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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Today in Your Health, we're going to take a look at a virus that can cause severe birth defects. Yes, as if Zika weren't scary enough, right? But this is something else. It's a virus called CMV, which causes disability for as man

美国国家公共电台 NPR Special Immigrant Visa Holders Still Face Questioning Upon Reaching U.S.

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The courts have put President Trump's travel ban on hold. But the law still gives federal immigration officers broad discretion to turn away foreigners. Immigrants with special visas from Iraq and Afghanistan are also having trou

美国国家公共电台 NPR Breast-Fed Kids May Be Less Hyper, But Not Necessarily Smarter, Study Finds

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Emma Donoghue Helps Kids Deal With Dementia (And Still Has Fun) In 'The Lotterys'

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Author Finds A Counter-Narrative Of Equality In Adam And Eve Story

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Bruce Feiler has gained an enormous following for his bestselling books and popular television programs and Ted talks for his ability to help people encounter the biblical story in fresh ways. For his latest book, he's asking rea

美国国家公共电台 NPR Living With Zika In Puerto Rico Means Watching, Waiting And Fearing Judgment

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Puerto Rico is grappling with a severe Zika outbreak. We still don't know how many people have been infected since the mosquito-borne virus appeared on the U.S. territory more than a year ago. Nearly 40,000 cases of Zika have been

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'The King Is Always Above The People' In More Lands Than One

MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: Time and again, writer Daniel Alarcon has found himself on those lists that make other, less fortunate writers gnash their teeth. He's been named one of 37 under the age of 36, 39 under 39, and 20 under 40. Alarcon is 40 now. He

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Scary Sound Machine That Is 'Trying To Set People A Little Bit Off-Kilter'

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Bats And Tequila: A Once Boo-tiful Relationship Cursed By Growing Demands

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Now this Halloween story about bats and spirits - not spooky spirits. We're talking tequila. NPR's Neda Ulaby went to a Mexican bar in Washington, D.C., to research the connection between bats and booze. NEDA ULABY, BYLINE:

美国国家公共电台 NPR Canada's 'Welcome' To Immigrants Has Some Unintended Consequences

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: It just got more complicated for people from other countries to stay and work in the United States. This past week, the Trump administration announced that immigrant workers with H-1B visas will no longer be able to get the

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'All Is Not Lost': These Experts Help Save Hurricane-Soaked Heirlooms

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Back to a more trying time, Hurricane Harvey, which caused catastrophic flooding in Houston back in August. Now, people often try to console survivors of something like that by saying the damage was to things and things can be re

美国国家公共电台 NPR An American Comic In Canada

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Sometimes, you need to leave home to see it clearly. On our recent trip to Canada, we found an American comic who was taking stock of the U.S. from just across the border. ERIK GRIFFIN: It's good to be here, guys, up here i

美国国家公共电台 NPR Tea And Memories With Vancouver Author Jen Sookfong Lee

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美国国家公共电台 NPR White House Aides Used Private Email For Official Business: 'Just Very, Very Stupid'

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The House Oversight Committee is asking the White House for a list of aides who've used private email accounts for official business. This request comes after confirmation that President Trump's son-in-law and top adviser, Jared Ku

美国国家公共电台 NPR 16 Years Since The First Deployment, U.S. Soldiers Prepare To Go Again

AILSA CHANG, HOST: Next month marks the 16th anniversary of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan. And thousands of troops are preparing to deploy, including part of the Army's 25th Infantry Division based in Alaska. For many of these soldiers, it'

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Voyager Golden Record Finally Finds An Earthly Audience

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: And finally today a reason to open your mail. Over the past few weeks, more than 10,000 people around the world have been receiving a special delivery. It's a box set of golden records modeled after the one sent into space aboard

美国国家公共电台 NPR Bill Murray And Jan Vogler Take Us To 'New Worlds' On Their New Theatrical Album

DAVID GREENE, HOST: The actor Bill Murray recently stopped by our New York studios, and with him, it gets lively pretty fast. Here he is on the line with our colleague Rachel Martin just sort of warming up for the interview, cracking jokes about our

美国国家公共电台 NPR For People With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, More Exercise Isn't Better

DAVID GREENE, HOST: A new study has found that most skin moisturizers are labeled incorrectly. We'll hear about that, but first, there are new guidelines for treating chronic fatigue syndrome, or MECFS. At least a million people in the U.S. are affec

美国国家公共电台 NPR Supreme Court To Open A Whirlwind Term

DAVID GREENE, HOST: The U.S. Supreme Court starts a new term today with some major cases on a raft of controversial issues - partisan gerrymandering, privacy in the age of technology, sports wagering, gay rights and many more cases. NPR legal affairs

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Hypoallergenic' And 'Fragrance-Free' Moisturizer Claims Are Often False

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We have news for anybody who uses a skin moisturizer. Many brands claim that their products are fragrance-free or hypoallergenic. NPR's Patti Neighmond reports on a new study that found most of those claims to be false. PATTI NEI