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.
Kash Patel is asked to explain incendiary statements in FBI head confirmation hearing
Kash Patel is a frequent critic of the FBI who has spread conspiracy theories. He gets a Senate hearing Thursday to run the agency he wants to shake up.
For 2 years, eggs on an eagle nest cam haven't hatched. Will this year be different?
Jackie and Shadow are a mating pair of bald eagles in southern California, who have riveted thousands of viewers with the live cam of their eggs. The past two years, none of them hatched.
Advertising to kids, not adults, drives sugary cereal sales
High sugar cereal brands target TV ads directly to kids under age 12. And this targeted advertising leads to greater household purchases of unhealthy kid cereals, a new study finds.
Protein seems to suddenly be everywhere. Here's why
Many doctors and researchers feel that most Americans get more than enough protein, but the macronutrient seems to be everywhere these days -- being advertised on candy bars and ice cream.
Figure skating community mourns young, elite skaters killed in D.C. plane crash
Among the victims on Wednesday's mid-air collision between an American Airlines regional jet and Army Black Hawk helicopter were figure skaters returning from competition and training in Kansas.
Trump wants to send 30,000 migrants to Guantánamo. Here are the hurdles
President Donald Trump signed a memorandum that instructs the Pentagon and HHS to prepare 30,000 beds at Guantanamo to house criminal migrants.
Olympian Nancy Kerrigan reacts tearfully to skaters' deaths in airline collision
Several members of U.S. Figure Skating were on the American Airlines flight, including members of the Skating Club of Boston. The club held a press conference which included club alum Nancy Kerrigan.
Trump suggests that deadly airliner crash was the result of diversity hiring
Without evidence, President Trump and other administration officials claimed that DEI programs led to Wednesday's fatal air crash. DEI has recently become a common talking point to blame disasters on.
Scientists scramble to understand Trump administration actions
President Trump's executive orders and actions, as well as the temporary funding freeze, have sewn confusion with many scientists who receive federal funding.
Mayor Michelle Wu on juggling motherhood and public service
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Boston mayor Michelle Wu, who just welcomed her third child. She's the first Boston mayor to give birth while in office.
