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A montage of some of the musicians who died in 2024. For a more complete list, visit NPR Music's article on musicians we lost this year.

These colorful snakes aren't just works of art. Erected for the World Health Assembly, they're meant to draw attention to an extremely neglected health issue: snakebite.

In this busy year of national elections around the world, NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with election watchers from Ghana, Venezuela and Georgia about how democracy is being challenged where they are.

It all started with a funeral in Liberia. Guests fell ill but no one knew why. Time to summon the "disease detectives."

On May 30, a team of researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health got the word: Funding for their vaccine development program will end next year.

Experts say sending a migrant to a third-party country that they have no connection to is a costly, complex and legally questionable move.

After surviving a dangerous sea crossing, many migrants who reach Spain's Canary Islands find themselves stranded for months, unable to work and clinging to the hope that life will be better once they reach mainland Spain.

The World Health Organization retired the name "monkeypox" in favor of mpox — since the virus is spread by rodents and small mammals and there's a stigma factor. Why has the U.S. revived "monkeypox"?

NPR's Juana Summers talks to Roger Bennett about his new book, We Are the World (Cup), and what could be in store in this year's tournament as America hosts for the first time in 32 years.

The search for Nancy Guthrie enters a second week. And, the Seattle Seahawks win Super Bowl 60, beating the New England Patriots 29-13. Here are the highlights from the big game.