RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The pharmaceutical giant Merck is pulling out of an agreement to sell a lifesaving vaccine to poor countries at a reduced cost. At the same time, the company has just started sending the vaccine to China, where it will likely be...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The U.S. has had three alarming incidents in a matter of days - the shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, another at a supermarket in Louisville, Ky., and the bomb scare, suspicious packages mailed to prominent Democrats. These ra...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Some secrets are so well-kept that even family members don't know them. So it is with the story of two Supreme Court justices and a proposal of marriage. NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg has the story. NINA TOTENBER...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: One year after the #MeToo movement took off, a new NPR/Ipsos poll shows the nation is deeply divided on the issue of sexual assault and harassment. Most of the thousand Americans surveyed see progress in holding offenders account...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Next week, voters in three states consider whether to do something their state governments did not - expand the Medicaid health insurance program, as most states did under Obamacare. Here's NPR's Alison Kodjak. ALISON KODJAK, BYL...
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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Some new parents have started giving their newborns what's being called a bacterial baptism. The idea is to try to help their babies develop healthy microbiomes, the collection of friendly bacteria that inhabit everyone's bodies....
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Something is changing on American television and online streaming services. There are more Muslim characters and more nuanced portrayals of Muslim communities. NPR's Leila Fadel starts this story on set in Los Angeles. LEILA FADE...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: John Jay Osborn is a screenwriter and novelist who has mined his own life for material. In 1970, he based the book The Paper Chase on his time in law school. His new novel is based on an experience he and his wife had together. JOH...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: The first funerals for victims of that shooting in Pittsburgh are taking place this morning. Those services come on the same day that President Trump and first lady Melania Trump are visiting the city of Pittsburgh. Last night at...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Services for the victims of the mass shooting of the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh begin today, and that includes a service for two brothers. For many in Pittsburgh's Jewish community, the event will begin the formal period...
VIDEO: As Elections Loom, Workers In Trump Country Reckon With Tariffs Fallout DAVID GREENE, HOST: We are one week away from the midterm elections. There are going to be a lot of congressional races with different candidates, though President Trump h...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Each month, NPR and Kaiser Health News take a close look at a medical bill that you send to us. And today we're going to hear about an unexpectedly expensive bill for a skin allergy test. From KQED in San Francisco, reporter April...
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DAVID GREENE, HOST: Here's a trend. Far more Democrats are describing themselves as progressive these days than they did four years ago. There are strategic reasons candidates are embracing this label. But one major reason, as NPR's Asma Khalid repor...
