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Opinion: 5 steps we must take to vaccinate the world's vulnerable—and end the pandemic

Three doctors present their proposal to get vaccines to everyone in the world. "We already have the resources, knowledge and systems," they write. Global leaders just have to make it happen.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases listens as U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions in the press briefing room with members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force.

Fauci to step down in December after decades of public service

Dr. Anthony Fauci helped guide the U.S. through the COVID crisis, and earlier in his career played a key role in the response to AIDS. He has served under seven presidents.

A man is handed a swab for a COVID-19 rapid test as people line up at a gas station in the Reseda section of Los Angeles Sunday.

Omicron surge sets records as flight disruptions continue

More than 1,400 flights canceled worldwide Monday, adding to thousands canceled over the Christmas weekend. And across the country, long lines continued at COVID-19 testing sites.

Tracking the coronavirus around the U.S.: See how your state is doing

View NPR's graphics to see where COVID is hitting hardest in the U.S., which state outbreaks are under control and where cases are still spreading.

The Delicate Arch in Arches National Park near Moab, Utah, is shown here in 2018. Next year, Arches will launch a temporary timed entry reservation system.

Arches is the latest U.S. national park to roll out timed reservations as visits surge

The Utah national park joins Glacier and Rocky Mountain in setting up a timed entry reservation system to deal with a gush of visitors that began during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2022 sign that will be lit on top of a building on New Year's Eve is displayed in Times Square, New York, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021.

New Year's Eve celebrations will still be on in Times Square, but with smaller crowds

Viewing areas that normally accommodate about 58,000 people will be limited to about 15,000 to allow for more distancing, and everyone in attendance must show proof of vaccination and wear a mask.

A nurse holds a vial of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, right, and a vial of the vaccine for adults, which has a different colored label, at a vaccination station in Jackson, Miss. on Feb. 8, 2022.

CDC advisers urge Pfizer booster for children ages 5 to 11

If the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention agrees, as expected, it would open a third COVID-19 shot to healthy elementary-age kids.

Thomas Salts spent two weeks recovering from COVID-19 in a hotel in Phoenix, Ariz. Circle the City, a Phoenix-based nonprofit, is helping Salts and other people experiencing homelessness gain access to health care.

A Phoenix Nonprofit Opens Up A Hotel To Homeless Coronavirus Patients

Scott Simon speaks with Thomas Salts, one of the COVID-19 patients treated and cared for in a Phoenix hotel by Circle the City, a group providing care and services to people experiencing homelessness.

U.S. greenhouse gas emissions jumped in 2021, a threat to climate goals

The spike was attributed to a slew of causes, including behavior changes after COVID-19 vaccines became widely available, but environmental advocates say it's worrisome.

Dr. Mandy Cohen testifying before a congressional committee as a leader of Medicare and Medicaid. More recently, the new director of the CDC headed North Carolina's health department.

The painful pandemic lessons Mandy Cohen carries to the CDC

President Biden and others have lauded Mandy Cohen's pandemic leadership in North Carolina. Those in the state's most vulnerable communities tell a more nuanced story about the new CDC director.

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