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Kelly Chibale founded the Holistic Drug Discovery and Development Centre at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, a facility with everything needed to discover drugs for some of …

Kathy Barnes-Lou cared for her mother for 14 years before her death. She learned that caregiving can bring life’s purpose into focus, even as it grinds you down.

Ken Warner sits with his cat Ostara in his home office in Manchester, Conn. where he writes sci-fi and fantasy novels. Warner and his wife, Parveen Vohra, who is a …

A farmer sprinkles fertilizer over crops at a rice field on the outskirts of Amritsar on July 23, 2024. Narinder Nanu/AFP/via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Narinder Nanu/AFP/via Getty …

Photo Illustration by Becky Harlan/NPR Photo Illustration by Becky Harlan/NPR How do you creatively limit your phone use? We asked NPR’s audience this question last week in a story about …

Harerimana Ismail is a community health care worker in Kabale District, Uganda, who supports children and teens living with HIV. He lost his salary as part of the U.S. aid …

The Food and Drug Administration is backtracking on stricter regulation of tanning beds. Adventure_Photo/E+/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Adventure_Photo/E+/Getty Images Shortly before being nominated for the job, Secretary of …

On July 5-6, 1978, on a busy downtown Denver street, 19 people in wheelchairs blocked public buses–which didn’t have wheelchair lifts–to demand access to public transit.

Feeling like a wilted flower most days? Perk up with these natural energy boosters. Photo illustration by Beck Harlan/NPR hide caption toggle caption Photo illustration by Beck Harlan/NPR Feeling like …

In an effort to challenge the Trump administration’s views on autism spectrum disorder, a new independent panel of experts plans to meet just weeks after Health and Human Services Secretary …