Caught Between Parents And Politicians, Nurses Fear Another School Year With COVID-19 As kids head back to class, school nurses are stretched thin as they manage increased workloads and delta-variant surges. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with three school nurses about this year's concerns. Ari Shapiro
The FDA Is Looking At The Benefits Of Booster Shots And Vaccinating Kids Under Age 12 The Biden administration's COVID booster plan for the general population is supposed to start soon, but the FDA still wants to review its safety — and whether kids under 12 should be vaccinated. Allison Aubrey
Thousands Of Haitian Children Can't Return To School After Last Month's Earthquake Schools in Haiti's southwest are beginning the new school year, just weeks after an earthquake devastated the region. Carrie Kahn
Hiring Slowed In August With The Surge In Coronavirus Cases Hiring slowed sharply in August, as businesses and would-be workers responded to a surge in new coronavirus cases. Employers added just 235,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate dipped to 5.2%. Scott Horsley
Attorney Describes Legal Strategies Which Could Counter Restrictive Abortion Laws NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with women's rights attorney Kathryn Kolbert on longstanding efforts to chip away at Roe v. Wade and the strategies abortion rights supporters could use to fight such laws. Ari Shapiro
Federal Health Officials Want The White House To Slow Its COVID Booster Shot Rollout The leaders of two federal health agencies are telling White House COVID advisors that there is not enough data right now to make a blanket recommendation on boosters. Joe Neel
Coronavirus FAQ: What's The Advice About Traveling In The Delta Variant Era? Here are questions to ask yourself — and databases to check — before making the decision to take off as the highly contagious coronavirus variant continues spreading. Sheila Mulrooney Eldred
Bumble And Match Leaders Set Up Funds For People Affected By The Texas Abortion Ban "I am shocked that I now live in a state where women's reproductive laws are more regressive than most of the world, including India," says Shar Dubey, CEO of the Dallas-based Match Group. Bill Chappell
Jasmine Crowe: What Can We Do To Tackle Food Waste And Hunger? Social entrepreneur Jasmine Crowe has one mission: feed more, waste less. Her company Goodr is tackling food waste and getting food to those who need it most. Sanaz Meshkinpour
6 Strategies To Make Classrooms Safer As The Delta Variant Spreads Research shows increasingly that layering one strategy on top of another can help minimize the spread of the coronavirus in classrooms. Maria Godoy