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Virologist Sheik Humar Khan has been hailed a hero treating Ebola in Sierra Leone. He cared for dozens of patients before testing positive for Ebola and dying of the lethal virus, late last month.

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He came as part of a volunteer team. What he finds in this Peruvian city of half a million is that the common hernia can ruin a man's life — and be easily fixed by a volunteer doctor.

NPR's Eyder Peralta is on the road in Nicaragua for the next two weeks, using our tumblr to try to explain why this country has remained peaceful while its neighbors are besieged by violent crime.

There's no licensed plumber in Jackman, Maine. So one family is offering a $2,000 scholarship to a local student or former graduate willing to get licensed as a plumber and return to work there.

Resident chef Kathy Gunst shares her favorite corn recipes, including breakfast corn fritters and corn chowder.

The BBC's Sarah Rainsford reports it's the latest sign of warming relations between church and state on the island.

Willie Parker is one of two doctors who performs abortions at the only women's health clinic in Mississippi where abortions are performed.

Billie Joe Shaver has just released his first new studio album in six years, called Long in the Tooth.

Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation, spent six years researching America's nuclear weapons. In Command and Control, he details explosions, false attack alerts and accidentally dropped bombs.