Amid Health Care Worker Shortage, LA Mayor Presses For Faster Vaccine Rollout As the city's hospitals reach a breaking point, Mayor Eric Garcetti says Los Angeles needs more vaccine doses as soon as possible: "We can go as fast as you give us those vaccines." Ailsa Chang
As Israel Leads In COVID-19 Vaccines Per Capita, Palestinians Still Await Shots Israel aims to vaccinate 25% of its citizens by end of January. But the country has not provided any to the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza, which are scrambling for shots. Daniel Estrin
From 'Mysterious' Illness To Global Pandemic: COVID-19, By The Numbers A year ago today, the WHO first learned of a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, China of "unknown" origin. Here's the impact of that fateful day, by the numbers. Nurith Aizenman
International Stories You Loved In 2020 The coronavirus, the rescue of an abused elephant, harassment of Black diplomats and the hunt for Nazi-looted instruments are some of the subjects of the year's most popular NPR international stories. Alex Leff
What New Years and Covid vaccines have in common: A fresh start and a chance to reflect They started rolling out in Washington state around the darkest time of the year. In the weeks ahead we know the days will get lighter – literally – and many hope for the same thing figuratively too. Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
China Approves Its Homegrown COVID-19 Vaccine For Widespread Use The state-owned Sinopharm says its vaccine has a 79% efficacy rate — surpassing the widely accepted standard of 50% efficacy. Bill Chappell
U.S. Likely Will Miss Goal Of Vaccinating 20 Million By The New Year Leaders of the nation's federal vaccine effort, called Operation Warp Speed, said the U.S. has deployed around 14 million vaccine doses as of Wednesday with just 2.1 million Americans vaccinated. Jaclyn Diaz
Juan Ramerez On The Life Of A Traveling Nurse During A Pandemic NPR's Leila Fadel talks to traveling nurse Juan Ramirez, who worked in Texas and Arizona during the pandemic, and is now an ICU nurse in California at Shasta Regional Medical Center in Redding.
Only 1 More Day. What Got You Through 2020? It's been a tough year for most of us, and we've been asking what's helped you cope. For many of us — it was mother nature and our four legged friends — that have gotten us through it.
Some 500 Coronavirus Vaccine Doses Intentionally Destroyed, Hospital Says Officials at the Wisconsin medical center first suspected a now-former employee inadvertently left the Moderna drugs out of cold storage. But an investigation concludes they were deliberately removed. Vanessa Romo
