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In 1985, a specialist in infectious diseases had developed a reputation for treating patients living with AIDS. And he grew close with many of his patients, including a man named Frank.

In recent years, the number of children enrolled in a federal benefit program, Supplemental Security Income, has dropped. It provides assistance to people who are very poor and have a disability.

Curator John Troutman and staff sorted through thousands objects, and put about 200 of them together to tell American history through things that amused, thrilled, dismayed or moved us over decades.

NPR's fifth annual Student Podcast Challenge received more than 3,300 entries from students in high school and middle school. We'll hear the finalists from students in grades 5 through 8.

Salopek recently walked part of southwestern China that seems frozen in time — untouched by modernization, an area where life is slow. NPR's Steve Inskeep caught up with him after he reached Beijing.

Virginia Democrats vie for seats in primary elections that have proven expensive and competitive.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Amos Toh of Human Rights Watch about a report showing algorithms deliver aid unevenly to poor households in Jordan. Many nations use algorithms to screen for aid programs.

Retired U.S. Navy submarine Capt. David Marquet says crews would need to locate the vessel then bring it to the surface to unlatch it. He puts the odds of passengers' survival at "about 1%."

After pandemic-era protections expired in March, more than a million Americans were dropped from Medicaid. More than 205,000 of the disenrolled are in Florida and still qualify — many are children.

It's been almost a year since the U.S. Supreme Court ended the federal right to an abortion. In Texas, one pregnant woman, who already has six children, is feeling this nationwide change acutely.