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The number of Texans who have died from COVID-19 is more than 24,000 and growing. It's the second-highest number of deaths behind New York state. An Austin man has memorialized every Texas death.

A comprehensive dataset gives the American public the same view of the status of the pandemic that federal officials have but previously held back. The outlook is bleak.

Some states carved out single-day poll workers from being denied unemployment benefits. Florida did not.

Back in March, two people were stuck in Wuhan, China — the pandemic's first epicenter. We check in with them again as they navigate work and family life.

NPR Music's Louder than a Riot has been doing a deep dive into the stories of rappers that highlight inequalities in the way this country addresses crime and punishment.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Julia Marcus, an infections disease epidemiologist and professor at Harvard Medical School, about "pandemic shaming."

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Laurence Hyman, son of Shirley Jackson, about his mother's recently discovered short story which was recently published in The Strand Magazine.

A school district in Oklahoma plans to group students together who have been exposed to the coronavirus. That way they can continue in-person schooling. Health advocates are worried about the idea.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with St. Paul, Minn., Mayor Melvin Carter about the need for state and local funding in the latest coronavirus relief bill.

For the fourth straight day, the number of people in Florida testing positive for the coronavirus was more than 11,500.

The official moniker, announced by Vice President Pence at a White House ceremony, comes one year after the creation of the newest military branch. The name drew raised eyebrows online.

The Food and Drug Administration greenlights the biotech firm's vaccine for emergency use in the U.S. The move bolsters a vast inoculation effort that's already underway.

David Fincher's new movie, Mank, is a tale of old Hollywood centering on Herman J. Mankiewicz — played by Gary Oldman — who wrote the screenplay for Citizen Kane.

For many people, this is the first year they'll spend the holidays and other milestones apart from family, due to COVID-19. That's something students studying in the U.S. from overseas know all about.

Diamondback Terrapins are edging their way toward the endangered species list. The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists the turtle as vulnerable to extinction due to its declining population.

Doak Campbell Stadium may not be the intimate setting many of the state's best football teams are accustomed to. But its cavernous stands were the setting the Florida High School Athletic Association sought as it crowned state champions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A day after the secretary of state became the highest-ranking administration official to blame Russia for a vast hack of multiple U.S. agencies, the president suggested someone else may be to blame.

The Food and Drug Administration has granted Moderna's coronavirus vaccine emergency use authorization. It will be distributed around the country beginning Sunday.

The top military official with the federal vaccine effort spoke less than 24 hours after Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine became the second to receive an emergency use authorization from the FDA.

The Taliban have waged attacks across the country, prompting a call to reduce the violence from Gen. Mark Milley. In Kabul, the public worries about the Taliban's return.

In a new book of essays, No One Asked For This, Cazzie David writes about struggles with depression and anxiety, the perils of social media, and her excruciating breakup with SNL star Pete Davidson.

NPR's Michel Martin talks with David E. Talbert, writer and director of the Netflix Christmas musical Jingle Jangle.

Congressional leaders returned to familiar ground Saturday, digging in on opposite sides of a stalemate over a coronavirus relief package they all is badly needed to help struggling Americans.

We answer listener questions related to the two new COVID-19 vaccines.

Despite some early bumps, the arrival of the first shipments of a COVID-19 vaccine was celebrated this past week by those who've been caring for patients since the early days of the pandemic.