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A photograph of people laying down on the floor in pain while waiting for antibody infusions at a treatment site in Jacksonville has become a vivid illustration of the huge demand for COVID-19 drugs amid a surge in infections.

They come from countries where the idea of a girl on a bicycle is often taboo. Now a group called Bikeygees is teaching them to master the pedals. For the new riders, it's a lifelong dream come true.

If local officials don't comply, the state will withhold district funds in amounts equal to the collective monthly salaries of the school board members.

The highest rate was found in Sebring area at 6.8 percent. The Villages and Homosassa Springs areas were both at 6.5 percent.The Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metropolitan area was at 4.7 percent

Toma Dean said she was too out of breath to keep standing while waiting for injections of monoclonal antibodies. She says she would be in the ER had she not received the treatment.

At least 28 publicly out Paralympians will be competing in the summer games in Tokyo, more than double the number that took part in the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, according to the website Outsports.

Lawyers for Claudio Rojas say he was deported by ICE in retaliation for his activism, which the agency denies. His case could have big implications for immigrants.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus suggested that giving out booster shots in countries with high vaccination rates could lead to more dangerous coronavirus variants across the globe.

The change would be in violation of rules enacted to enforce Gov. Ron DeSantis’ executive order requiring parents to make mask decisions for their children.

Some kids are getting sick or passing the coronavirus to vaccinated family and friends. It's all unnerving to many parents. "It felt like a terrible head cold," one dad says. "My brain was foggy."

The approval replaces the emergency use authorizations granted last December and could make it easier for employers, the military and universities to mandate vaccination.

FDA gives full approval to Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, a highly anticipated move that could give the nation's vaccination campaign a badly needed boost.

NPR's Mary Lousie Kelly speaks with White House Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci about vaccine mandates and the FDA's full approval of the Pfizer vaccine.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks to Dr. Roberta DeBiasi of Children's National Hospital on the coronavirus variant delta's impact on children.

Monday is Andrew Cuomo's last day as Governor of New York. Over a year and a half, he gained national attention for his response to COVID, then a report on sexual harassment forced him to step down.

NPR's Mary Louse Kelly talks with Bilal Wahab, a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy about how the rapid collapse of Afghanistan to the Taliban has Iraq nervous.

In Middle Tennessee, rescue crews are searching for at least a dozen people who are unaccounted for after heavy rain and flooding. The death toll is at 22.

The sociologist and anti-racist activist died on Thursday. His work focused on dispelling myths about racial progress in American history and using education as a tool to further racial justice.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is hoping to placate moderates as she moves to get a vote on a $3.5 trillion budget resolution. There are few signs that she'll be successful.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Rawan Hamadeh of Project HOPE about the medical needs in hospitals in Les Cayes, Haiti, after the 7.2-magnitude earthquake that hit the country last Saturday.

NPR's Jason Fuller talks with Xavier Beitia, former Florida State University kicker and New York Jet, about persevering through his missed field goal kick against the Miami Hurricanes back in 2002.

Noah talks with author Caroline Alexander about her new book Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition. Sir Ernest Shackleton led 27 men on an expedition to the Antarctic continent, with the goal of becoming the first to trek across the icy continent on foot. But one day short of landfall his ship--the Endurance--became trapped in the ice. What followed was a harrowing adventure that ultimately made Shackleton a hero and a legend. Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition is published by Knopf.

The pandemic has made people more open to seeking help, a new survey finds, but cost and difficulty in finding a mental health care provider are still big obstacles.

Pakistanis have never liked watching the Indians parade their mighty rockets on their Republic Day, but the spectacle of them doing so in the company of U.S. president is causing many furrowed brows.

A rare large asteroid zipped very close to Earth Monday morning. NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Paul Chodas, head of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Near-Earth Object program, about the "close call."