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The U.S. is giving $1.6 million to researchers to study how the hepatitis B vaccine affects newborns in Guinea-Bissau. After an outcry, the future of the trial is up in the air.

The band's 1976 greatest hits collection just became the first album ever to earn 4x Diamond certification from the Recording Industry Association of America, or 40 million units sold.

Planet Money thought it was the perfect team to get into the board game business, since many games are all about economics. But making a game that's fun and teaches people about economics turns out to be hard.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with psychologist Coltan Scrivner about his book Morbidly Curious: A Scientist Explains Why We Can't Look Away.

Each year, about 1,400 Spirit Halloween shops pop up across the U.S. Two student journalists, Isabel Jacobson and Adam Sanders, visited their local shop to meet the spirited employees who work there.

"Window shopping" has begun for some people buying health insurance through the Affordable Care Act -- and some patients could see big increases in their premiums.

If the government shutdown isn't resolved by Nov. 1, some 65,000 low-income children will be at-risk of losing access to Head Start child care and early learning.

The last hospital in Darfur's el-Fasher has been destroyed by paramilitaries — hundreds of patients killed and doctors taken.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with journalist Mark Medley about his new book, "Live to see the Day," an exploration of people motivated by nearly impossible goals.

President Trump says that he’ll shut down the Kennedy Center for two years starting in July, to transform it into “the finest performing arts facility of its kind.”