As heat waves sweep the country, NPR’s A Martinez asks W. Larry Kenney, professor of physiology and kinesiology at Penn State University, how extreme heat affects humans. TO MARTINEZ, HOST: A dangerous heat wave is hitting parts of the central and eastern United States and is expected to last through the Fourth of July weekend.
Health care workers demonstrate at a Manhattan union headquarters to show support for the Haitian and Syrian communities after the US Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration could end temporary protected status for potentially millions of foreign nationals from countries experiencing conflict and violence. The decision means that more than 330,000 Haitians and Syrians
For more than 50 years, the Department of Education has revealed a number of realities about how students are treated in every public school in America: which children are being bullied, which children are being harassed, and which students are allowed to access the Internet, among other things. The agency’s civil rights data collection aims
A national medical staffing company attempted to take over Eugene Emergency Physicians’ contract to work at local hospitals. Local doctors used a new state law to oppose the measure. straw/Digital Vision Vectors/Getty Images hide title toggle title straw/Digital Vision Vectors/Getty Images For the latest stories on the science of healthy living, subscribe to NPR health
Ambassador Samantha Power (center), former director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), hugs laid-off employees and supporters outside the agency’s headquarters on February 27, 2025 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide title toggle title Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images When Samantha Power left the U.S. Agency for International Development headquarters in Washington, DC,
Ariel Skelley/Digital Vision/Getty Images How much does it cost to give birth in the United States today? Maybe you saved and planned ahead, but still faced unexpected expenses. Trying to calculate costs can be complicated. What would you like to know? How could you have been more prepared? What obstacles did you face in terms