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A new study from AARP shows caregivers' out-of-pocket costs rose about 60% in the last five years.

Transplant teams can talk to families about organ donation before they've decided whether to continue life-sustaining medical care for loved ones. Until now, that has been forbidden.

People with alpha-gal syndrome can have allergic reactions to meat from mammals. Many of those affected change their diets to eat other proteins.

The current outbreak, first identified in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has now counted 10,000 patients and has spread with great speed. How can it be stopped?

Melanoma is one of the deadliest skin cancers, and the results of the study have many in the field wondering if this therapy can be applied to other deadly cancers.

In Nairobi, a city prone to floods, workers in the "Green Army" are making preparations to prevent disaster when El Niño arrives.

What makes special education teaching jobs so hard to fill? NPR set out to find some answers by talking to more than a dozen teachers who do this work every day.

Merck presented its mRNA melanoma vaccine trial data at a European cancer conference this weekend. Results are promising: The vaccine reduces recurrence and death alongside an immunotherapy drug.

People with Alpha-Gal Syndrome can have allergic reactions to meat from mammals. Many of those affected change their diets to eat other proteins.

Pennsylvania is the worst hit state, with at least 1,338 cases of measles confirmed in 44 counties so far this year, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.