NPRAlzheimer's Disease A Big Alzheimer's Drug Study Is Proceeding Cautiously Despite The Pandemic verified_publisherNPR - Jon HamiltonMedical research was an early casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic. After cases began emerging worldwide, thousands of clinical trials unrelated to COVID-19 were paused or canceled amid fears that participants...
NPRFloods Living In Harm's Way: Why Most Flood Risk Is Not Disclosed verified_publisherNPR - Rebecca HersherFive years ago, the Obbink family decided to buy a house in Virginia Beach, Va. Kerrie Obbink led the charge because her husband, Steve, was an active-duty member of the Navy. That was why they had moved...
NPRMental Health New Law Creates 988 Hotline For Mental Health Emergencies verified_publisherNPR - Rhitu ChatterjeePresident Trump has signed into law a bipartisan bill to create a three-digit number for mental health emergencies. The Federal Communications Commission had already picked 988 as the number for this and...
NPRAsteroids If This NASA Spacecraft Can Avoid 'Mount Doom,' It Might Nab A Bit Of Asteroid verified_publisherNPR - Nell GreenfieldboyceA NASA spacecraft, if all goes well, will soon touch down briefly on a skyscraper-sized asteroid 200 million miles away, in order to collect a small amount of rock and dust that can then be returned to...
NPRHornets Foiled Again: Murder Hornet Eludes Washington State Scientists verified_publisherNPR - Danny HenselResearchers have lost track of an Asian giant hornet they were following — a stinging setback in the pursuit to eradicate an invasive species that threatens to decimate North American bee populations....
