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Health care providers often rely on digital tools to inform treatment decisions. A growing number of hospitals are moving away from factoring race into kidney disease calculations, after recognizing Black patients could be at a disadvantage.

Although they can manage drug addictions behind bars, inmates are at a high risk for overdosing and reoffending in their first year once released.That's…

Candace Croney, director of the new Purdue University Center for Animal Welfare, speaks on the importance of health in lab and farm animals. Key points of…

"The Natural History of Weight Percentile Changes in the First Year of Life," a study published by JAMA in July, shows that growth charts used by…

This week - Kids go to school to learn, duh. But more and more, they are going to school to get their mental health needs treated. ... A little mold on…

Ofeibea Quist-Arcton is an award-winning broadcaster from Ghana and is NPR's Africa Correspondent. She describes herself as a "jobbing journalist"—who's often on the hoof, reporting from somewhere.

Daniel Zwerdling is a correspondent in NPR's Investigations Unit.

This story was originally published by Pro Publica.Dental patients really don't like Western Dental. Not its Anaheim, California clinic: "I hate this…

David A. Flockhart, M.D., Ph.D. was a renowned researcher and physician who transformed care for patients by personalizing treatments and making…

Howard Berkes is a correspondent for the NPR Investigations Unit.