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The chickenpox vaccine has been a boon to American children for the last 10 years, but it may have an unintended consequence -- putting adults at higher risk for shingles, a related illness. Madeleine Brand speaks with Yale University professor, pediatrician and Slate contributor Sydney Spiesel about the chickenpox virus and the risks of the vaccine.

Hundreds of Iranian women protested against gender discrimination, just five days before the country holds presidential elections. The demonstrations came as several people died in a series of explosions.

NASA scrubbed its Artemis I test flight to the moon due to engine issues but will try again Friday. The flight is uncrewed but NASA hopes to send people back to the moon on future flights.

Queen Elizabeth II's funeral was watched by millions around Britain, including in the northern city of Newcastle.

Hundreds of visitors to the Grand Canyon over the summer were sickened by a norovirus, which prompted the CDC to take a look at it. (Story aired on Weekend Edition Saturday on Sept. 24, 2022.)

On a clear weekend day, as many as 3,000 people will make the 3-mile trek up the side of New Hampshire's Mount Washington to the snowfields, defying steep terrain and the threat of avalanches.

President Biden visits Selma for the 58th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday." Residents there are still recovering from tornadoes that ripped through the city in January.

Roughly half a million workers went out on strike in the U.K. Wednesday, the largest single day of industrial action in Britain in more than a decade.

Sen. Edward Kennedy's funeral will be held this week at Boston's Our Lady of Perpetual Help. The basilica is in a neighborhood with a rough reputation, but the church was dear to Kennedy, who prayed there every day while his daughter was battling cancer at a nearby hospital.

Child care and student safety were two topics that candidates addressed last week in the presidential race. We hear from them in their own words.