The run on at-home COVID tests highlights some of the country's desperation in getting critical testing capacity up to speed. There are...
CDC report reveals how much the pandemic influenced the U.S. 2020 death rate
Americans' life expectancy declined by nearly two years in 2020 compared to the year before, primarily because of COVID-19. The drop in...
News brief: COVID testing, omicron disruptions, stranded migrants
President Biden announces more measures to make free at-home rapid tests available. Because of COVID, the NHL is pausing games. Hundreds of...
Long lines are forming outside New York City's COVID testing sites
As the holiday weekend approaches, New Yorkers are waiting a long time to get tested for COVID-19. The nation's biggest city is confron...
Biden aims to help hospitals by is sending military doctors and nurses to help
NPR's Melissa Block talks to Dr. Laura Forman, chief of emergency medicine at Kent Hospital in Rhode Island, about shortages, staffing ...
50 years ago this week President Nixon signed the National Cancer Act
Five decades ago, the National Cancer Act became law. What did it take for cancer to go from an unmentionable disease to among the most vis...
Extra learning time is helping these students catch up from COVID interruptions
After school "learning hubs" are helping some high school students in North Carolina catch up on academic time lost due to COVID...
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