A man fills cans with water in order to bring water to homes in Xochimilco, Mexico. Silvana Flores/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption
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Scientists say they have sequenced the genome of composer Ludwig van Beethoven. INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria as seen under a microscope. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 68 people have become infected with a drug-resistant strain of the bacteria, with many infections linked to the use of contaminated eye drops. Janice Haney Carr/AP hide caption
Scientists say they have sequenced the genome of composer Ludwig van Beethoven. INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Scientists sequence Beethoven's genome for clues into his painful past
Mora Leeb places some pieces into a puzzle during a local puzzle tournament. The 15-year-old has grown up without the left side of her brain after it was removed when she was very young. Seth Leeb hide caption
Meet the 'glass-half-full girl' whose brain rewired after losing a hemisphere
GOOD Meat cultivated chicken fillet cooked in a pot, with asparagus and mushrooms. The dish was created without killing a bird. Brian L. Frank for NPR/Brian L. Frank for NPR hide caption
FDA gives 2nd safety nod to cultivated meat, produced without slaughtering animals
Researchers at the University of Florida have identified this new breed of mosquito that's infesting the state. Experts are concerned about new diseases that could be transmitted. (Mosquitoes shown are not actual size). University of Florida/Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences hide caption
Mora Leeb places some pieces into a puzzle during a local puzzle tournament. The 15-year-old has grown up without the left side of her brain after it was removed when she was very young. Seth Leeb hide caption
Meet the 'glass-half-full girl' whose brain rewired after losing a hemisphere
GOOD Meat cultivated chicken fillet cooked in a pot, with asparagus and mushrooms. The dish was created without killing a bird. Brian L. Frank for NPR/Brian L. Frank for NPR hide caption
A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration badge. The DEA issued an alert warning of a "sharp increase in the trafficking of fentanyl mixed with xylazine" on Monday. Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
An unhoused individual sleeps under an American flag blanket in New York City on Sept. 10, 2013. In 2021, approximately 11% of Americans lived below the federal poverty line. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Private opulence, public squalor: How the U.S. helps the rich and hurts the poor
Karla Monterroso and Fiona Lowenstein JJ Geiger; Katherine Sheehan; photo illustration by Jesse Brown hide caption
Samuel Camacho, a health insurance navigator with the Universal Health Care Action Network of Ohio, assists people in enrolling for or renewing Medicaid. Maddie McGarvey for NPR hide caption
Medicaid renewals are starting. Those who don't reenroll could get kicked off
This undated photo made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a strain of Candida auris cultured in a petri dish. Shawn Lockhart/AP hide caption
Colorectal cancer is rising in young people. A growing body of evidence suggests diet and lifestyle play a role in the uptick. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fight Colorecta hide caption
Colorectal cancer is rising among Gen X, Y & Z. Here are 5 ways to protect yourself
Then-Arkansas Gov.-elect Sarah Huckabee Sanders is pictured at a Republican Governors Association conference in November 2022 in Orlando, Fla. Sanders has signed a new law that will allow an anti-abortion monument to be built near the state Capitol. Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP hide caption
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday announced a partnership with drugmaker Civica Rx, to offer insulin at a dramatically lower cost, during a visit to a Kaiser Permanente warehouse storing thousands of insulin drug doses in Downey, Calif., on Saturday. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption
"They are thriving," says Gary Walker of his adopted children Mazzy and Ransom. The hope is that with better addiction care, more Cherokee children can remain in intact families. Brian Mann/NPR hide caption
A frozen organic strawberry product subject to the recalls is pictured in a photo provided by the FDA. Food and Drug Administration hide caption
The J. Marvin Jones Federal Building and Mary Lou Robinson United States Courthouse in Amarillo, Texas, where U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk will decide on a lawsuit over the abortion drug mifepristone. Justin Rex/AP hide caption
Malawi (pictured above) and Mozambique were devastated by the Cyclone Freddy, which lasted at least 36 days and made landfall twice in Mozambique. Thoko Chikondi/AP hide caption
Cases of babesiosis, a tick-borne illness, are on the rise throughout the northeast, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Getty Images/Getty Images hide caption
These two photos, taken in 2014 by scientist Eddie Holmes, show raccoon dogs and unknown birds caged in the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market. GPS coordinates of these images confirm that the animals were housed in the southwest corner of the market, where researchers found evidence of the coronavirus in January 2020. Eddie Holmes hide caption
WHO calls on China to share data on raccoon dog link to pandemic. Here's what we know
Clinics in rural areas with fewer doctors, dentists and nurses are turning to mobile health care clinics to take care to where it's most needed. The Healthy Communities Coalition organizes a few mobile dental events each year in Lyon County, Nev. Wendy Madson/KHN hide caption