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The Trump administration's feud with Harvard has axed research grants. A woman with a rare genetic disorder that causes blindness says crucial research may not be ready in time to save her eyesight.
AIDS orphans and vulnerable children are without support since the U.S. cut foreign assistance. A pastor has been frantically trying to find meds for an HIV-positive orphan who can no longer get them.
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with journalist Steve Coll about the parallels between Iraq and Iran when it comes to discussions of a potential war due to an adversarial country's weapons program.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld laws in roughly half the states that ban transgender medical care for minors. The vote was 6-to-3, along ideological lines.
Omaha just elected its first Black mayor, giving this year's Juneteenth celebrations new energy. The city wants to mark the occasion by being a model for unity during a time of divisiveness.
There's renewed interest in using nuclear energy to supply electricity after years of stagnation. Now, Michigan wants to restart a shut down plant. Analysts say in most cases, that won't be possible.
At issue was a Tenneessee law that bars minors from accessing gender-affirming care as they transition genders.
Author Dan Rubinstein paddled from Ottawa to New York City and back to understand how being near water benefits people. His ...
As Israel's war with Iran expands, Israeli President Isaac Herzog called for international support in destroying Iran's main nuclear facilities.
New pictures of coins from a 300-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Colombia help tell the story of the ship's journey.
The study, published in JAMA, followed teens for years and evaluated addictive behaviors, as well as suicidality.
A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday upholds a ban on gender affirming medical care for trans youths in Tennessee.