"Severe child food poverty" is on the rise, affecting 181 million young kids. Here's how families cope when their kids are hungry and they can't afford to put 3 nutritious meals a day on the table.

The decision has sent shockwaves through the adoption community and angered families still in the process of adopting children from China. We interviewed adoptees in the U.S. to hear their reaction.

In one refugee settlement in Chad, estimates are that 97% of the Sudanese residents are women and children. Here's how four women there are mourning the loss of a partner and struggling to get by.

Rosita Milesi was honored with the U.N. Refugee Agency's Nansen Refugee Award for 40 years of activism. The U.N. calls her a "formidable refugee champion." And she has life lessons to share.

The World Health Organization said a second dose will be crucial in order to stop the spread of the virus in Gaza and internationally.

The world is facing a devastating array of disasters. If you want to donate to a charity to make a difference, how can you make sure your dollars will do the most good?

The new doll is being scrutinized for the color of her skin, her facial features and her garb. Early reviews are Barbie-tastic.

The philanthropist is spending $1 billion — and leveraging her ever-growing celebrity — to call more attention to the systemic problems facing women and girls. Now she's focusing even more on women's health.

Wiping out smallpox had an unintended consequence: the rise of mpox in the past few years. Here's the story — starting with patient zero for mpox back in 1970.

Three photojournalists have created an in-depth report on electronic waste — its negative and ... positive ... consequences.

The U.N. has adopted a lengthy "pact" of items for the world to address for a better tomorrow. We asked global thinkers if they'd like to add anything or give more emphasis to certain agenda items.

NPR correspondent Emmanuel Akinwotu reports from one of wartime Sudan's few remaining hospitals, on the edge of the capital Khartoum.

Rwanda is dealing with its first-ever outbreak of the Marburg virus. It's related to Ebola and has a mortality rate as high as 88%. What do disease experts say about the global risk?

Shailaja Paik faced prejudice because of her family's Dalit caste and her gender. As a historian she's written ground-breaking books on India's Dalits and is now a MacArthur 'genius grant' awardee.

This year's Lasker Prize for public service goes to South African researchers Salim and Quarraisha Abdool-Karim. The married couple made a startling discovery about HIV — and did something about it.