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The #catmageddon ad pretty much blew the doors off the Grammys. Now the question is whether the fact that secondhand smoke can cause cancer in cats will persuade young adults to stop smoking.

The Food and Drug Administration has issued sweeping new rules that tighten its control over e-cigarettes, banning their sale to minors. The agency is also expanding its regulation of tobacco.

Two Metro passes and a flu shot, please.The company that operates Metro Transit St. Louis – the public transit system for the city and surrounding area –…

New research finds that African-Americans who grow up in harsh environments and have many stressful experiences are much more likely to develop Alzheimer's or some other form of dementia.

More people who are addicted to opioids are coming into the Marion County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office. The influx has the sheriff calling on…

Across the country teaching hospitals fill a dual mandate, to serve patients and train new doctors. When a patient goes under the knife most assume their…

With the film Concussion playing in multiplexes, NPR's Rachel Martin revisits several perspectives on the injury and the role it's played in football. Is the game worth the risk of brain injury?

Fred Venturini's debut has a fascinating concept: What happens when a small-town kid gets amazing healing powers? But critic Jason Heller says the book never manages to explore that question fully.

They're some of the most popular musicians in West Africa, joining voices to sing (mainly in French but also in some local languages) about defeating an "invisible enemy."

Up to 18,000 Kaiser Permanente nurses in California are timing their strike to coincide with nurse protests across the nation.