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Sarah Wildman and Orli, photographed in early summer 2021. Orli was finishing a second round of chemotherapy after her liver cancer had metastasized when she was asked to participate in …

The halt to USAID projects will likely impact secret schools for girls across Afghanistan, which could close as soon as the funds from the U.S. agency go dry. Above: A …

A home that was destroyed by wildfire in Altadena, Calif. Ryan Kellman/NPR hide caption toggle caption Ryan Kellman/NPR Survivors of the floods of Hurricane Helene and the wildfires of Los …

President Trump says fentanyl smuggled into the U.S. is a key reason for imposing tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico. But NPR found that Trump and his team made false …

Under the Trump administration, the U.S. agency that funds aid projects has faced layoffs, a stop action order for most aid efforts and a disruption of its website. Now Elon …

We’re over a month into winter, and many people are trying to chase the winter blahs away. We have some suggestions from our 2-person NPR Cozy Culture Crew.

The new administration’s freeze on foreign aid (affecting America’s sweeping anti-HIV initiative PEPFAR) has raised concerns about the dispersal of the pills taken daily by those who are HIV positive.

Kitt Peak National Observatory in Tucson, Ariz., is managed by a consortium of universities and the National Science Foundation. VisionsofAmerica/Joe Sohm/Getty Images/Photodisc hide caption toggle caption VisionsofAmerica/Joe Sohm/Getty Images/Photodisc Julia …

Webpages at the CDC and other health agencies went down on Friday. Will Stone/NPR hide caption toggle caption Will Stone/NPR At the direction of the Trump administration, the federal Department …

A series of orders from the Trump administration have the potential to disrupt the delivery of life-saving medications to HIV positive people. Here’s what a disruption of this drug regimen …