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Vaccine skepticism among Americans remains high — especially among Black Americans — a community that's been disproportionally hard hit by the virus.

Applications for degrees in health care are on the rise during the pandemic.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced stay-at-home orders for five regions of the state when local hospitals hit 85% of their ICU capacity.

Clay Jenkins urges personal responsibility for wearing masks and limiting gatherings as his county surpasses an important threshold for COVID-19 hospitalizations.

Rural health care is complicated by small, isolated communities, limited resources and social stigmas around getting treatment. The coronavirus pandemic has put these struggles in stark relief.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., about a proposed bipartisan coronavirus relief bill.

The new concert film, shot in 2018, shows one of the stars of the electronic and indie classical worlds in his element: a homebrewed nest of traditional and modern instruments working together.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with attorney Jamila Johnson about the impact of this week's Supreme Court case on people incarcerated under a split-jury system, which was deemed unconstitutional in April.

In the pandemic-centered debate over school reopenings, teachers unions have been standing up with strike threats, legal actions and protests. Critics say this action has nothing to do with education.

The drilling is scheduled to start this month in waters off the Bahamas, just 150 miles from the Florida coast. It's raising alarms among environmental groups and businesses that rely on tourism.