Carl Luepker, his son Liam, 12, and daughter Lucia, 11, light the menorah during Hanukkah in their home in Minneapolis, Minn. Carl and Liam both have a degenerative nerve disorder called dystonia. Jenn Ackerman for NPR hide caption
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Judge Marilyn Moores, who presides over the juvenile court in Marion County, Ind., says the number of children who are in need of foster care because of the opioid epidemic has more than doubled in the past three years. Matt Sedensky/AP hide caption
The Foster Care System Is Flooded With Children Of The Opioid Epidemic
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After a long history of civil war and corruption, many Liberians didn't trust their government's attempts to control Ebola. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption
Leah Bahrencu, 35, of Austin, Texas, developed an infection after an emergency C-section to deliver twins Lukas and Sorana, now 11 months. Ilana Panich-Linsman hide caption
Jim Carrey stars as the title character the 2000 version of How The Grinch Stole Christmas. Archive Photos/Getty Images hide caption
It seems like every kid is online. But UNICEF's director of data, Laurence Chandy, observes: "It's a huge inequity between those who have access and those who do not." Roslan Rahman/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Kelley Mui helps a client sign up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act on Dec. 15 at the Midwest Asian Health Association in Chicago. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
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Siddhartha Mukherjee: Can We Reimagine Our Approach To Treating Disease?
Atul Gawande on the TED stage James Duncan Davidson/TED hide caption
Atul Gawande: Medicine Has Become A Team Sport — So How Do We Treat It Like One?
Joseph Ravenell on the TED stage Bret Hartman/TED hide caption
Joseph Ravenell: Could Barbershops Become The New Doctor's Office?
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Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Food and Drug Administration commissioner, told Kaiser Health News the incentives intended to spur development of drugs for rare diseases deserve a fresh look. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
One ProPublica story found that the many eye drop companies waste medication by making the dispenser too big. Hitoshi Nishimura/Getty Images hide caption
Life expectancy in the U.S. has fallen for the second straight year, in part because of the surge of overdoses on opioids, such as oxycodone. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption
About 180,000 babies develop hydrocephalus each year in sub-Saharan Africa. Baby Faridah received treatment for the deadly condition this year at the CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda in Mbale, Uganda. Christopher Mullen, CURE International hide caption
The MacArthur Foundation has awarded $100 million to Sesame Workshop and the International Rescue Committtee to create a version of Sesame Street aimed at Syrian refugee children. Above: Characters from the Afghani version of the show that premiered this year. Rahmat Gul/AP hide caption
Studying the penis of a thistle tortoise beetle may lead to a better design for medical catheters. Yoko Matsumura, Alexander Kovalev, Stanislav N. Gorb/Science Advances hide caption