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Blood pressure is a fundamental data point when evaluating risk of cardiovascular disease. But a new study finds that even small missteps in how these readings are taken can skew the results.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie, nearly a year after they met outside Jerusalem.

Supported by USAID, the Ethiopian clinic provides lifesaving medicine for HIV-positive kids and teens to suppress the virus. First came the 90-day freeze — and now an immediate termination of support.

In a video, a man captured the jaws of a humpback whale poke out of the water around his son's kayak, close around him, and disappear into the ocean.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with outgoing NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg about his decade in office and the challenges faced by the North Atlantic alliance.

Abbott Elementary was nominated for best comedy series. But the more serious FX show The Bear set a record on the comedy side with 23 nominations. Shogun got even more nods.

A fossil of an armadillo-like mammal appears to bear cut marks from butchering by humans, suggesting people were living in South America at least 20,000 years ago, even earlier than once thought.

We look at a constitutional reform being pushed through in Mexico requiring that all judges be elected rather than appointed. The public supports the measure, but legal experts say it's a bad idea.

The new NFL season begins Thursday night. The Kansas City Chiefs seek a third-straight Super Bowl victory and open the season against the Baltimore Ravens.

We look at Vice President Harris's first interview since she started her presidential campaign, and what's at stake in her first debate with former president Donald Trump.