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When the Taliban took over, predictions were made that the country's health care system would collapse. That's no longer just a forecast, says Dr. Paul Spiegel after his five-week mission there.

It's clear the next couple of months won't be the "life as usual" we all hoped for. Here are ways to reframe, breathe deep and manage the stress of yet another COVID surge.

No governor expects they'll have to lead their state through a global pandemic when they take office, but the last year has thrust them all into the spotlight, including Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado.

Rural Yakima County, east of Seattle, has the most COVID-19 cases per capita among West Coast states. The largely Latino agricultural workforce helped secure the backbone of the local economy.

Congo has over 20,000 cases of mpox and hundreds of deaths, mostly in children, but zero vaccines until now. A planeload of doses donated from the EU landed in Kinshasa on Thursday.

Adam Ratner predicts the appointment of anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will impact vaccine availability and hesitancy: "It is much easier to scare people than to unscare them," he says.

A major expansion of the child tax credit during the height of the COVID pandemic temporarily slashed the child poverty rate in half. That is one reason why it has become a hot topic in the presidential race.

If it seems like traffic is getting worse where you live, that's because it probably is. After dropping during the COVID-19 pandemic, congestion climbed to record levels in 2024, researchers say.

NPR has obtained the government's $5.3 billion contract for the first 10 million courses of Paxlovid, an antiviral pill for COVID-19. Here's what's in it.

A U.N. court opens hearings in The Hague today on genocide charges against Israel. Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has ended his 2024 presidential campaign.