AILSA CHANG, HOST: Most drugs have side effects, but sometimes it's actually good news. For example, what if the side effects of a cheap and common drug would actually help you fight off the flu? This is not as far-fetched as it might seem, as NPR sc...
AILSA CHANG, HOST: I'm Ailsa Chang with All Tech Considered. (SOUNDBITE OF ULRICH SCHNAUSS' NOTHING HAPPENS IN JUNE) CHANG: Have you ever noticed something that most virtual assistants have in common? Just take a listen. SIRI: My name is Siri. CORTAN...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: A resolution on breastfeeding was expected to easily be approved by government delegates who had gathered in Geneva for the United Nations-affiliated World Health Assembly. The resolution said mother's milk is the healthiest for c...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Many American companies are anxious about the trade war with China. It escalated last week when the two economic superpowers imposed tariffs on each other's imports. But trade battles have been going on since the start of the year...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now we turn to a story of a man whose hands got so shaky, he couldn't eat with a spoon and he struggled to write legibly. ALAN DAMBACH: My signature was so bad, and my writing was just atrocious. MARTIN: NPR's Jon Hamilton report...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: We have been reporting on the rise of some really nasty diseases caused by tick bites - everything from Lyme disease to Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Well, now a new study is shedding light on an old technique to repel ticks that...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're going to spend some time now talking about art and artists. In a few minutes, we're going to give some thought to how we should react when we discover that an artist we love has done something we think is wrong. But first -...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: India's largest city has banned plastic bags and packaging. In India, people actually produce only a tenth of the plastic waste that Americans do. The problem is where it ends up, as NPR's Lauren Frayer reports from Mumbai. (SOUN...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Over the weekend, the Trump administration announced that it is freezing billions of dollars in payments to insurance companies under the Affordable Care Act. The so-called risk adjustment payments are designed to help stabilize i...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We've been hearing these stories for a while now of black people being challenged and even arrested for doing ordinary things like waiting for a friend at Starbucks. But, over the past couple of weeks, there have been even more e...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: One more health story. To fight the opioid crisis, states are limiting the number of opioid pills that doctors can prescribe. But that's led to fears of another kind of health crisis with legitimate patients caught in the middle...
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) AHMED BURHAN MOHAMED: (Speaking Arabic). LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: That's Ahmed Burhan Mohamed's award-winning recitation of the Quran, the holy book of Islam. He wowed judges with a nearly perfect oration of the sc...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Time now for another Weekend Long Listen. If you've been watching what's happening in the midterm elections so far, you've been hearing a lot of this. (SOUNDBITE OF RECORDING MONTAGE) UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: Last night, the...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: A drought is deepening over much of the West, and it's costing ranchers a lot of money and causing a lot of heartache. They're already hauling water to thirsty cattle in remote parts of Oregon. The Northwest News Network's...
Desperate To Avoid Deportation, She Hasn't Left Sanctuary For 8 Months MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We want to go back to the immigration issue for a few more minutes in the U.S. This is about a tiny chapter of the story playing out in a quiet place far from...
