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Countries are doing everything from closing schools to banning weddings. But there is concern about the toll on fragile health-care systems, livelihoods and people with HIV, TB and malaria.

David Hecht reports from Accra on Ghana's burgeoning middle class. Amidst all the war and poverty in Africa, the suburbs of Accra stand out as an example of stability and relative prosperity.

Trump's "big, beautiful bill" faces continued resistance, South Africa's president heads to the White House, DOGE tries to embed beyond the executive branch.

Abbie Fentress Swanson left KBIA at the end of 2013.

As the global economy knits countries closer together, it becomes easier for diseases to spread through states, over borders and across oceans doing serious damage to vulnerable populations. American RadioWorks and NPR News present a series on this lethal side effect of globalization.

Explorer Robert Ballard has never stopped his efforts to uncover the secrets that lie deep below the ocean's surface.

There are now two major breaches in the vulnerable area after Ian, and those breaches are putting more homes at risk of being washed into the ocean.

It’s time to stock up on sandbags. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced today that the chances for an above-normal hurricane...

Scientists in Monterey Bay, Calif., found a seldom-seen species of dragonfish swimming nearly 1,000 feet below the ocean's surface.

In An Ocean of Air, author Gabrielle Walker plunges into the Earth's atmosphere, exposing its layers and colorful history. From Galileo to global warming and wind storms, Walker explains the role of this complex substance on Earth.