We Need To Double Down On Efforts To Stop COVID-19, NIH Chief Says NPR's Noel King talks to Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, about how COVID-19 vaccines may be distributed, and concern over those who say they won't get the vaccine.
Biden Picks California Attorney General Xavier Becerra For Top Health Post The state official and former congressman would enter the job with a historic public health crisis raging. In his current role, Becerra has fought Trump efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act. Franco Ordoñez
1st Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine To Be Administered This Week In The U.K. The U.K. was the first Western country to approve Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine for emergency use. In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration could vote to approve the vaccine as early as Thursday. Matthew S. Schwartz
He Designed A Smartwatch App To Help Stop His Dad's Nightmares Patrick Skluzacek suffered from PTSD-related nightmares, which were ruining his life. His son, Tyler, created a smartwatch application to disrupt them. The app recently won FDA approval. Martha Ann Overland
California Residents Under Strict Stay-At-Home Orders Through Christmas State officials announced on Saturday that they will bring back sweeping new restrictions as coronavirus cases continue to climb and ICU capacity dwindles. Jason Breslow
COVID-19 Cases Continue To Surge We take stock of where we are in the pandemic in terms of infections and fatalities.
'This Is Marketing' Author On How To Market A Vaccine To Americans NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Seth Godin, author of the bestseller This is Marketing, about ways to make public messaging about the pandemic more effective and persuasive.
Pence Says It's A 'Season Of Hope,' While CDC Officials Warn Of COVID-19 Surge Pence visited the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention to highlight promising vaccine developments, but he received a grim assessment of the current state of the pandemic in the U.S. Tamara Keith
And Now For An Important Message: Convincing You To Get The Coronavirus Vaccine Some Americans say they don't want to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with the Ad Council's CEO about public health messaging and ways to reach vaccine skeptics. Ari Shapiro
Immune Response In Animals Good News For COVID-19 Vaccine Development Researchers found that a class of antibodies in a monkey's blood provides protection from COVID-19. If that hold true for humans, a blood test may predict whether a vaccine candidate is working. Joe Palca