On a special episode (first released on February 27, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: As bird flu, also known as H5N1, continues to spread across the country, experts are concerned about the potential ...

A measles outbreak in the United States of America (USA) has left parents of young children worried about the viral disease that generally affects kids. Measles, known for causing a full-body rash and ...

After five years, COVID-19 has receded from headlines and emergency rooms. For many, the day-to-day logistics of contagion—masking up before a shopping run, worrying about a tickle in our throats, ...

Five years ago, James Yu's life in San Diego was a seamless blend of work and social outings with his colleagues. "We worked out together, grabbed dinner together, met up after work [for] craft beers ...

As we mark five years on from the start of the coronavirus pandemic this month, life has changed for many people, in ways both mundane and profound. Dr. Kurt Papenfus is someone NPR interviewed in ...

In the event of a sudden pandemic, what should we do? This month, Jay Bhattacharya, the director of the National Institutes of Health, offered a remarkably blunt answer: nothing. It’s been nearly six ...

Story On a Friday morning in October, about 100 high school and college students gathered in a Utah ballroom to play a game. Some students were assigned specific roles and given costumes to wear.