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More than 90,000 people died from drug overdoses in the U.S. last year, according to preliminary data released by the CDC.

GOP lawmakers in Montana have rushed a bill to take over districting from the state's independent committee.

In 1987, NPR's Patricia Neighmond profiled Archie Harrison — a young man with HIV. Archie died from AIDS in August 1988, leaving behind his partner Drew. Drew has been HIV positive for years, but hasn't taken any drugs and remains healthy. This story explores the science of long-term survivors and current AIDS therapies as well as the various issues gay men face in dealing with survivorship.

Health experts are raising alarms about slowing vaccination rates in rural America.

India is now the second country in the world after the U.S. to pass 20 million COVID-19 cases.

Recently, Kurdish refugees in Nashville lost a prominent member to COVID-19, but that's helping convince others to get vaccinated, despite it being Ramadan.

While some laud the AI ship's mission to collect data for scientific research, there are questions about the use of the Mayflower name and baggage that comes with it.

The pandemic fueled a building boom in home improvement projects and new home construction, which has made lumber a surprisingly hot commodity.

Local school districts and charter networks will soon have to submit spending plans to their state education agency, which means they will be deciding now where the money is most needed.

Psychologist Adam Grant calls languishing "the neglected middle child of mental health" in his recent New York Times op-ed.