Spain Cracks Down On Outdoor Drinking, Smoking In Renewed Push Against COVID-19
Spanish authorities announced the new measures as they confront a new wave of COVID-19 after tamping down the disease months ago.
Global Health
Could Giving Kids A 50-Cent Pill Massively Boost Their Income Years Later?
The results are in from a Nobel prize winner's landmark study of a deworming program. He finds the impact is immense. But the idea still gets mixed reviews
Florida Sheriff Orders Deputies And Staff Not To Wear Face Masks
Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods says that "effective immediately, any individual walking in to any one of our lobbies ... wearing a mask will be asked to remove it."
New Outbreak In New Zealand Leads To New Rules And Supermarket Runs
Four new likely cases of COVID-19 are linked to a cluster in an Auckland family announced Tuesday. The country returns to tighter restrictions and is promoting an app to help with contact tracing.
How An Artist, A Toy-Maker, A College Student Use Their Skills To Fight The Pandemic
We asked NPR readers to tell us about people who are coming up with creative ways to to address COVID-19 challenges in their community. Here are six of their stories.
Russia Says It Approved A Coronavirus Vaccine
Russia said it has approved a coronavirus vaccine, even though skeptics say it has not been tested for safety and effectiveness. Vaccine experts say it is a potentially dangerous political stunt.
New Zealand On Alert After 4 Cases Of COVID-19 Emerge From Unknown Source
The cases came after 102 days with no community spread. The four are members of the same family. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a three-day period of high restrictions due to the new cluster.
Skepticism Greets Putin's Announcement Of Russian Coronavirus Vaccine
It's the first country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine, but it has not finished Phase III trials to assess safety and effectiveness in the general population.
Skepticism Abounds As Russia Announces Coronavirus Vaccine
President Putin made public that Russia has approved a coronavirus vaccine and will put it into production. Putin says one of his daughters has already been inoculated.
In New Zealand, Life Is Ordinary Again After 101 Days With No Community Spread
The head of the World Health Organization has called the island nation "a global exemplar" for its success in controlling the virus.