So You Traveled Over Thanksgiving. Now What? Experts suggest being extra-careful over the next week or two if you gathered with others outside your pod. That means masks, getting tested, and assuming you might be infected with the coronavirus. Laurel Wamsley
CDC Immunization Advisory Committee To Vote On Distribution Of Coronavirus Vaccine The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's independent vaccine advisory committee is scheduled to vote Tuesday to determine who should get a coronavirus vaccine first. Pien Huang
Cheap At-Home Tests Could End The COVID-19 Pandemic By Christmas, One Researcher Says Epidemiologist Michael Mina says there is an inexpensive rapid test you could take home a few times a week. WBUR Newsroom
More Good News For Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Biotech company Moderna has new data reinforcing that its COVID-19 inoculation is safe and effective. The company is submitting an application to the FDA Monday requesting emergency use authorization. Richard Harris
Canada Blocks Export Of Medications In Short Supply In Response To Trump Plan The move comes just days before a U.S. rule was set to go into effect allowing for bulk importation of drugs from Canada. Trump promised it would lower costs and be a "game changer" for seniors. Matthew S. Schwartz
Fauci Warns Of 'Surge Upon A Surge' As COVID-19 Hospitalizations Hit Yet Another High More than 91,000 people were hospitalized with the coronavirus on Saturday — over 6,000 of them on ventilators. With the holiday season fast approaching, health experts fear the worst is yet to come. Matthew S. Schwartz
As Holiday Travel Surges, Airport Sanitation Workers Worry About Virus Exposure NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Andre Cooper, a sanitation and security worker cleaning airplanes, about what it's been like to work through a busy holiday travel season during a pandemic.
The U.S. And Equitable Access To Menstruation Products NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Jennifer Weiss-Wolf of Period Equity about where the U.S. stands on providing free menstruation products nationally and how the pandemic has affected access to them.
Masked And Undeterred, Shoppers Line Up For Black Friday Sales Even as coronavirus cases surge in the United States, some shoppers can't seem to stay away from shops and malls on Black Friday. Alina Selyukh
More Than 100,000 People Died Of COVID-19 In Nursing Homes, Findings Show NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Priya Chidambaram of the Kaiser Family Foundation about their findings that more than 100,000 residents and staff of long-term care facilities have died of COVID-19.
