RFK's Vitamin A recommendation for measles worries disease experts
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., says the CDC has sent vaccines to Texas, but emphasizes using vitamin A to treat the disease -- worrying infectious disease doctors.
Religious groups work to help as many refugees as possible before Trump takes office
Many religious congregations are ramping up their efforts to assist as many refugees as possible before President-elect Donald Trump takes office on Jan. 20.
Wearing salmon as hats is in vogue — at least for orcas
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks orca researcher Deborah Giles about behavior she witnessed recently: whales wearing salmon as hats.
Ira Glass talks about the difference between himself and his on-air persona
Ira Glass sits down with Rachel Martin to answer a Wild Card question. He talks about the difference between the Ira you hear on air and who he is in real life.
Pete Hegseth's mom went on Fox to defend her son against reports of transgressions
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with New Yorker writer Jane Mayer about her latest article on Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth.
Trump is already making foreign policy plans
Every time a presidential transition takes place, a familiar phrase crops up: "the U.S. has one president at a time." But Trump is already declaring foreign policy plans that differ from Biden's.
That's how you say it?? The most mispronounced words of 2024
The language-learning company Babbel has released its list of the most mispronounced words and names of 2024, including semaglutide, Phryge and Barry Keoghan.
The killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO was a targeted attack, authorities say
The CEO of United Healthcare was shot and killed in what New York City officials are calling a brazen and targeted attack. The company has the largest share of the nation's health insurance market.
South Korea expert 'optimistic' democracy will hold amid upheaval
Gi-Wook Shin, director of the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, talks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about democracy in South Korea following the president's brief declaration of martial law.
