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Families learn to be skeptical about vaccines in communities where incomplete vaccination is the norm. A researcher into the phenomenon found that people are ready to listen, if they're heard, too.

How did Samuel Barber's stirring, lush work for strings — music that has become America's semi-official music of mourning — morph into a beloved and endlessly remixed dance floor anthem?

The Vatican says gender is god-given, dismissing the idea that there is any right to choose one's gender. The Vatican said a fluid idea of identity is not "based on the truths of existence."

Indie folk band Beirut is out with its latest album, Gallipoli. The band's leader, Zach Condon, talks with NPR's Scott Simon about emphasizing music over lyrics and escaping to unexpected places for inspiration

Former President Donald Trump thumps Vice President Harris in name recognition, but analysts say Beijing sees both as bad news.

Parents of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students were at a news conference with Florida's governor on Wednesday to call for changes to the school board following last year's deadly shooting.

Since the shooting, young Parkland survivors have emerged as the driving force in calling for stricter gun laws in the U.S., through a series of marches, school walkouts and voter registration drives.

Flamagra, the latest album from Flying Lotus, plays like a high-speed chase through a carnival fun house — a sideshow attraction of the mind.

Scientists often share their latest research on posters displayed at big conferences. Posters are a long-standing tradition, but one reformer says they're mostly terrible and need to change.

A new generation of blood tests can help diagnose Alzheimer's disease. But many doctors don't yet know how to use them.