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NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health conducted a poll in March and early April to find out how stress is affecting people in the U.S. Here's what we found.

Life in a camp for people displaced by civil war illustrates the grim situation in Sudan. Refugees across the border in Chad are afraid to return to their villages in Darfur. Aid groups are preparing for a long stay.

Co-writers and co-directors Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina spent six years creating their animated film about the Day of the Dead, the Mexican holiday Unkrich calls a time of "joyously remembering."

People don't think about mental illnesses as life-threatening, once you exclude suicide. But a review of almost 2 million people finds that common problems like postpartum depression take a toll.

Health economist Ted Miller analyzes the financial toll of violence like mass shootings. He says the total cost of firearm injury in America is $235 billion a year.

In Cleveland, an experiment is under way to find new ways to give people purpose and enjoyment as they reach retirement age. But as Americans live longer, views on what retirement means are slow to change.

Russian-born rabbi in New York City sees hope in taking action.

Until a national health insurance mandate takes effect in 2014, states run stopgap pools to cover people with pre-existing conditions. The federal funds to pay for the coverage are being stretched thin in many states.

Residents on the U.S. island territory of Guam are at the center of an escalating war of words between North Korea and the U.S. Ailsa Chang talks with Mayor Paul McDonald of Agana Heights, Guam.

The Trump administration has issued new rules that would keep most transgender people out of the military, but it's still unclear exactly who's affected and how.