Pien Huang

5 days ago | ctpublic.org | Maria Godoy |Pien Huang |Diane Webber

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports there have been 1,001 confirmed measles cases in the U.S. this year. It's the second-highest case count in 25 years, topped only by 2019, when more than 1,200 measles cases were detected. The best way to contain measles is two doses of the MMR vaccine (measles, mumps and rubella). Here are numbers to help you understand how measles is spreading now. 1,001 cases:The CDC keeps track of confirmed cases and is updating its count on a weekly basis.

5 days ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Maria Godoy |Pien Huang |Diane Webber

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports there have been 1,001 confirmed measles cases in the U.S. this year. It's the second-highest case count in 25 years, topped only by 2019, when more than 1,200 measles cases were detected. The best way to contain measles is two doses of the MMR vaccine (measles, mumps and rubella). Here are numbers to help you understand how measles is spreading now. The CDC keeps track of confirmed cases and is updating its count on a weekly basis.

4 weeks ago | kpbs.org | Pien Huang

Despite concerns that the administration might meddle with a committee of vaccine advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, their first public meeting since President Trump's inauguration followed its usual course. Members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted to expand the options for meningococcal vaccines and to lower the age of recommendation for RSV vaccines to include people aged 50 to 59 with certain risk factors.

1 month ago | wbur.org | Pien Huang

What makes marijuana smell distinctive? The smell of marijuana has diversified in recent years into a variety of cannabis strains with their own scent profiles. NPR’s Pien Huang reports. This segment airs on March 27, 2025. Audio will be available after the broadcast.

1 month ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Pien Huang

HAGERSTOWN, Md. — Just off the highway and down the road from the sheriff's office, there's a large warehouse and greenhouse compound locked behind barbed-wire gates. If you're driving by at certain times, you might catch a whiff of what's inside: Some call it skunky, some call it gassy. It's the unmistakable smell of weed. The complex is the grow facility for District Cannabis, which produces 15,000 pounds of cannabis flower each year.