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The vaginal ring is made of silicone, it's flexible and it continuously releases the anti-HIV drug dapivirine.

Experimental Vaginal Ring Fights HIV, But Will Women Wear It?

It's a problem with many of the anti-HIV options. Even if they're proven to be effective, people don't always want to use them.

Georgina Mamba's activism for people with disabilities brought her to the United States as one of 1,000 Mandela Washington Fellows under President Obama's Young African Leaders Initiative.

The Mis-Education — And Remarkable Triumph — Of Georgina Mumba

She was paralyzed by polio. So why did her school put her in a class for the intellectually disabled? Then one for the blind. Then one for the deaf.

Ye Haiyan is the activist known as "Hooligan Sparrow" — and the subject of a new documentary about her efforts to gain justice for six schoolgirls who'd allegedly been sexually assaulted by their principal.

'Hooligan Sparrow' Fights For Justice For Sexually Assaulted Schoolgirls

It happened in China. One of the men who reportedly assaulted them was their school principal. We talk to the director of a documentary about this case.

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch's vast empire encompasses everything from newspapers to television networks to tabloids.

'Murdoch's World': Inside One Of The Last Old Media Empires

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. now stretches from Australia to India, Great Britain and the United States. In a new book, NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik looks at how News Corp. publications covered the company's hacking scandals, and its punitive attitude toward critics.

When The Paints Go Marching In: Down The Well-Appointed Rabbit Hole Of Home Decor

What happens when you ask the internet what color you should paint your living room? Well, a lot of things happen, and they're all pretty overwhelming.

Edith Lee-Payne doesn't remember having her photo taken at the March on Washington. What she does remember about that day, she says, is being "glad to be standing with people who wanted to make things right."

At 1963 March, A Face In The Crowd Became A Poster Child

When she was just 12, Edith Lee-Payne's face was immortalized in an iconic photo from the March on Washington. Decades would pass before Payne learned that her image has been used as part of documentaries, books, calendars and exhibits about the history of the civil rights movement.

In Grief, A Growing Partnership: Parents Span Israeli-Palestinian Divide

Several people have died and dozens more been injured as violence has wracked Israel. Two parents — one Israeli, one Palestinian — who have lost children to earlier bloodshed seek a new way forward.

Midlife Friendship Key To A Longer, Healthier Life

People between 45 and 65 may be the loneliest segment in the U.S. And researchers are using brain scans to show that friendships are vital to staying healthy and engaged in your middle years.

Investigators Ask Public To Help Identify Possible Suspect In Belgium Attacks

Police in Belgium are searching for a man they believe is connected to Tuesday's back-to-back bombings in the airport and at a subway station in Brussels. More than 30 people are dead and at least 200 wounded after explosions struck the city during the morning rush hour.

Creamed, Canned And Frozen: How The Great Depression Revamped U.S. Diets

During the Depression, cheap, nutritious and filling food was prioritized — often at the expense of taste. Jane Ziegelman and Andy Coe, authors of A Square Meal, discuss food trends of the time.

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