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The White House says CDC Director Susan Monarez was fired because she was not aligned with President Trump's mission to make America healthy again. What does the exodus mean for the agency?

NPR's Michel Martin asks U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., for his takeaways from Wednesday's confrontational Senate committee hearing with former top U.S. health official Dr. Anthony Fauci.

NPR's Adrian Ma talks to former top defense official Jim Townsend about the significance of President Trump's new agreement to send weapons to Ukraine.

The magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Turkey and war-torn Syria on Monday has killed more than 20,000 people. Here are some of the world's deadliest earthquakes in the past quarter-century.

Russia's war on Ukraine will top Biden-Starmer meeting agenda. With the debate behind them, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump hit the campaign trail. Gas stoves may get a health warning in California.

Afraid to sneak into a British embassy? MI6's new dark web portal Silent Courier lets you share secrets online.

Efforts to prosecute the leaders of the Khmer Rouge have dragged on for years, and the survivors are now elderly men. A trial that began this week could well be the last opportunity to put them on trial.

Some top-tier business schools — Duke, UCLA, MIT and Stanford — are teaching improv as a way for students to increase collaboration, creativity and risk taking. An instructor at MIT says success in business, as in improvisation, can hinge on your ability to rebound.

The growing sectarian nature of the battle in Syria has turned out to be tailor made for followers of al-Qaida in Iraq. A top U.S. counterterrorism official says the group's possible move into Syria is no surprise as it gravitates toward chaos.

Adding Rep. Paul Ryan to the Republican presidential ticket will likely elevate issues like Medicare and Medicaid to the top of the election agenda. Ryan's presence will present the public with a dramatic choice about the role the government should play in health care.