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We asked the experts what to put in a personal medical kit — and what to do and avoid doing to keep from getting sick.

Like millions of Chinese gold miners, He Quangui was stricken with the lung disease silicosis. At first he didn't want his story to be told, but over time he came to trust the photographer.

Now a tropical storm, the system hit Virginia after striking North and South Carolina — two states that are still coping with the effects of flooding from Hurricane Florence.

Shutdown and debt ceiling deadlines are fast approaching four days before the Alabama Senate election, and Republicans are trying to pass a tax plan by Christmas.

Leah Feldman was on the Doctors Without Borders team in the 2014 outbreak. Now she's helping fight the virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo — and literally sweating in her boots.

NPR economics, science and national correspondents present the latest updates in the U.S. response to the coronavirus epidemic.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Neil Potts, Facebook vice president for trust and security, about internal documents leaked by a company whistleblower.

The Trump administration is investigating the theory that the virus leaked from a lab. Scientists who work with viruses say that's virtually impossible and point to transmission from an animal.

The new infrastructure legislation makes money available to remove potentially poisonous pipes around the country. In Flint, Mich., mistrust runs deeper than the plumbing does.

Roughly 50 American voting jurisdictions have now moved to a ranked choice voting system, and it's shaping up to be one of the political subplots of 2024.