Why Does A Virus Cause Problems In One Region But Not Another? A Study Offers Insight In 2015, the mosquito-borne virus Zika exploded in South America. Health experts predicted it would erupt in Africa. But a major outbreak never happened. Now scientists think they understand why. Michaeleen Doucleff
Pfizer Asks FDA To Approve Its COVID-19 Vaccine For Emergency Use The pharmaceutical giant and partner BioNTech announced Friday that they are submitting a formal request to the Food and Drug Administration, just days after the vaccine was shown to be 95% effective. Colin Dwyer
Texas Health Care Workers On The State's COVID-19 Spike Amid a nationwide surge of COVID-19 cases, we hear from the state of Texas. NPR's Noel King talks to Lizette Torres, a registered nurse in El Paso, Texas.
News Brief: Michigan Election Results, Thanksgiving Travel, Pompeo In Israel Two Republican Michigan lawmakers are invited to the White House as Trump contests election results. We discuss if testing is a safe strategy for holiday travel. And, Mike Pompeo visits Israel.
Coronavirus Testing Has Gotten Better, But The U.S. Still Does Not Have Enough Tests Demand for COVID-19 testing has gone up as the virus surges across the nation. Luckily, testing has gotten better and people who want tests now have several options. Rob Stein
Lawsuit Reveals Tyson Managers Took Bets On How Many Workers Would Get COVID-19 NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Clark Kauffman of the Iowa Capital Dispatch about a lawsuit involving Tyson Foods supervisors betting money on the number of workers who would contract COVID-19.
Mexico Surpasses 100,000 COVID-19 Deaths The milestone comes just two days after the country reported one million confirmed coronavirus infections. Mexico is only the fourth country to surpass 100,000 COVID-19 deaths. Scott Neuman
Tyson Managers Suspended After Allegedly Betting If Workers Would Contract COVID The move comes a day after the family of a deceased employee sued Tyson, claiming "incorrigible, willful and wanton disregard for worker safety at its pork processing facility in Waterloo, Iowa." Vanessa Romo
California Announces Curfew to Curb Coronavirus Spread Gov. Gavin Newsom said, effect Saturday, most people in most counties should be off the streets between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. Dustin Jones
Evangelical Doctors' Group Pleads With Churches To Stay Home Leaders of a national Christian medical group write that Christians who gather now could appear not to "care that we may be contributing to others getting this illness because of our selfishness." Sarah McCammon
