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A research start-up is connecting parents with scientists in hopes of sparking new research on diseases whose survival rates and treatment options haven't budged in 30 years

SNAP provides nutrition assistance for about 42 million Americans, but critics say now is the time to restructure the $70 billion annual program in a way that promotes healthier food choices.

Real-life “Golden Girls.” Senior citizens getting roommates to ease financial pressures and fight loneliness. It’s a growing trend.

Steve Inskeep talks to Democratic consultant Robby Mook and conservative commentator Scott Jennings about the biggest takeaways from Tuesday's election for each party.

Conservative radio host Chris Buskirk talks about Republican voter turnout and how the results of the 2018 midterm election may help or hurt President Trump in the coming years.

A meteorologist goes up against Alabama's deadly tornadoes, as NPR's Invisibilia explores our relationship with uncertainty.

The Tripoli office of the International Committee of the Red Cross says, "Densely populated residential areas are gradually turning into battlefields." The city has been under attack since April 4.

The more than 250-mile, $6 billion railway is set to cut through the northern part of Laos and is primarily financed and built by the Chinese. So far, the project has mostly employed Chinese workers.

Hospitals and nursing homes in California and Illinois think that regional cooperation — and a particular soap — could help them all gain the upper hand against deadly superbugs.

Jennifer Carrieri's twin was shot and murdered in an empty parking lot in 1996, but nobody knows why. This year, Carrieri put up billboards in Baltimore, Md., in the hopes of solving the cold case.