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Nancy Beck testifies in front of the Senate in 2017 when she was a senior policy director at the American Chemistry Council trade group. President Trump nominated Beck to head the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Scientists Warn Against Consumer Protection Nominee

Nancy Beck is the Trump administration's nominee to lead the Consumer Product Safety Commission for a seven-year term. Many scientists and public health experts warn she is a dangerous choice.

At The Oscars, 'Parasite' Makes Best Picture History

Bong Joon-ho's film about families, class and keeping secrets won best picture. It's the first time a film in a language other than English has won the top prize.

Morris Koll, grandfather of NPR correspondent Pam Fessler's husband, enlisted in the U.S. Army and was sent to the Philippines in 1902. That's when he contracted leprosy. In 1935, public health authorities took him to the national leprosarium in Carville, La. Right: A treatment room at the facility is depicted on the cover of Fessler's new book, <em>Carville's Cure.</em>

A Family Secret Inspired A New Book About Leprosy

NPR correspondent Pam Fessler, author of Carville's Cure: Leprosy, Stigma, and the Fight for Justice, talks about her research into this once feared disease — and its connection to COVID-19.

A laboratory technician holds a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate ready for a trial in May 2020.

All You Wanted To Know About Coronavirus Vaccine Science But Were Afraid To Ask

Some of the technology behind coronavirus vaccine development dates back to the first vaccines; other techniques are much newer. Here are eight top strategies scientists are pursuing.

'Tom Dooley'

The Kingston Trio made the song a hit in 1958, but it's an old folk song about a murder that happened in 1866.

Durham County Commissioner Nida Allam was inspired to run for office in North Carolina after three of her friends were killed by a neighbor in 2015.

Their lives were changed by gun violence, and now they're running for office

One of the country's top gun control groups is now actively recruiting candidates who have experienced the effects of gun violence to run for local, state and national offices.

The Wisconsin state Capitol in Madison is shown in 2017.

There's a GOP push in Wisconsin to take over the state's election system

Some GOP lawmakers in Wisconsin want to strip the state's bipartisan elections agency of its power and give it to the Republican-controlled Legislature. The idea is backed by GOP Sen. Ron Johnson.

It's a crucial week for President Biden, as he heads to Rome for a G-20 meeting, and then Glasgow for a major U.N. climate summit — all as Democrats in Congress continue to debate his spending agenda.

Biden may face tension with allies over climate, Afghanistan and other issues

A parade of policy disagreements between the U.S. and its European allies — and a stalled climate bill in Congress — could make President Biden's trip to Europe this week a bumpy one.

Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, Wednesday during the 136th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa.

These 2 groundhogs have conflicting weather predictions — so take your pick

On the day when America puts its faith in the paws of furry forecasters, prominent groundhogs Punxsutawney Phil and Staten Island Chuck do not agree on how many more weeks of winter there will be.

There's No Easy Answer To Explain What Went Wrong In Afghanistan, Sopko Says

NPR's Noel King talks to John Sopko, special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, about the decision to withdraw U.S. Troops, the unfolding chaos and how much taxpayers' money was spent.

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