Synthetic peptides are gaining popularity as a treatment, though most having not been tested for safety in humans. The government may make a change to allow compounding pharmacies to produce them. 5./15 WEST/iStockphoto/Getty Images hide caption

Olga Urbina holds her 9-month-old son, Ares Webster, at a protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in May 2025. Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

Medical personnel in Mexico City administer measles vaccines at a mass vaccination event on February 11. Gerardo Vieyra/NurPhoto/via Getty Images hide caption

A young woman sits at a sunlit table, holding a smartphone with a soft focus background. The scene conveys casual connectivity, focus on the device, and a relaxed moment of everyday life. Fiordaliso/Moment RF/Getty Images hide caption

Wambūi Karanja of Kenya accepts the "One to Watch" award from the Alzheimer's Association for the guide she's developed to help family caregivers. Skywall Photography hide caption

What does dry soil, like this stretch in South Africa, have to do with antimicrobial resistance? A new study offers an unexpected hypothesis: drought can drive higher antibiotic resistance in soil bacteria. Rodger Bosch/AFP/via Getty Images hide caption

Big Sandy, in north-central Montana and home to nearly 800 people, is an isolated farming and ranching community about 80 miles from the nearest major town. Aaron Bolton/Montana Public Radio hide caption

An electron microscope image provided by the National Institutes of Health shows human respiratory syncytial virus virions, colorized blue, and antibodies against an RSV protein, colorized yellow. AP/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH hide caption

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, director of the National Institutes of Health, will continue to also oversee the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention while the administration searches for a permanent director. Nathan Howard/AP hide caption

Babies under 6 months of age are not able to be vaccinated for COVID, but if their mothers are vaccinated during pregnancy, newborns get some immunity, a large new study shows. The benefits wear off, though, at about 5 months of age. Didier Pallages/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

A recording of Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's deposition is played for the jurors on March 4 in Santa Fe, N.M. Jim Weber/Santa Fe New Mexican/AP hide caption

Cuban doctors hold their national flag upon arriving in Honduras for a medical mission in February 2024. Now the doctors are leaving Honduras as the U.S. urges countries to reconsider their agreements with Cuba. Orlando Sierra/AFP/via Getty Images hide caption

The 53rd annual March for Life rally was held in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 23. There were about 1.1 million abortions in the U.S. both in 2024 and 2025, says a new report. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

A bite from a Healthy Choice Chicken Fried Rice frozen meal, which includes chicken, rice, carrots and edamame in a sesame sauce. Healthy Choice, a Conagra brand, has a line of frozen meals labeled "On Track," geared toward GLP-1 users. Beck Harlan for NPR hide caption

Why is the government obsessed with whole milk? NPR/Canva hide caption