Health Trapped in Rafah, U.S. medical volunteers say they can't save lives and can't evacuate At the European Hospital in Rafah, there are shortages of pain medication, antibiotics, even bandages, American volunteers say they are unable to save lives — and unable to evacuate to safety. Jane Arraf
Environment In Kenya's flooded slums, people mourn their losses and slam their leaders The government has declared May 10 a day of mourning to mark the deaths from disastrous floods and pledged to help. But some say the authorities aren't doing enough. And the rains keep falling. Emmanuel Igunza
Health Ryan Gosling has the correct answer to Colbert's question about the scariest animal Spoiler alert: It's a bug. It flies. And it bites. There's no "Ken-fusion" about the fear factor of a mosquito's bite. Marc Silver
Health He fights sexual violence. He's won a Nobel and now a $1 million honor. Is he hopeful? Dr. Denis Mukwege, co-winner of the Nobel peace prize in 2018, is the recipient of the $1 million Aurora humanitarian prize. In an interview with NPR, he reflects on how his campaign is faring. Fatma Tanis
Science RFK Jr. is not alone. More than a billion people have parasitic worms Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke about a time when, as he put it, "A worm ... got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died." Here's a global perspective on these worms. Gabrielle Emanuel
Health Taliban affirms that stoning will be punishment for adulterers — especially women In a recording, the group's leader declared: "We will flog the women ... we will stone them to death in public [for crimes]." What does Islamic law say on the matter? And have stonings taken place? Ruchi Kumar
Health The invisible lives — and deaths — of the children of sex workers Children of sex workers are a neglected population facing serious health issues and at risk for premature death. A new effort sheds light on a group that's often missing from official data. Gabrielle Emanuel
Health Siblings can share the darndest quirks — like picking up coins & keys with their toes Siblings — especially twins — sometimes share the strangest traits, like throwing a ball with their head or picking up keys and crayons with their toes. Researchers want to know whqt's up with that. Ari Daniel
Health Why does TB have such a hold on the Inuit communities of the Canadian Arctic? Canada has one of the world's lowest rates of tuberculosis. Yet this deadly disease is surging among Indigenous people in this icy, remote part of the country. Melody Schreiber
Health DRC is seeing its worst mpox outbreak — but has no vaccines or treatments yet. Why? With nearly 5,000 cases reported so far this year — and concerns about a new strain — the Democratic Republic of Congo is considering the declaration of a public health emergency. Gabrielle Emanuel
