The Triumphs And Perils Of 'Going Big'
Don Laub was a pioneering surgeon — one of the first in the U.S. to perform gender reassignment surgeries, but tragedy came when he traveled to Mexico to provide free surgeries to children.
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Meet Your Lucky Stars: NASA Announces A New Class Of Astronaut Candidates
This year was one of the most competitive applicant pools in the agency's history. One of the candidates explains what it takes to earn a coveted spot — and why so many want to be an astronaut today.
GOP's Proposed Cuts To Medicaid Threaten Treatment For Opioid Addiction
Expanding Medicaid has helped many people caught up in the opioid epidemic get treatment. But doctors say the proposed Republican changes to the Affordable Care Act could jeopardize these programs.
How Climate Data Is Collected
President Trump's proposed budget would cut money for climate research that measures a warming world. We tag along to see how air samples are collected on a Colorado mountaintop.
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke Reviews Bears Ears National Monument
A Saturday deadline is approaching for Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to recommend whether the controversial new Bears Ears National Monument in Utah should be abolished or shrunk. It's the first of a larger review of national monuments stemming from an executive order by President Trump last month.
FDA Calls On Drugmaker To Pull A Powerful Opioid Off The Market
The Food and Drug Administration says abuse of the painkiller Opana ER has fueled an outbreak of HIV, hepatitis C and a serious blood disorder, though it was reformulated to try to reduce abuse.
CDC Reveals Sharper Numbers Of Zika Birth Defects From U.S. Territories
About 5 percent of pregnant women infected with Zika in Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories last year had babies with birth defects, says the federal health agency. And the risk isn't over.
Aid-In-Dying Requires More Than Just A Law, Californians Find
In the year since the state enacted a law allowing doctors to prescribe lethal drugs for terminal patients who request it, over 500 people have sought that help. But some doctors are still reluctant.
Invisibilia: Should Wild Bears Be Feared Or Befriended?
A photographer who walks deep into the woods in search of a wild bear wonders if his curiosity will overcome his fear. Can bears and humans co-exist?
Learn To Sniff Like A Dog And Experience The World In A New Way
We humans think we don't have a very good sense of smell. But psychologist Alexandra Horowitz says dogs can show us how to train our noses so they give us a window into a secret world.