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Two herpes viruses that cause skin rashes in toddlers may accelerate Alzheimer's disease when they infect brain cells. The finding suggests antiviral drugs might help protect the brain.

The jury's still out on whether underwear preference matters to male fertility, but men who wear briefs, or other tight options, were found to have slightly lower sperm counts in a new study.

Gillibrand joins a growing field of Democratic candidates, telling TV host Stephen Colbert on Tuesday that she is launching an exploratory committee and explaining why she has decided to run.

Whether waiting for a bus, playing outside or walking the dog – during the colder winter season, everyone is looking for ways to stay warm. Luckily, the…

Dani Shapiro, at age 54, is shocked to learn that the man she thought was her biological father wasn't a blood relative. Her memoir, a quest for the truth, reads like an emotional detective story.

Following up on her instant-classic Marbles — about her experiences with bipolar disorder — cartoonist Forney lays out her coping strategies in warm, deftly-rendered and densely informative style.

We judge a handful of exuberant stadium anthems written for the 2018 tournament. Will any of them prove as enduring as Shakira's "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)"? Or will they sink into oblivion?

Trade tensions between the U.S. and China escalated rapidly Friday after President Trump unveiled tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese goods and China moved swiftly with retaliation.

Deaths due to liver disease have increased among the young — and heavy drinking is to blame.

Written in the thick of WWII, Aaron Copland's piece seems to have hope woven between its notes. Mandalit del Barco asks why so many who hear it, from presidents to prog rockers, are still so moved.

President Trump has called for a wall to be built on the U.S.-Mexico border, but what about the wall that the U.S. already has? A recent study shows the economic impact of the existing wall.

There’s an increasing concern among scholars that, in many areas of science, famous published results tend to be impossible to reproduce.This crisis can…

U.S. law prohibits people on Medicare from using the discount coupons the makers of expensive medicines offer. The law aims to reduce federal drug spending and Medicare fraud, but can feel unfair.

The former NATO Director of Policy Planning Fabrice Pothier speaks to David Greene about President Trump's policy and rhetoric at the NATO summit in Brussels.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Roger Bennet, who is host of the podcast and TV show Men In Blazers, about the latest from the World Cup.

State lawmakers have returned home following a hectic, six-week session during which they approved a state spending plan, continued an ongoing clash...

Welcome to the summer doldrums. It’s too hot to cook. We’re bored with burgers and ho-hum hot dogs. We’re drowning in seas of zucchini.So it’s time to…

Mecklenburg County has six competitive races in the state legislature, with the Republican Party’s Super Majority in the General Assembly at stake.And…

The proposed barrier would cut off 70 percent of the National Butterfly Center's property, putting it in a no man's land along the Rio Grande. More than 200 species have been documented at the center.

The U.S. trade war with China has cost farmers billions. Government bailouts have helped keep many farms solvent, but thoughts are turning to this year's planting season.