How Contagious Is Zika?
Scientists estimated how contagious the virus is in Colombia — and that gives us some clues to how it might spread in the U.S.
Scientists estimated how contagious the virus is in Colombia — and that gives us some clues to how it might spread in the U.S.
Some say the box on job applications that asks, “Have you ever been convicted of a crime?” prevents ex-offenders from getting a fair shot. New laws prohibit firms from asking about a criminal record.
A Colorado program for long-term offenders helps a group of aging ex-cons as they attempt to make their way in a fast-paced world and rejoin a society that is not sure they deserve that chance.
Four female pilots says that Frontier Airlines failed to provide legally required accommodations so they could pump breast milk and do their jobs. The ACLU filed a complaint on their behalf.
It’s customer and staff complaints that did away with the model to start, but that’s also what’s bringing the tradition back to restaurants that’ve been experimenting with the policy to even out pay.
It was happenstance that brought the Canadian DJ and Kanye West together. But A-Trak — Alain Macklovitch — first made his name by winning an international scratching competition, when he was just 15.
The U.S. aid group MCC just suspended a $463 million “compact” with Tanzania because of concerns about unfair elections on its semi-autonomous island, Zanzibar.
About one million Poles live in Britain, but they won’t be able to vote in the June 23 referendum that will decide if Britain stays in the EU.
A new study finds that wealthier people spend less time socializing. NPR’s Linda Wertheimer talks with Emily Bianchi of Emory University about how income levels affect how people spend their time.
While still experimental, deep brain stimulation with implanted electrodes is being tested as a way to ease dementia in patients with Alzheimer’s and other neurological conditions. Could it work?