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Under the policy, federal employees who are not confirmed as vaccinated would be required to wear masks at all times while at work and be tested regularly for the virus. -
The African country, previously credited for high childhood vaccination rates, was 1 of 4 countries to reject COVID vaccines. Now they've done a 180. It's unclear if its citizens will go along.
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Provincetown, Mass., has one of the highest vaccination rates in the country — so why did it just institute an indoor mask mandate after a big spike in positive COVID-19 tests?
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The last of 98 victims of the condominium collapse in Surfside, Fla., has been identified after a long rescue effort. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with grief counselor Heather Winters about what's next.
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Simone Biles pulled out of the women's gymnastics Olympics team finals competition for mental health reasons. A winner of five Olympic medals, Biles' reason was the pressure she carries.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. Anthony Fauci, NIAID director and the president's chief medical adviser, about the CDC's new mask guidance and potential vaccine mandates.
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It protects from drizzles and thunderstorms but not a hurricane. In other words, if you are exposed again and again to infected people, there's some risk you could get sick. -
Reversing earlier guidance, the agency is encouraging indoor masking for fully vaccinated people under certain circumstances.
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The bill, introduced by U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids of Kansas, could save some parents from unexpected (and sometimes massive) medical bills.
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Tokyo officials recorded more than 2,800 new cases in the capital on Tuesday, surpassing the previous high from January.
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Sarah McCammon talks to Dr. Ada Stewart, president of the American Academy of Family Physicians, about why her group is backing vaccine mandates for health care workers.
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An increasing number of cities, states, counties and hospitals are making COVID-19 vaccines mandatory. But not all health care workers are on board.
