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Around age 100, the human body's immune system may make a turn that helps address the common ailments of aging, according to researchers in Japan who study supercentenarians who live to be 110+.

There's a new contest at the Tennessee State Fare this year: Timber calling.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Angie Nixon, a progressive democrat who won her U.S. Senate primary in Florida despite being massively outmatched in terms of spending.

Medicare launched a pilot program that could streamline the process to get GLP-1s, with some seniors paying just $50 a month. But many people with the most serious illnesses won't get that discount.

A decade ago, the U.S. was still in its "pivot to Asia." Today, as conflicts in the Middle East suck up American military resources, analysts say that pivot is over — or never really began.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Jack Schmidt, director of the Center for Colorado River Studies at Utah State University, about new record low water levels in two major reservoirs.

An estimated 7.4 million Americans live with dementia. That figure is expected to climb in the coming decades. One Missouri couple is on a mission to bring more dementia care to medical deserts.

Israel is launching a criminal investigation into the Gaza killings carried out by Israeli troops of a 5-year-old girl and her family and the medics sent to rescue her.

Florida Democrats sort out candidates after a Republican redistricting displaced incumbents; Alaska's all-in-one primaries set the field for what may be a close race for a Republican-held Senate seat.

The federal debt reached $40 trillion as the government adds red ink at a rapid rate. That's leading nervous investors to demand higher interest rates — pushing up borrowing costs for everyone else.