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There are a few populations in the world where back pain hardly exists. One woman thinks she has figured out why, and she's sharing their secrets. Have Americans forgotten how to stand properly?

When the 2014 Ebola outbreak was spiraling out of control, Gayle Smith worked on the team that devised the Obama administration's response.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with members of the Japanese band CHAI about WINK, their third studio album, and what makes them different from other female J-pop groups.

The Amazon anthology series Solos features a different actor in each installment. The Bite, on Spectrum On Demand, is comedy-drama that combines COVID lockdown with an outbreak of a zombie contagion.

Denver-based rapper DJ Cavem Moetavation started pushing beats and beets by distributing free seeds. Black-owned companies like his are trying to encourage more people of color to grow their own food.

Last year, China drastically cut back its imports of plastic waste to recycle. Now the U.S. and other wealthy nations must figure out what to do with their discards.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with musician Annie Clark about her new '70s-inspired album as St. Vincent, called Daddy's Home.

The video of George Floyd's death was critical evidence in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin. It's a video that may influence future trials and police training.

The online-petition startup is the latest tech company where activism among workers has led to the formation of a labor union. Once taboo in Silicon Valley, unions are now on the rise.

Clinical trials show Wegovy triples the average weight loss seen with other drugs. Whether it will reach many patients largely depends on whether insurers decide to cover it.

Even as climate change makes wildfires more frequent and intense, more people are moving to fire-prone areas. The fastest such growth is in the Southeast, where few consider wildfire much of a threat.

North Carolina’s hospitality industry is facing significant worker shortages. And it’s prompting some businesses in the Triangle and elsewhere to find creative ways to attract and maintain staff.

The troops will help get Americans, and Afghans who helped them, out of the country. NPR's A Martínez talks to Pentagon spokesman John Kirby about what's going on following the Taliban's takeover.

With a federal judge poised to approve Purdue Pharma's controversial Chapter 11 plan, the company is working behind the scenes to preempt a legal challenge by the DOJ.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will seek to set a new tone when he meets President Biden following tense moments between Israel's former leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Democrats.

Getting an accurate diagnosis is a big hurdle in the current outbreak of Zika virus. There are three kinds of tests for Zika, and each has problems. Scientists are working hard to improve diagnosis.

Democrat Martin O'Malley and Republicans Rand Paul, Carly Fiorina and Ben Carson talk with David Greene about criticism and expectations heading into caucuses for the 2016 presidential race.

School boards and superintendents are facing backlash over mask and vaccination policies. What were once nonpartisan public service jobs have now become more political — and dangerous.

Ida blasted ashore Sunday as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S., blowing roofs off buildings and reversing the flow of the Mississippi River.

The Smithsonian American Art Museum has bought a collection of early photographs, including very rare daguerreotypes from three early Black photographers dating to the mid 19th century.