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Federal scientists, engineers and other technical workers provide crucial climate and health expertise. Here, Marybeth Head, the vessel operations coordinator for the Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary, works aboard the NOAA research ship Nancy Foster in 2019.

Why Having Diverse Government Scientists Is Key To Dealing With Climate Change

Climate and health policies rely on scientific expertise. But the federal science workforce has been shaped by decades of political interference, underfunding and race and gender bias.

Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic antibiotics were frequently prescribed to seriously ill patients, even though the disease is caused by a virus.

Antibiotic Use Ran High In Early Days Of COVID-19, Despite Viral Cause

Many doctors have used antibiotics to treat COVID-19 patients, but that's largely unnecessary — and could even promote drug-resistant germs.

Home builders at work in Sacramento, Calif. Democrats in Congress are trying to pass a bill that would make the largest investment in affordable housing in history and try to boost construction of more moderately priced homes.

Democrats are seeking largest ever investment in affordable housing

The U.S. is facing its worst affordable housing crisis in generations. The heart of the problem is we just doesn't have enough homes. There's too much demand and not enough supply.

This Is The Candidate To Beat In The Race To Become Germany's Next Leader

Social Democratic Party leader Olaf Scholz, the front-runner in the polls to succeed German Chancellor Angela Merkel, is credited for transforming Hamburg when he was the city's mayor.

Employers are using virtual reality to train millions of workers in everything from operating machines to how to handle active shooters.

Virtual Reality Goes To Work, Helping Train Employees

In the virtual world, cashiers are taught to show greater empathy, mechanics learn to repair planes and retail workers experience how to deal with armed robbery.

Why All Parents Should Talk With Their Kids About Social Identity

A new survey from Sesame Workshop suggests when it comes to talking with kids about things such as race, class and gender, many parents have work to do.

While Donald Trump won the Catholic vote in 2016, his chances of winning the group again might be complicated by the growing number of Latino Catholic voters and Joe Biden being Catholic himself.

Trump Seeks Catholic Voters, But Some Catholics Push Back

President Trump aims to rally U.S. Catholics to support his reelection. The effort is dividing Catholics along partisan lines and within congregations.

Aibota Zhanibek was born in China and now lives in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Members of her family, who are Muslim ethnic Kazakhs, have been detained in China's northwestern region of Xinjiang.

'Illegal Superstition': China Jails Muslims For Practicing Islam, Relatives Say

Muslim minorities in the northwestern region are targets of a sweeping security operation. Officials say most residents have been returned to society, but relatives say many are sentenced to prison.

Pastor Morgan Schmidt said she hopes more local groups will use Facebook to organize neighbor care.

In Oregon, Neighbors Use Social Media To Offer — And Ask For — Help

Some Oregonians are using social media to organize care for neighbors during the coronavirus outbreak. A Facebook group in Bend is teeming with requests and offers to help with childcare and errands.

Susan Rice Talks Of Balancing Career And Motherhood, Reflects On Benghazi

"What bothers me more than anything is that we lost four Americans," the former U.N. ambassador says of the controversy surrounding Benghazi in an interview about her new memoir Tough Love.

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