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As the number of people who inject drugs and share needles has soared, the rate of infection with hep C has climbed, too. Yet many drug treatment patients aren't tested for the liver-damaging virus.

More than half of the nation's pipelines were built before 1970. In fact, ExxonMobil's Pegasus pipeline, which burst Friday in Mayflower, Ark., is 65 years old. According to federal statistics, pipelines have on average 280 significant spills a year. Most aren't big enough to make headlines.

Florida State University quarterback Jameis Winston, considered a Heisman Trophy front-runner, has been facing allegations that he assaulted a female FSU student in December 2012, prior to his college career. Winston's attorney has contended that his client had consensual sex with the woman.

Former NPR journalist Lulu Miller was inspired by a scientist who started again when his life's work was destroyed. Now, she writes about what she can take from his story, even when it's not all good.

Being laid off can affect your finances as well as your health. Professor Sandra Sucher of the Harvard Business School explains how to survive, and even thrive, after a layoff.

This week on our holiday advice series, NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Nina Stibbe, author of An Almost Perfect Christmas, about her best tips on gift-giving.

One year ago this week, powerful tornadoes killed more than 300 people in the Southeast. Experts now say that some tornado deaths could be prevented if people add one more step when taking cover: wear a helmet. But official guidelines from the CDC call for people to use their hands to protect their heads.

Microsoft, a component of all three major stock indexes, said business is so bad, it must cut 5,000 jobs over the next 18 months. That marks the software bellwether's first major round of layoffs in its history. Earlier this week, Intel also announced 5,000 cuts — not good news for the tech sector.

Before creating ABC's Abbott Elementary, Quinta Brunson was a promising performer. Now she's made history as the first Black woman to be nominated three times in the Emmys comedy category.

Hurricanes, wildfires and floods: Across the country, climate change is driving more severe weather, and many schools are not prepared.