Washington's uninsured population spikes The number of people without insurance jumped statewide during the pandemic. Washington’s uninsured rate went from just over 6 percent pre-Covid, to 13 percent. Ruby de Luna
Trump Hints He Might Fire Fauci After Election, As COVID-19 Cases Rise Responding to supporters chanting "Fire Fauci!" at a rally in Florida, the president said: "Don't tell anybody, but let me wait until a little bit after the election." Scott Neuman
Morning News Brief Presidential campaigns keep up their drive to attract undecided voters. Coronavirus cases surge in the U.S. And, COVID-19 numbers are up in the U.K. too, where a new lockdown will go into effect. David Greene
Voters In 6 Key States Say Pre-Existing Health Conditions Are Top Concern If President Trump wins reelection and a lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act, millions of Americans with pre-existing health conditions could lose access to health insurance or pay much more. Will Stone
2nd U.K. Coronavirus Lockdown Will Last At Least 4 Weeks British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the new lockdown will begin on Thursday and last until at least Dec. 2. Bars and restaurants can only offer take-out and non-essential shops most close. Frank Langfitt
After Months of Questions, Key Operation Warp Speed Adviser's Contract Emerges Drug industry veteran Moncef Slaoui is a key figure in Operation Warp Speed push to develop COVID-19 coronavirus vaccines. His employment terms raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest. Sydney Lupkin
Advisers To CDC Discuss Potential Coronavirus Vaccines Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention met virtually Friday to review what's known about potential coronavirus vaccines. The main issue is who should get a vaccine first. Pien Huang
The Campaign To Wipe Out Polio Was Going Really Well ... Until It Wasn't It looked as if polio would be the second human disease to be eliminated by vaccine — after smallpox. But "2020 has been a terrible year," the head of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative says. Jason Beaubien
U.S. Hits New Coronavirus Record With More Than 88,500 New Cases In the past week, the U.S. has blown past record levels of infection that were seen in the summer, when new cases topped 77,000 in July. Bill Chappell
News Brief: Final Electoral Map, Hidden Coronavirus Data, Stock Market NPR's final electoral map still shows plenty of uncertainty. Federal agencies are not sharing key hospitalization data with the public. And, Wall Street weighs in on the election and the stock market.