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As vaccination rates slow across the country, incentive programs are quickly spreading. In Milwaukee this week, the Brewers converted vaccination into a free ticket.

An early season heat wave is roasting Texas. Spring heat can be particularly dangerous for people's health--here's why.

NPR's Noel King talks to Charlotte Graham-McLay of The Guardian about the latest on the volcanic eruption in New Zealand.

A new study shows that the effects hurricanes have on people's health can last for years after a storm passes.

Al Haynes has died at age 87. He was the captain of United flight 232 when it crashed in Sioux City, Iowa, in 1989 after total hydraulic failure. 184 of 296 people survived.

The SAVE America Act would require people to bring ID to the polls and to prove their citizenship in person when registering to vote. Many Navajo Nation elders don’t have the required documents to prove their citizenship.

Intermittent fasting is popular for weight-loss. A new study finds it might help with diabetes too.

The United Nations is pleading for more aid as thousands of Afghans shiver in tents after earthquakes flattened villages and killed more than 1,000 people.

A year after a shooting at a Nashville school left six people dead, some students have pressed for gun control measures. But they have not had much success.

South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela is one of the giants of his continent's music. In this encore broadcast, host Michel Martin sits down with Masekela to discuss his life and work.