect patients.
Congo's Ebola outbreak has topped 11,000 cases, the government said Wednesday, a stark figure that underscores the severity of the situation as the country grapples with the relentless spread of the disease.
Renewed fighting has pushed Ethiopia's healthcare system close to collapse: "The whole emergency (room) was flooded with war trauma patients," one surgeon says of a brutal week in September.
"School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play," is ending a Broadway run this week and celebrating with livestream broadcasts. We interviewed the Tony-nominated playwright, Jocelyn Bioh.
Should you tell your boss she's got food on her face? Your partner you hate their outfit? Social psychologist Vanessa Bohns shares advice on when to tell someone the truth — or keep your mouth shut.
In Pennsylvania, health officials use a quiet vaccination campaign designed to win the trust of the state's Amish community, which has been hit hard by the measles outbreak.