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President-elect Trump's major cabinet nominations are in. Now it's up to the Senate to confirm them.

Dr. Casey Means, a health care entrepreneur and social media influencer, is Trump's pick for surgeon general. But she's facing pushback for her unconventional resume.

After losing thousands of staffers and facing attacks this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is hampered in its ability to protect the public from health problems and emergencies.

Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos gathered Sunday in the capital in the largest rally so far to demand accountability for a flood-control corruption scandal that has implicated powerful members of Congress and top government officials.

Seventy years ago, Rosa Parks refused to sit in the back of a bus, sparking the Montgomery bus boycott. Montgomery, Alabama, and other cities will commemorate the historic act of defiance Monday.

Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X are frequently seen as opposing forces in the struggle for civil rights but Peniel Joseph, author of The Sword and the Shield, says the truth is more nuanced.

The U.S. is giving $1.6 million to researchers to study how the hepatitis B vaccine affects newborns in Guinea-Bissau. After an outcry, the future of the trial is up in the air.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Joseph Boudreaux Jr. and Joe Gelini of the New Orleans funk band, Cha Wa, about their new album celebrating the sounds and culture of the Mardi Gras Indians.

The Trump Administration has made significant changes to the departments in charge of public health. Dr. Craig Spencer, an emergency medicine physician who teaches public health policy at Brown University, discusses the impact he expects on the health of average Americans and for the future of public health research.

Health Secretary RFK Jr. has said vegetable oils, like canola and soybean, are "poisoning Americans." But many researchers say the evidence isn't there. So, what does the science say about seed oils?