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Patients with Type 2 diabetes are often steered toward medicine or insulin to control blood sugar. But it's also possible, with more support than patients often get, to use diet and exercise instead.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now recommending cloth face coverings for the general public. If you have questions, we have answers.

States across the country are starting to reopen. Some of them — like Florida, Maine and Colorado — have big tourism economies. But the coronavirus pandemic might affect summer vacations this year.

The colorful, crowded vehicles are a cheap and popular form of public transport. But they also pollute the air. Jeepney drivers have been pushing back against government plans to phase them out.

Journalists at the Chicago Tribune say they want to unionize to secure better pay and resources to fulfill their mission. Parent company Tronc sold the LA Times soon after its newsroom unionized.

In the majority of states that have already held primaries, results showed massive increases in Democratic turnout as opposed to often a minimal uptick — or even noticeable dip — among GOP voters.

There have been some great moments in this year's NCAA tournament that can still bring a smile to even the smallest sports fans among us.

To help make refugees feel at home, one woman in Charlottesville created an organization where volunteers become neighbors and, ultimately, friends.

Weird things started to happen as people showed up to vote in parts of North Carolina on Nov. 8. Why didn't state workers know that their elections contractor had been hit by a cyberattack?

Lawmakers looking to stabilize the health insurance exchanges may consider a number of proposals — including pushing young adults off a parent's plan or letting people buy into Medicare and Medicaid.

In part, Trump's recent vulgar slur appeared to be favoring the revival of a discriminatory immigration policy abolished by the U.S. Congress more than 50 years ago.

Reaction was mixed, with Barack Obama calling the move "misguided," Israel praising the president, and Iran and France, Britain and Germany considering the next step.

According to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll, 58 percent of Americans celebrating the holiday dread having to talk politics around the dinner table this holiday, an uptick from one year ago.

News executives promise restraint and caution for Tuesday's election coverage. Yet the media fiasco of 20 years ago raises haunting questions about whether they're up to the challenge.

Last week's explosion has prompted new hopes for political change. But enormous challenges remain. Here's what's at stake and how things may play out.

*We are continuing our Meet the Candidates conversations for the November 3rd, 2020 elections. We recently talked with John Peters (DFL) running for…

A vaccine will only work if a lot of people can get immunized. State health officials are working furiously to design outreach and distribution plans, with little clarity from the federal government.

Whether it's officers participating in neo-Nazi chat groups or hoarding ammunition to prepare for a doomsday scenario, extremism is a persistent problem among those who enforce the law in Germany.

Delaying session or meeting remotely aren't options that have necessarily appealed to Republican state lawmakers who, for the most part, aren't shy about gathering in large numbers in 2021.

After Oct. 7, the Census Bureau will stop accepting paper 2020 census forms postmarked by Sept. 30, NPR has learned. Some worry mail delays could harm the accuracy of census data about rural areas.