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The CDC's vaccine advisory committee is expected to stop recommending universal vaccination of newborns against hepatitis B and question the childhood vaccination schedule when they meet Thursday.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with epidemiologist Michael Osterholm about Thursday's federal vaccine advisory committee meeting and proposed changes to the child vaccination schedule.

The Trump administration has renamed the U.S. Institute of Peace after President Donald Trump, despite an ongoing fight over the institute's control.

In a petition to the premier human rights watchdog in the Americas, the first challenge to U.S. military strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats argues that the death was an extrajudicial killing.

Last week, Democratic Socialistic Zohran Mamdani rocked the political establishment by beating Andrew Cuomo and winning NYC's mayoral primary by a 12-point margin.

This week, we’re proud to feature stories about aging from our first Podcast in Residence: Not Born Yesterday, hosted by Miriam Goodman and Lynn Winter Gross.

Today is Wildland Firefighters Day!

Steve Cropper, who co-wrote classics including "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" and "In the Midnight Hour" during his years playing guitar at the legendary Stax Records in Memphis, has died. He was 84.

Today, actor Fred Pitts from “The Book of Will," all about Shakespeare's friends. Then, middle school kids talk to a billionaire. And, short stories that really pack a punch.

Minnesota boasts the largest population of Somalis in the U.S. — a community that's recently faced attacks from President Trump. Here's a brief history of how they came to settle there.

San Francisco’s City Attorney filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that corporations put residents’ health at risk by knowingly creating unhealthy and addictive foods in order to boost sales.

In a seven-to-four vote, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed Mayor Daniel Lurie's Family Zoning Plan.