Small family farmers are often “land rich, cash poor," and nursing homes and other types of long-term care are expensive. Many worry about sacrificing their land to pay for care at the end of life.

Nearly 300 young musicians, their teachers and staff from their music school fled Afghanistan in fear for their lives as the Taliban took power. NPR caught up with them during their U.S. tour,

Skateboarding women of Bolivia wear Indigenous garb to pay homage to the strength of their mothers and grandmothers. Their motto: When you fall, you have the power to get back up.

An experimental cancer drug that helps the brain turn glucose into energy was able to reverse memory loss in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.

It takes skill and practice to navigate the world in a wheelchair. This summer program teaches kids how, one wheelie at a time.

Health care workers plan to reach more than 640,000 Palestinian children in a matter of days while Israel has agreed to staggered pauses in fighting.

Aid groups that help families get a sick or injured child to another country for care say obtaining approval from Israel for the child and an adult companion to leave has become intensely difficult.

We catch up with Sahat Zia Hero, a winner last year of the Nansen Refugee Award for "outstanding work" helping displaced people. He is still making pictures: "This is a tough life."

Annie Sklaver Orenstein, author of Always a Sibling: The Forgotten Mourner’s Guide to Grief, tells Morning Edition that grief is complicated but there are simple things someone can do for those going through it.

After indicating he would vote in favor of abortion rights in Florida, telling NBC News, "I'm going to be voting that we need more than six weeks," Trump clarifies on Fox News: "I'll be voting no."

"I thought: if I just helped my friends, colleagues and neighbors, maybe I’d get the connection I craved in love, work and life," writes journalist Gina Ryder.

Mosquitos love heat. And as summers get warmer, mosquito-borne illnesses are rising, in the U.S., Europe, and South and Central America. Here are some tips to protect yourself.

With no work, home, car or food due to the pandemic, the couple in Sao Paolo, Brazil, struggled to survive. Then they got a tiny house. How are they doing today?

Chinese factories churn out many of the chemicals used to make fentanyl that kills 70,000 people each year in the U.S. China's government says new regulations are coming but critics are skeptical.

The Boar's Head recall was first issued in July and linked to a ready-to-eat liverwurst product. The recall has since expanded to products including sliced ham varieties, sausages and loaves.