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This week the NPR program Invisibilia talks with a guy who despised our mindless worship of celebrities. So he devised an elaborate prank. It succeeded in ways he never would have anticipated.

Government financial support to help people hit hard during the pandemic has gone a long way in helping people in northern New Mexico combat food…

For many people, one of the rites of fall is getting the flu shot. According to the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, the upcoming flu season…

All across America, an epidemic worse than COVID-19 is killing kids and younger adults. That killer is fentanyl. What exactly is fentanyl? Where does it come from? And how does it get to the streets of America? KSFR turned to international drug expert Mike Vigil to help answer these questions and more.

The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have okayed a second Omicron booster for people 65 and older, or people who are immunocompromised.

Two years ago, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic. Now there's talk that we may be approaching a new stage for SARS-CoV-2. Let's unpack the word "endemic."

Omicron may cause milder disease, but the sheer number of patients makes this wave far worse for the health care system. With packed emergency rooms, patients can wait days to get moved to a bed.

Lower-income countries did not get the COVID vaccines they needed. So the World Bank and other partners tapped a South African company to cook up the (undisclosed) recipe for the Moderna mRNA vaccine.

NPR pop culture critic Linda Holmes lists highlights from the year, including Ted Lasso, a TikTok dog, a twisty mystery, some great performances, and a moment in a mall.

Subtle developmental differences in children whose brains seemed normal at birth underscore the need to follow children long term — a lesson that may be key for babies exposed to COVID-19.