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The Florida Department of Health said 10,434 people statewide tested positive for the coronavirus since Monday’s report, including 1,786 people in the greater Tampa Bay region.

Schools typically mandate vaccines that prevent highly contagious diseases. The coronavirus spreads easily, but experts say we need to learn more about whether new vaccines can protect kids from it safely.

U.S. officials believe Russia is behind the massive hack of government agencies. NPR discusses what Russia is trying to achieve with this hacking effort and how it has perfected its cybercapabilities.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Dr. Jose Romero, Arkansas health secretary and chair of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention immunization advisory committee, about vaccine distribution.

This year's most anticipated video game, Cyberpunk 2077, has received backlash from both consumers and retailers. Now, retailers are offering refunds.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. Steven Goodman of the Stanford School of Medicine about the ethical question of whether COVID-19 vaccine trials should be unblinded.

A deadlock in the Israeli parliament seems to be headed to what will be the fourth election in two years — and another struggle by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stay in power.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Justin Wolfers, professor of public policy and economics at the University of Michigan, about whether the latest relief package will be enough to protect Americans.

Most outgoing presidents spend their last weeks in office celebrating their record, but not President Trump. Instead, President-elect Joe Biden held his own kind of year-end press conference.

The pandemic has intensified the U.S. nursing shortage, creating opportunities for nurses willing to take on the riskiest work. The booming gig economy has given some a chance to double their pay.

Oil and gas companies make enough pellets each year to fill a stadium several times over. The oil industry has long known it has a pellet pollution problem, but that's not what it told the public.

Pueblo, Colo., used to be home to the world's largest mural. South Korea took the title in 2018, and Pueblo wants it back. NPR visits the great outdoor mural as its being created during the pandemic.

NASA announced 18 astronauts who will start training for the next moon mission. The mission will include the first woman to land on the moon in NASA's push for gender equality.

More women are coming forward to say they were coerced to have reproductive surgeries they did not want or understand, offering a glimpse into alleged medical abuses at an ICE detention center.

Social isolation has made life difficult for many senior citizens during the pandemic. Volunteers at one Sarasota organization are finding that a regular phone call can help.

Demand for bus travel has dropped sharply during the pandemic, jeopardizing an industry that ordinarily serves many lower-income travelers.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Edward Lucas of the Center for European Policy Analysis about his argument that Western Democracies must form a coalition, led by the U.S., to curb China's impact.

Parts of California have reached 0% capacity in ICUs, and hospitals are considering when to invoke crisis standards of care. That could lead to some patients being prioritized over others.

On Tuesday, the Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Walmart, alleging that the retail giant unlawfully dispensed controlled substances from pharmacies it operated nationwide.

A statewide moratorium on evictions due to the pandemic ended in September, and now a federal prohibition is set to expire in January.

The Kansas City Star noted it "disenfranchised, ignored and scored generations of Black Kansas Citians" for much of its 140 years of existence.

The latest Kids Count report shows that Florida’s families are struggling at higher percentages than families nationwide when it comes to food security, housing stability, and affordable health care during the pandemic.

Clemency advocates have pressed President Trump to intervene in the cases of people hit with mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses who have filled prisons in the past few decades.

France and the U.K. have eased border restrictions imposed after a new strain of the coronavirus was detected in Britain. Thousands of French and other European truckers had been stuck in Dover.

The leader of Low Cut Connie, tasked with writing a pandemic-era holiday song, thought back to a journal entry he wrote nearly 20 years ago, while working as a perfume spritzer at a local mall.