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The goal: inoculate 90% of girls in parts of Pakistan to immunize them against the infection that causes cervical cancer. "Our biggest challenge was to counter misinformation," says a spokesman.

For the first time, doctors have created a customized treatment using the revolutionary gene-editing technique known as CRISPR to treat a baby with a rare, life-threatening genetic disorder.

Pakistan's defense minister said Pakistan is "in a state of war" and called Tuesday's attack a "message from Kabul." Pakistan accuses Afghanistan's Taliban of sheltering militants who attack Pakistan.

Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of Short Wave talk about a tool to increase biker safety, the genetic secrets that make orange cats orange, and a link between gum disease and heart rhythm disorders.

The mogul's former protégé and girlfriend emerged as a promising pop artist in 2006. On the stand this week, she said her relationship with Combs and his label quickly became more about control.

NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with writer Will Coldwell about the rise of social media influencers in the boxing ring — and how that might be changing the sport.

In his new book, 'Fair Doses,' epidemiologist Seth Berkley discusses what went right -- and wrong -- with COVID vaccine distribution and whether the world is ready if a new pandemic were to strike.

There is an economic indicator that has predicted every recession since 1969, and it is flashing red right now. It's called the yield curve. But this time, it might be wrong.

Taiwan is still working to rescue more than 700 people trapped by the massive earthquake that hit the Asian island on Wednesday.

In 2010 NBC ended O'Brien's brief stint as host of The Tonight Show so the network could bring back Jay Leno. Fourteen years later, O'Brien will visit with current host Jimmy Fallon.