People gathered at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. in July at a rally held by the Center for Medicare Advocacy. They protested denials and delays in private Medicare Advantage plans. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
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Doctors and researchers question the efficacy of many common over-the-counter treatments for colds and flus. Jeff Greenberg/Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images hide caption
Former first lady Rosalynn Carter died Nov. 19 at 96 years old. Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images hide caption
People gathered at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. in July at a rally held by the Center for Medicare Advocacy. They protested denials and delays in private Medicare Advantage plans. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Uncle Sam wants you to help stop insurers' bogus Medicare Advantage sales tactics
Doctors and researchers question the efficacy of many common over-the-counter treatments for colds and flus. Jeff Greenberg/Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images hide caption
What works for treating the common cold? Many doctors say 'not much'
Participants walk in support and in memory of those lost, during American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Out of the Darkness Chicagoland Walk at Montrose Harbor on October 21, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. Barry Brecheisen/Getty Images for American Foundation for Suicide Prevention hide caption
Suicide rates rose in 2022 overall but declined for teens and young adults
Participants walk in support and in memory of those lost, during American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Out of the Darkness Chicagoland Walk at Montrose Harbor on October 21, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. Barry Brecheisen/Getty Images for American Foundation for Suicide Prevention hide caption
School districts across the country will be able to order free COVID-19 tests from the federal government starting in early December. Patrick Sison/AP hide caption
Teresa Cox-Bates and her husband John Bates, along with their kids Eli, Ava and Issac. Teresa says HealthySteps has helped her face her own childhood trauma and be a better parent. Kholood Eid for NPR hide caption
David and Sarah Lubarsky in Sept. 2023. David Lubarsky hide caption
Life expectancy in the U.S. is up in 2022, but it's still lower than before the pandemic. emholk/Getty Images hide caption
U.S. life expectancy starts to recover after sharp pandemic decline
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Peter Antonacci to lead a new elections fraud office in July 2022, just a few months before Antonacci died inside the Capitol building. Jim Vondruska/Getty Images hide caption
When the Center for Reproductive Rights first announced the lawsuit against Texas in March, there were five patient plaintiffs. Now there are 20. Sarah McCammon/NPR hide caption
Texas abortion case heard before state's highest court, as more women join lawsuit
Gregory says his wife would never have imagined the impact her fund would have. Andrew Gregory hide caption
Before dying, she made a fund to cancel others' medical debt — nearly $70M worth
New Zealand's new Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, center, formed a coalition government with Winston Peters, left, the leader of the New Zealand First party, and David Seymour, leader of ACT New Zealand. Marty Melville/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Calvin Lowe and his son, Tyler. Calvin Lowe hide caption
Palestinians evacuate the area following an Israeli airstrike on the Sousi mosque in Gaza City on October 9, 2023. Images of suffering, violence and death in Gaza and Israel have flooded the news since Oct. 7. MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Former first lady Rosalynn Carter attends a rally at the U.S. Capitol in March 2008 when she helped get the mental health parity law enacted. Carter died on Nov. 19 at age 96. Mandel Ngan /AFP via Getty Images hide caption
First lady Rosalynn Carter's legacy on mental health boils down to one word: Hope
Residents wearing face masks line up behind barricaded tapes for COVID mass testing near a residential area on May 15, 2022, in Beijing. The World Health Organization says it's made an official request to China for information about a potentially worrying spike in respiratory illnesses and clusters of pneumonia in children. Andy Wong/AP hide caption
Healthy dogs romp in Brooklyn's Prospect Park in early October, after a storm caused severe flooding. Around the country a mysterious respiratory illness is making some dogs sick. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Could a 'funky' pathogen be sickening dogs? Scientists search for clues
Two brain circuits help determine whether there's too little salt, or too much. Aleksandr Zubkov/Getty Images hide caption
Salty much? These brain cells decide when tasty becomes blech
New research finds that a common microbe may be directly causing itchiness on the skin it colonizes. Kinga Krzeminska/Getty Images hide caption
Members of the Bengaluru Solidarity Group in Support of the Bhopal Struggle take part in a candlelight vigil to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Bhopal gas disaster in Bangalore on December 2, 2014. Manjunath Kiran /AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The world's worst industrial disaster harmed people even before they were born
