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There are fresh logistical challenges, warns the White House's COVID czar in an exclusive interview with NPR. For example, young children will be getting a smaller dose delivered via smaller needles.

Ahead of the holidays, coronavirus cases are down, but the U.S. remains stuck in a cycle of regional outbreaks, even in heavily vaccinated northern states. Can boosters and kids vaccines make a dent?

There are so many entertainment offerings for children and their parents, it can be hard to choose. We look at podcasts and audiobooks for children.

The massive project to restore Florida's Everglades is getting new money from the infrastructure law. But some state Republicans are unhappy, saying a key part of the project was left out.

The double threat of climate change and the global pandemic has made post-apocalyptic fiction an undeniably thriving and popular genre. Author David Yoon has one of the latest entrants.

Wireless carriers in Canada have been banned from installing Huawei equipment in their high-speed 5G networks, as the country joined allies in banning the giant Chinese technology company.

Jim von Rinteln, emergency management coordinator for Collier County, Fla., talks to Melissa Block about damage in the county, which experienced Hurricane Wilma as a strong Category 3 storm.

Louisiana is not the only state where levees are overdue for repairs. Kansas City, St. Louis and other major cities are now worried that New Orleans will siphon the Army Corps of Engineers' resources.

Untreated wastewater flows from Tijuana, Mexico, into the Pacific Ocean near the California border. Sasha Khokha of NPR station KQED says the U.S. government is expected to endorse a much-debated treatment plant.

A commission on American prisons offers a report to the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday. Among the group's findings: Violence is an enormous problem, and health care is a disaster. The panel recommends an end to institutional secrecy that has permitted prisons to evade oversight for decades.

President Bush is asking Congress to approve his rules for military commissions to try detainees accused of war crimes. He says court-martial rules are not appropriate for what he terms "illegal combatants." Some legal analysts are concerned that the president's rules leave defendants without enough rights.

Chris Smalls didn't rely on traditional labor groups for funding or organizing power. Instead he raised money through GoFundMe and talked to former coworkers at their bus stop and over S'mores.

Linda Lajterman lost her 18-year-old son after he overdosed on heroin laced with Fentanyl. The film Life After You tells that story, including what happens to families in the aftermath of tragedy.

The sweeping makeover of the VA's health care system would affect dozens of hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and other facilities.

New rules in California require the composting of food scraps and yard cuttings. Commercial composting facilities are gearing up to cash in as they turn food scraps into fertilizer and other products.

Sea levels are rising even faster on the East Coast and Gulf Coast. And advances in climate science mean we can see the future clearly for the first time.

The 15-year-old athlete tested positive in December for trimetazidine, a drug typically prescribed to much older patients suffering from angina and other heart-related conditions.

A new trial against Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has opened at the penal colony where he faces another lengthy prison term.

A poll finds that nearly 90% of Americans are concerned about the mental health of youth. Another report ranks states by the how they are fairing in terms of access to school based mental health care.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Sanam Vakil, deputy director of the Middle East and North Africa program at Chatham House in London, about European countries' actions around the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

With the FDA poised to OK another booster for people 50 and older, questions remain: Is the evidence strong enough to warrant a fourth shot, does the timing make sense, and will there be much demand?

A gunman on a motorcycle opened fire in a crowded city in central Israel late Tuesday, gunning down victims as he killed at least five people in the second mass shooting rampage this week.

The Food and Drug Administration has authorize fourth shots for those age 50 and older. The move is aimed at shoring up waning immunity, especially as the U.S. faces the possibility of another surge.

A new survey shows that museum collections are deteriorating. More than 3,000 institutions participated in the study by ranking their own preservation practices, and the results were alarming.

Artist Antonio Alcala gets the stamp of approval for his new USPS postage stamp.