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For five decades, NorthPoint Health & Wellness Center has confronted the ways disparities can hurt its patients' health. Community leaders say it's a model for cities facing similar struggles.

Three experts share advice on how to help the older people in our lives — parents, grandparents, neighbors, relatives, friends — feel comfortable and safe in the pandemic.

Thousands of foreign workers who entered the U.S. on temporary work visas received $1,200 pandemic stimulus checks in error, and many of them are spending the money in their home countries.

Facilities in Pinellas and Broward counties will be the first to administer the Pfizer vaccine to its residents and health-care personnel.

The musicians who massaged our temples for us this year took more than one approach — some immersive soundscapes, some acoustic lullabies, at least one wild pop-punk experiment.

Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine may have side effects that can sometimes knock people out of work for a day or so. Hospitals are planning vaccine campaigns for their workers to avoid staff shortages.

Encouraged by recent Supreme Court rulings, churches in many states are trying to challenge restrictions on worship gatherings, arguing that prayer during the pandemic is essential.

There are nearly 1 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Florida as of Monday, according to the Florida Department of Health.

Gov. Ron DeSantis said closing schools was a public blunder, and parents can choose between in-school and virtual learning.

Areas south of the I-4 corridor could experience subfreezing wind chills.

Dismantling of the closed nuclear reactor at Duke Energy's Crystal River energy complex is underway.

Surging COVID-19 cases in Rhode Island mean the state might not have enough medical workers to treat all the people hospitalized.

Critics say the therapy harms minors who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. But an Atlanta-based appeals court sided with therapists who challenged the ban's constitutionality.

With lawmakers facing a mounting year-end to-do list, a deal on a new coronavirus relief package continues to be elusive for Congress.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with law professor Edward Foley about the Electoral College process and the long-term ramifications of Republican efforts to overturn the election results.

Colorado Mesa University was able to hold its graduation ceremonies in person this year, thanks to the use of a private jet to carry COVID-19 tests to and from a lab on the other side of the state.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Hamilton star Daveed Diggs and composer Jonathan Snipes of the group Clipping about their recent addition to the holiday song canon.

The Rev. Julio Martinez put a portrait of Our Lady of Guadalupe on the back of a pickup truck and celebrated the festival in the front yards of church members.

Th first stop on an NPR college road trip: move-in day at the University of Georgia, where thousands are beginning an unusual fall semester.

Colleges have been publicly shaming students for partying — even fellow students are reporting others to campus police. But experts say shame has never worked in public health interventions.

In Michigan, there are two big state universities, situated barely an hour apart. Both of them have been stymied in the first weeks of school by the rapid spread of the coronavirus.

A look at the state of colleges in Iowa, which has the third-highest number of new infections per capita in the U.S. Iowa State will play its first game of the season in an empty stadium.

As coronavirus cases surge across the U.S., college students are nearing Thanksgiving break. But going home is complicated this year. We discuss how colleges ensure students' safe travel.

Electors from all 50 states and the District of Columbia will meet Monday to cast their ballots for the president and vice president — formalizing Joe Biden as the next president.

Puerto Rican singer José Feliciano first came up with the Spanish/English Christmas song because he missed his family. Now, 50 years later, he's recorded a new version with 30 friends.