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This is a strain of Candida auris cultured in a petri dish at a laboratory at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It's a form of yeast that can harm humans — and is resistant to the most common antifungal drugs.
Shawn Lockhart
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CDC via AP
Why scientists are nervous about fungi
Gabrielle Emanuel
They can pose a threat to human health — yeast infections are but one example. Scientists say not enough attention is paid to their ability to develop resistance to medications that treat them.
Displaced residents travel through the Qasmieh area as they gesture on the way back to their homes in the southern Lebanon, on April 17, 2026. A 10-day ceasefire deal struck between Lebanon and Israel took effect on April 17, sending displaced residents streaming south towards their homes, even as the Lebanese army warned of "a number of violations" in the area.
IBRAHIM AMRO
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AFP via Getty Images
Leaders urge for restraint as 10-day Israel-Lebanon ceasefire takes effect
NPR Staff
From left: Fela, Pope Leo and friend, Queen Camilla.
Mike Moore/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images; Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images; Ben Montgomery/Getty Images
Who says they have no fear of the Trump administration? The quiz knows
Holly J. Morris
A person walks by a banner depicting President Trump on the face of the Labor Department building near the Capitol in Washington, DC in February 2026
The Labor Department wants to teach you to use AI more. Here's what we found
The short course provides solid basics for using AI. But it also misidentifies AI products, links out to bad advice and raises ethical concerns about the products it promotes
In June 2025, people line up outside the Los Angeles Federal Building, which houses offices for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Logjam of U.S. immigration applications puts millions at greater risk of deportation
An NPR analysis shows how immigrants' attempts to live or work legally in the U.S. are caught in a bureaucratic morass.
Do less, ask for more: How to make life easier as a working parent 
Going back to work after having a baby can be overwhelming. You're juggling all the emotions of being a new parent while getting up to speed at your job. Tips to help you make a smooth transition.
For the past four years, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has extended a 30-day suspension of rights, effectively creating a police state that keeps Salvadoran deportees from the U.S. trapped in the Central American country's notorious prisons.
Human rights groups raise alarm over fate of Salvadorans deported from U.S.
Migrants deported from the U.S. routinely disappear into El Salvador's prisons the moment they land or in the weeks that follow. Many remain incommunicado from family and lawyers for years.
Work continues on the construction of the ballroom at the White House, Thursday, April 9, 2026, in Washington, where the East Wing once stood.
Trump rails against court decision that once again stalls his White House ballroom project
The federal judge's decision continues to block above-ground construction on the $400 million White House ballroom, allowing only below-ground work on a bunker and other "national security facilities" at the site.