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Keokuk County Hospital needs three physicians to staff its emergency room, but currently has just two. The hospital is seeking to hire a third full-time doctor to work in the ER and help treat patients at the 14-bed facility. Natalie Krebs/Iowa Public Radio hide caption
Dr. Mehmet Oz testifies before the Senate Finance Committee in Washington D.C. on Friday in his bid to be named administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
Dr. Dave Weldon, who served in the House of Representatives from 1995 to 2009, is no longer a candidate to run the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. His nomination was withdrawn shortly before a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
Long COVID patients haven't stopped pushing for more research funding to find treatments for their condition, including this protest in Washington, D.C. in 2022 which was held in tandem with patients suffering from myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, or ME/CFS. Anadolu/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images hide caption
Protestors gathered outside the Department of Veterans Affairs headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Feb. 13, 2025. The agency plans to cut 80,000 jobs. Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
The SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, continues to mutate. Alissa Eckert, MSMI; Dan Higgins, MAMS/CDC hide caption
Education Secretary nominee Linda McMahon (L), and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., (C) appear during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on February 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption
Keith Thomas, who lives with paralysis, poses with the research team at Northwell Health's Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research that worked with him for months to restore lasting movement and feeling in his arm and hand. The 'double neural bypass' system uses brain implants and artificial intelligence to allow signals to and from Thomas' brain to bypass the site of his injury. MATTHEW LIBASSI hide caption
Scientists engineering a sense of touch for people who are paralyzed
Gabriel Dorvil, 14, has struggled mightily with his mental health. He is already 6'4" tall and often mistaken for an adult. A curriculum at church has helped him accept himself and deal with how people sometimes react to him. José A. Alvarado Jr. for NPR hide caption
More Black teens are in mental health crisis. This church tries to help them heal
Bri McNulty does public health outreach at a conference in Iowa. Liz Orton hide caption
A CDC worker was fired. Then unexpectedly got her job back. She's not sure what to do
Dr. Marty Makary testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on his nomination to become Food and Drug Administration commissioner. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford University professor, is President Trump's nominee to lead the National Institutes of Health. Taylor Hill/Getty Images hide caption
Eli Lilly is selling Zepbound in vials (rather than injector pens) for a discount. Tetra Images/Tetra images RF/Getty Images hide caption
Consumers can buy Zepbound and Wegovy direct from drugmakers if they pay cash
President Donald Trump speaks at the National Prayer Breakfast at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 6, 2025. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
A woolly mouse, a breed created by scientists using genetic engineering. The development is a first step toward reviving a version of the extinct woolly mammoth. Colossal Biosciences hide caption
Zalmai Afzali, an internal medicine doctor in northeastern Virginia, had to complete a residency program in the U.S. after having already finished one in Afghanistan. He supports new state laws dropping such requirements for foreign-trained doctors. Roya Qaemi hide caption
Dr. Francis Collins, who led the National Institutes of Health for more than a decade and continued his career at the agency after he stepped aside as director in 2021, has resigned. Pool/Getty Images/Getty Images hide caption
Bri McNulty pictured when she was in Atlanta for training in the CDC's Public Health Associate Program. She and all other members of the competitive program in her cohort, deployed around the country, were fired by the Trump administration earlier this month. Bri McNulty hide caption
A health worker moved states for her dream job, only to abruptly lose it in CDC cuts
Myra Solano Garcia in Upland, California, 2024. Garcia has been living with Alzheimer's disease and is taking one of the two approved drugs on the market to try to slow its symptoms. Zaydee Sanchez for NPR / @zaydee.s hide caption
People protested funding cuts to research institutions at the University of Chicago last week. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
Vials of the vaccine known as MMR. It protects against measles, mumps and rubella diseases. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption