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As President-elect Biden picks his economic team, NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to economist Lisa Cook, a former adviser to President Obama, about diversity in the fields of economics and finance.

In normal times, audiences would be flocking to theaters for Christmas productionsright now. But 2020 is anything but normal — especially when it comes to holiday traditions.

Research shows having a pet improves both physical and mental health. But economic hardships are making it hard for some families to keep their pets. Animal welfare groups are trying to help.

Iranians with illnesses are having trouble getting medicines amid U.S. sanctions on the country. The sanctions don't target medicines but seem to be affecting them anyway.

The market is flooded with 28 different medications for just 20,000 patients with the hereditary bleeding disorder. Yet intense competition hasn't worked to bring costs down.

In 2020, a record-breaking 30 storms were named and 12 made landfall in the continental U.S.

Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News explains what influence Congress might have on the incoming administration's coronavirus response.

Black leaders are coming together to promote the coronavirus vaccine, among them Rev. Liz Walker at Roxbury Presbyterian Church. To do so, she enlisted the help of Dr. Anthony Fauci.

The largest union of nurses in California starts contract negotiations Thursday with Kaiser Permanente's hospitals. Talks went smoothly four years ago, but this round will likely be more contentious.

People like the convenience of checking their blood pressure at free machines in pharmacies and supermarkets. But at least one company is selling the contact information of people who use its machines to health insurers seeking new customers.