Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Dr. Michael Osterholm, epidemiologist at the University of Minnesota, about the necessity of caution during the next stage of the pandemic.
Distribution of the Pfizer vaccine has begun, with shipments expected to reach 636 sites this week. The first shots could be given as soon as tomorrow.
Feeling their work on COVID-19 was being ignored, and facing hostility, epidemiologists Eileen White and Caroline Buckee threw in the towel. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro discusses their decisions.
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency is attempting to personalize the pandemic by commemorating community members who have died. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Editor-in-Chief Philissa Cramer.
The power of family history can lead a person to do lot of things. For Howard Berkes, the family tradition of facing crises head-on led him to sign up for experimental testing of a COVID-19 vaccine.
An independent federal advisory committee to the CDC recommends the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for people over 16. But state health leaders say distribution and funding challenges remain.
After the FDA granted emergency use for first COVID-19 vaccine, the initial doses started getting packed up on Saturday, with the first shipments to be delivered Monday.
Within hours, U.S. states are expected have in hand their first shipments of Pfizer's newly FDA-authorized COVID-19 vaccine. It marks a new phase in the pandemic, but what's that mean for you?
Despite the low number of COVID-19 cases in the "Atlantic bubble," residents have to endure personal sacrifice to keep the numbers as low as they have been.