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Shaimaa Ali Ahmed lost her leg at age 6 after happening upon an unexploded rocket. Children like her bear an outsized burden from the civil war, where land mines and ordnance litter the landscape.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently told constituents under 65 not to take the new COVID-19 vaccines, despite CDC and FDA recommendations that everyone older than 6 months get the shots. DeSantis's statement is not based on science or data.

In little more than a week, the Trump administration has fired people who prosecuted the president and reassigned other career officials.

Cutting Medicaid can seem like an easy way to slash the budget. But, the costs can spread to all of us.

We remember Trump's 2017 inaugural address for "American carnage." What will his 2025 address be remembered for?

Pioneering disease investigator and beloved global health mentor Joel Breman died on April 6 at the age of 87. Breman was part of the team that investigated the first known Ebola outbreak in 1976.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Maine Secretary of State Democrat Shenna Bellows about the decision to disqualify President Trump from Maine's 2024 Republican presidential primary ballot.

University of Chicago Law Professor Aziz Huq says that the Supreme Court has no good options in the case concerning Donald Trump's appearance on the Colorado ballot.

Saachi, 12, is a head-strong, confident 6th grader when the book opens, but soon she finds herself increasingly frustrated as the social dynamics of elementary school seem to unravel before her eyes.

Congressional hearings about the management of the EPA lead to firings, dramatic resignations, and for one person, a prison sentence. But in the long run, did the bureaucrats and government workers who plotted and leaked documents to “save the EPA” get what they want?