Health & Safety
How Front Line Workers Stayed Resilient During The Pandemic
Healthcare professionals, emergency responders, and other frontline workers faced extraordinary challenges during the pandemic. For our series on resilience, we hear how they persevered.
Kids Return To Summer Camp After COVID Kept Them Away Last Year
Casey Klein, director of Geneva Glen Camp in Colorado, talks about what the first weeks of summer camp has been like for kids who missed out last year because of the pandemic.
COMIC: Adopted Pandemic Dogs Got Us Through. Now They Need Our Help
Dog and cat adoptions climbed in 2020. Pets have been constant companions — easing our grief and fears. Now it's our turn to ease dogs' separation anxiety, as we head back out into the world.
As California's Pandemic Restrictions Drop, Drag And Queer Safe Havens Are Returning
Now that California has crossed its thresholds for dropping most COVID-19 restrictions, people are doing things they've been unable to for months. And, dude, they're stoked.
The Personal Cost Of Solitary Confinement
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with activists Candie Hailey, who spent just over three years in solitary confinement, and Scott Paltrowitz about the long-term consequences of solitary confinement.
Delta Variant Drives New Cases, Hospitalizations In Southwest Missouri
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Steve Edwards, president and CEO of CoxHealth in southwest Missouri, about the current surge in coronavirus cases in his region driven by the Delta variant.
To Keep Your Brain Young, Take Some Tips From Our Earliest Ancestors
Without a cure for Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, prevention is paramount. Habits that helped early humans thrive still make sense: a varied diet, exercise and an engaging social life.
Unpaid Caregivers Were Already Struggling. It's Only Gotten Worse During The Pandemic
A new CDC study finds that people who provide unpaid care for their children or adult loved ones are twice as likely as noncaregivers to have experienced depression or anxiety, or thoughts of suicide.
Pfizer's COVID Vaccine In Teens And Myocarditis: What You Need To Know
Health officials are investigating reports of mostly mild, temporary and treatable heart inflammation that may or may not be causally linked to vaccination with an mRNA vaccine against COVID-19.