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Waves crash underneath the Oceana Pier as the outer bands of Hurricane Florence begin to affect the coast on Thursday in Atlantic Beach, N.C. Coastal cities in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia are under evacuation orders as the Category 2 hurricane approaches the United States.

Scenes From The Carolina Coast As Hurricane Florence Surges Ashore

A Waffle House near the S.C.-N.C. border briefly closed down under orders from police — a sign of how seriously people are taking Hurricane Florence.

A historical marker commemorates the 1979 nuclear accident at Three Mile Island — the most serious in U.S. history. To the left are the cooling towers for the mothballed Unit 2 reactor, which partially melted down.

40 Years After A Partial Nuclear Meltdown, A New Push To Keep Three Mile Island Open

Forty years ago, the U.S. nuclear industry suffered its worst nuclear accident. Today, the remaining reactor at Three Mile Island is slated to close because of cheaper competition from natural gas.

HHS Secretary Alex Azar at a White House roundtable discussion of health care prices in January. Azar tells NPR his office is now in "active negotiations and discussion" with drugmakers on how to make HIV prevention medicines more available and "cost-effective."

How HHS Secretary Reconciles Proposed Medicaid Cuts, Stopping The Spread Of HIV

As head of the Department of Health and Human Services, Alex Azar is charged with making Trump's plan to end HIV in the U.S. by 2030 work. "We have an historic opportunity," he tells NPR.

If a doctor is found to be ordering too many MRI or CT scans or other imaging tests for Medicare patients, a federal law is supposed to require the physician to get federal approval for all diagnostic imaging. But the Trump administration has stalled the law's implementation.

Trump Team Hits Brakes On Law That Would Curb Unneeded Medicare CT Scans, MRIs

Critics worry that the administration's delays come at a steep cost: Medicare continues to pay for millions of unnecessary exams and patients are being subjected to radiation for no medical benefit.

More than half of immigrants detained by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement are housed in remote rural prisons, according to a new NPR analysis, about 52%. That number is increasing.

Unequal Outcomes: Most ICE Detainees Held In Rural Areas Where Deportation Risks Soar

NPR's analysis of Immigration and Customs Enforcement data show 52% of detainees in the last year were held in rural areas, where legal representation is limited and deportation is more likely.

A corridor of newborns at the San Jose de Maicao Hospital in Maicao, Colombia. Venezuelan migrants have given birth to more than 25,000 infants in Colombia over the past two years.

Colombia Kindly Offers Free Health Care To Venezuelans — Up To A Point

The government has promised to welcome migrants from neighboring Venezuela as "blood brothers." But more than 1 million newcomers are adding to the stress on an already strained health-care system.

A child in a neighborhood in Kampala, Uganda, fills a container with water.

Report: There's A Growing Water Crisis In The Global South

New research by the World Resources Institute finds evidence of a growing crisis in the supply of urban water.

Residents of the city of Beira, which was nearly destroyed by Cyclone Idai, salvage what is left of their belongings.

Plight Of Survivors After Cyclone Idai: No Power, No Homes, No Roads

Charities are trying to help with what a Red Cross staffer calls "the worst humanitarian crisis in Mozambique's history." Zimbabwe and Malawi were also struck.

A new treatment promises relief for severe postpartum depression. But will it be accessible to the women who may need it most?

New Postpartum Depression Drug Could Be Hard To Access For Moms Most In Need

Postpartum depression hits low-income women especially hard. Will a promising new drug, Zulresso, become affordable and accessible enough to help them?

A tree grows beneath a power line in the Park DuValle neighborhood of Louisville, Ky. Urban environments can be especially harsh on trees.

Trees Are Key To Fighting Urban Heat — But Cities Keep Losing Them

Trees are one of the best ways to fight deadly urban heat, but U.S. cities lose millions every year. And many low-income areas are starting at a disadvantage.

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