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<em>Aedes aegypt</em>i mosquitoes, which have been known to carry the Zika virus, buzz in a laboratory in Cucuta, Colombia.

'Nobody Is Immune': Bracing For Zika's First Summer In The U.S.

Author Donald. G. McNeil Jr. predicts that 2016 will be the worst year for Zika transmission in the U.S. "After this year, a fair number of people will be immune, and ... immunity will grow," he says.

Barbershop: How Black Votes Frame The Abortion Issue

Some 2020 Democratic hopefuls are in South Carolina this weekend for Black Economic Alliance's Presidential Candidates Forum. NPR's Michel Martin talks to professors Andra Gillespie Eddie Glaude, Jr.

Girl Power Part 3: Mary Wilson, The Game Changer

Despite the advancements delivered by Title IX legislation over the last 50 years, girls still participate in sports less than boys, and the disparity…

Ethel Kennedy poses for a portrait during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 22, 2012, in Park City, Utah. The Kennedy matriarch died Thursday at age 96.

Ethel Kennedy, social activist and widow of Robert F. Kennedy, dies at age 96

Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy who raised their 11 children after he was assassinated and remained dedicated to social causes for decades thereafter, died Thursday.

CDC advisers punt on hepatitis B vaccine vote, after changing guidance on MMRV

The group was chosen by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. amid controversy. It's changed guidance for for measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox shots and deferred proposed changes to hepatitis B.

Belafonte And MLK Family Take Memorabilia Dispute To Court

Musician and social activist Harry Belafonte is suing the family of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., over documents he claims were given to him by the civil rights leader. Host Michel Martin talks to Pulitzer Prize-winning MLK biographer David Garrow about the case.

Superheroes Engage In All Out 'Civil War' In The Latest 'Captain America' Film

The new movie from Marvel Studios features almost all the members of the Avengers superhero collective. Critic David Edelstein calls it an irresistible hodgepodge of special effects and superheroes.

Theater Talk: Paul Robeson Theatre continues a long Buffalo tradition with 'Ma Rainey'

As Buffalo continues to welcome immigrant communities, it needs more theater diversity, but right now we do have two established organizations: the…

Adam Savage, the former co-host of<em> MythBusters,</em> has a new show, <em>MythBusters Jr</em>., featuring six young experts in engineering, welding, astrophysics and design.

Try This At Home, Kids: Adam Savage On The Next Generation Of MythBusters

The former co-host of MythBusters has a new show, MythBusters Jr., featuring six young experts in engineering, welding, astrophysics and design.

'Thurgood' Plays To Standing Ovations On Broadway

Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall is perhaps best known for Brown v. the Board of Education. Now, actor Laurence Fishburne is playing him on Broadway in Thurgood, which is playing to sold-out audiences and standing ovations on Broadway.

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