Three scientists were recognized by the Lasker Awards for their work on the GLP-1 hormone. Others were honored for work to stop H.I.V. and for immune system discoveries.

Flooding events around the world share a common factor of an atmosphere made warmer by climate change. What can be done to help citizens prepare?

The artwork suggests that the San people of South Africa have an Indigenous knowledge of paleontology that predated Western approaches to the field.

After a second apparent assassination attempt, there is widespread concern that the November election will not end well and that American democracy has frayed to the breaking point.

The West African country’s armed forces said the assault, on a school for military police, was carried out by terrorists.

Earth’s shadow will partially cover one of the biggest and brightest full moons this year.

In an impoverished orphanage in Sierra Leone, she longed to dance ballet. After being adopted by American parents, her improbable dream came true.

Flooding caused by heavy rains has left more than 1,000 people dead and hundreds of thousands of homes destroyed.

Derna is quickly being reconstructed after a flood that killed thousands. But questions linger about the process, and residents say new buildings cannot erase their trauma.

Taiwo and Kehinde were groundbreaking for their funky songs, as well as their feminism. Five years after Kehinde’s death, their albums will be reissued.

The decision is a crucial step in getting shots to the Democratic Republic of Congo, the center of the outbreak.

The sentences were handed down months after the central African country lifted a moratorium on carrying out the death penalty.

The announcement provides U.S. support to permanent council seats for African nations, though not new veto powers. But the path to adding members requires far more than White House approval.

Fatalities spiked 71 percent last year, far outpacing the 13 percent rise in cases, the World Health Organization said.

Dickson Ndiema died from injuries he sustained when he set Rebecca Cheptegei, his former partner, on fire. The police had planned to charge him with murder.

Ali Mohamed Kibao was beaten and acid had been poured on his face, according to an autopsy, his party said.

The traffic accident was the latest disaster to highlight how roads across many African countries are some of the world’s deadliest.

The country’s brutal civil war has led to the killing, rape and torture of civilians, including children, as it threatens to destabilize neighboring countries.

President William Ruto called the news “devastating.” The blaze has brought renewed attention to concerns about the safety of Kenyan schools.

Boko Haram killed at least 170 villagers in northeastern Nigeria, community leaders say, in what is likely one of the deadliest attacks in recent years.