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The COVID-19 vaccine rollout faces another bottleneck: Pfizer and Moderna may be unable to fulfill contractual promises to deliver 100 million doses a piece to the federal government by March 31.

In many rural, and more conservative corners of the country, reaction to the historic nomination of Joe Biden and the nation's first woman and minority vice president was more muted.

NPR's Noel King speaks to former White House ethics czar Norm Eisen about Biden's tough new ethics rules for his administration.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former president of Liberia and co-chair of a WHO review panel, on what could be a years-long COVID-19 delay in Africa.

Seven Democratic senators have formally filed a complaint with the Senate Ethics Committee to investigate GOP Sens. Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley over the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with director Ramin Bahrani, about his new film The White Tiger, based on the acclaimed novel.

Drugs for COVID-19 are sorted into three basic categories: They work, they don't work, or there simply isn't enough information to know. A generic steroid is one medicine that proved helpful.

Biden has made reopening most K-12 schools a major priority for his first 100 days and he's signed a flurry of executive orders indicating a much stronger role in federal leadership to do that safely.

In 10th grade, Ngoc Nguyen dropped out of school in Vietnam to support her family. After earning a GED in the U.S., she told her teacher how much she appreciates the energy he gave to his students.

Among other things, the proposal would expand school vouchers and allow parents to use education savings accounts to pay for private schools and other costs.

Daily case counts and hospitalizations from COVID-19 are starting to trend downward in Florida.

When Boncuk's owner was hospitalized, he waited outside the hospital for six days for his return. Even when his owner's daughter took him home, he came back to the hospital.

Paleoanthropologist Daniel Lieberman says the concept of "getting exercise" is relatively new. His new book, Exercised, examines why we run, lift and walk for a workout when our ancestors didn't.

This month, 67 year old Alicia Ugartechea < > of Hot Springs, Ark. died of COVID-19. She is one of the more than 400,000 people who have died from COVID-19 in the United States.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Jaime Harrison, the new national chair of the DNC.

Andrea Diamond has seen lots of squirrels in her backyard, but when she saw one wielding a blue paring knife, she had to do a double-take.

Mattel's Barbie brand has been recreating some of the world's most inspiring women. The newest doll in the 'Inspiring Women' collection is the late famed author and poet Dr. Maya Angelou.

It now stands at 6.1%, below the national rate of 6.7%.

The state is urging providers to require proof of state residency, but some legal experts say the people left out are far more important to protect with a vaccine than the tourists.

Hank Aaron, one of the best hitters in baseball history, has died at age 86. Aaron became the home run leader after passing Babe Ruth in 1974 — a record that would stand for 33 years.

They will make up the 22,000 fans who will be permitted to attend the Super Bowl on Feb. 7.

Social network MeWe began as a privacy-focused alternative to Facebook. Trump supporters and right-wing groups disillusioned with mainstream social media have flocked to it since the Jan. 6 riot.

Addressing climate change is one of the Biden administration's top priorities. NPR looks at President Biden's pledge to stop new oil and gas leasing on public lands and the challenges he might face.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Biden, about the administration's plan to fight the coronavirus as new variants threaten to make matters worse.

For astronauts living at the International Space Station, money is practically useless. There's nowhere to spend it. Instead astronauts developed a functioning barter economy.