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Minnesota task force takes aim at prescription drug prices

Minnesota task force takes aim at prescription drug prices

Attorney General Keith Ellison said that the pharmaceutical market is "opaque and dysfunctional," which is a barrier to making prescription drugs affordable.
by The Associated Press

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The wide-ranging ways in which COVID-19 is hurting global business

The wide-ranging ways in which COVID-19 is hurting global business

Some factories are beginning to reopen, but labor shortages continue. In a recent poll of U.S. companies by Shanghai's American Chamber of Commerce, 78 percent said they lack staff to resume full production.
by Emily Feng and Amy Cheng

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Losing sleep over the quest for a perfect night's rest

Losing sleep over the quest for a perfect night's rest

A boom in technology promising to improve sleep has an ironic side effect: orthosomnia. Thanks to sleep trackers, people get so obsessed with perfect sleep that they are losing sleep over it.
by Shannon Bond

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Teens are still vaping flavors, thanks to new disposable vape pens

Teens are still vaping flavors, thanks to new disposable vape pens

Despite enforcement efforts to stop teen vaping, kids are getting their hands on a new array of disposable products that come in sweet and fruity flavors.
by Allison Aubrey

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Amish kids were dying mysteriously. Mayo scientists solved it. But can they treat it?

Amish kids were dying mysteriously. Mayo scientists solved it. But can they treat it?

Young, healthy Amish children were dying unexpectedly across the country. It took Mayo researchers more than a decade to figure out why — and now, they’re trying to find a treatment.
by Catharine Richert

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Fear and misinformation spread alongside COVID-19, the new, deadly strain of coronavirus

Fear and misinformation spread alongside COVID-19, the new, deadly strain of coronavirus

Over 71,000 people across the globe have been infected with COVID-19, the new, deadly strain of coronavirus. Two physicians joined MPR News to help sort fact from fiction Monday morning at 9.
by Kerri Miller and Marcheta Fornoff

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Fact-checking 'Contagion': In wake of coronavirus, the 2011 movie is trending

Fact-checking 'Contagion': In wake of coronavirus, the 2011 movie is trending

NPR asked epidemiologists and doctors to assess the science in the 2011 movie, in which the character played by Gwyneth Paltrow starts a global pandemic. Spoiler alert: The movie does a pretty good job.
by Fran Kritz

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