The influential US Preventive Services Task Force urged behavioral counseling for children and teens with very high BMI.

Over the course of his decades-long career in public health, Fauci vowed he would never shy away from speaking truth the U.S.

A year after a deep-sea submersible headed for the Titanic wreckage imploded, sparking a frantic, dayslong search that ended ...

NPR's A Martinez talks to Martenzie Johnson of ESPN’s Andscape about the Celtics 106-88 win over the Dallas Mavericks Monday night in Game 5 of the NBA finals.

Idaho Republican Party Chairwoman Dorothy Moon was reelected to a second two-year term at North Idaho College during the ...

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Rodrigo Barquera, a researcher at the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany, about a study revealing a surprise about ancient Mayan sacrifices.

Now streaming on Netflix, the dark comedy “Hit Man” is the latest from top-tier director Richard Linklater. Nathan Weinbender says the movie is a bit too lightweight to sell some of its more complex ...

A Comedy Revolution features interviews with dozens of gay and trans comics, archival footage and lots of jokes.

Einbinder says her experience on the competitive cheer team in middle school taught her extreme discipline and focus — which ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Georgetown Law professor and legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union David Cole about the Supreme Court's decision to overturn a ban on gun bump stocks.

Two members of the Pop Culture Happy Hour team talk to NPR's Steve Inskeep about what they're excited to see on TV this summer.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Alice Hill, a former senior director for resilience policy on the National Security Council, about how extreme weather threatens elections globally.