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Ex-opioid users on long-term antibiotics often have to stay in the hospital longer, lest they be tempted to inject illegal drugs into their IV line. A new approach built on trust could change that.

Multiple tribes in Montana declared states of emergency over the weekend following the confirmation of six presumptive COVID-19 cases in the state.Tribal…

Preparing for both in-person and virtual learning has families budgeting for new school supplies like masks and bleach wipes as well as bigger purchases like laptops, speakers, desks and chairs.

China's economy is struggling. The currency and stock market are down. Growth continues to slow. Yet in Shanghai, people are scrambling to buy apartments even as prices soar. Why?

Indian highways are lined with migrant laborers trying to walk hundreds of miles home to their villages. Left without work or transport, they're vulnerable to starvation — and coronavirus infection.

More than 35,000 people in nursing homes and assisting living facilities have died from COVID-19. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to resident Virginia Chandler about the toll the lock down has taken.

Millions of Texans are without power, heat and water. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Mayor Michael Evans of Mansfield, who shares how his neighbors are enduring the aftermath of the historic storm.

In his new novel, Sunset Park, Brooklyn novelist Paul Auster confronts the modern-day problems of foreclosure, eviction and familial estrangement. NPR's Lynn Neary visited him in his brownstone to discuss the long journey to find one's sense of home.

Jonathan Eig's new book, Luckiest Man, looks at the life of New York Yankee hero Lou Gehrig, on and off the field. Gehrig was the unstoppable "Iron Horse" as he hammered home runs while playing in 2,130 straight games. But his life was cut short by the disease that now bears his name.

The Biden administration gave federal agencies a mid-July deadline to submit plans for calling their employees back to the office, and says White House employees are expected back at work by then.