Nearly 94,000 Kids Got COVID-19 Last Week. They Were 15% Of All New Infections Cases among children have been steadily growing, but the numbers appear to show that severe illness, hospitalization and death are rare in children infected with COVID-19. Joe Hernandez
How To Have Your Vaccine Confirmation On You At All Times The cards need to be both protected and available to show when needed. You can carry the original paper card with you, plastic coated perhaps. But lots of people stash it away and show a digital copy. Vanessa Romo
Alabama Just Tossed 65,000 Vaccines. Turns Out It's Not Easy To Donate Unused Doses Alabama is one of the states throwing away COVID-19 doses as they expire. But other nations desperately need vaccines — and public health experts would like to see vaccines used instead of wasted. Will Stone
American Muslims Are 2 Times More Likely To Have Attempted Suicide Than Other Groups Nearly 8% of Muslims in a recent survey reported a suicide attempt in their lifetime compared with 6% of Catholics, 5% of Protestants and 3.6% of Jewish respondents. Dalia Faheid
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin Wants Entire U.S. Military Vaccinated By Mid-September With COVID-19 vaccination rates in the military somewhat below the national average, Secretary of Defense LLoyd Austin says he wants all members of the U.S. military to be vaccinated by mid-September. Greg Myre
Some Republicans Claimed Migrants Fueled A COVID-19 Surge. Doctors Say It's Not True Some Republicans have been blaming the latest surge in COVID-19 cases on migrants crossing the southern border. But many doctors disagree, saying the politicians are just looking for a scapegoat. Joel Rose
Republican Sen. Rick Scott Talks Infrastructure, Climate And The Pandemic In Florida NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., about the infrastructure bill, climate change and the state of the pandemic in Florida. Ari Shapiro
Gymnastics Hasn't Changed Since Nassar, Survivor Rachael Denhollander Says The former gymnast was instrumental in bringing serial sexual abuser Larry Nassar to justice. She says the gymnastics industry still has abusers and a system rife with problems. Nell Clark
As Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Nears Approval, Family Members Write About The Human Toll The Purdue Pharma bankruptcy process has focused on financial compensation to creditors, but court records include heartrending personal letters from families ravaged by Oxycontin. Brian Mann
Judge OKs Cruise Lines' COVID Vaccination Requirement For Passengers In Florida A judge's preliminary injunction allows Norwegian Cruise Line to require customers to show vaccination against COVID-19 before boarding, despite a Florida law banning such requirements by businesses. Jaclyn Diaz
