FDA Mulls Over Approval Of Controversial Alzheimer's Drug The FDA is poised to decide whether to approve aducanumab, a drug to treat Alzheimer's. It's proved highly effective at removing the sticky amyloid plaques associated with the disease from the brain. Jon Hamilton
U.S. Sending 1 Million Coronavirus Vaccines To Mexico Border Cities, Resort Spots Mexico has reported more than 2.4 million confirmed coronavirus cases with more than 228,000 deaths, as of Thursday. Targeting the shots toward tourist areas is a bid to boost the country's economy. Jaclyn Diaz
A Sunday service, a funeral, and a conference: How some churches spread Covid in the Seattle area Gail Fleming got Covid last summer from a church conference. Even so, Fleming is glad she went, she said, and that she would do it again. That’s how much the experience was worth it. Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Coronavirus is more contagious now than last year as variants spread in King County As Seattleites emerge from quarantine to celebrate warm weather and vaccination, ominous news comes from public health experts. Isolde Raftery
International Committee Of The Red Cross Director On Hurdles To Aid Gaza And Israel NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Robert Mardini, the director-general of the International Committee of the Red Cross, about the situation in Gaza and Israel after the 11-day war in May.
5 Things We Learned From Anthony Fauci's Emails Thousands of pages of Dr. Fauci's emails have been released to reporters. Here's what they told us about his life and manner during the early months of the pandemic. Laurel Wamsley
The U.S. Is Sending At Least 80 Million Surplus COVID-19 Vaccines Abroad The White House says priority will be given to nations with vaccine plans already in place that target those most at risk of severe disease and the people who care for them. Mark Katkov
Why Contact Tracing Couldn't Keep Up With The U.S. COVID Outbreak Despite a massive hiring push last year, health agencies around the U.S. failed to contain the pandemic through contact tracing. Health leaders reflect on lessons learned and what's next. Selena Simmons-Duffin
How Two Dancers, A Mom And A Life Coach Help Out In India's COVID Crisis Amid India's COVID surge, regular folks are channeling their time, talents and resources to support their neighbors — and strangers, too. Public health experts say it's making a real impact. Sreyashi Dey
Biden Makes A Big Push To Get More People Vaccinated This Month The Biden administration aims to boost the flagging COVID-19 vaccination rate, so the country can reach the president's goal of getting at least one shot to 70% of adults by July 4. Pien Huang