Pfizer's Coronavirus Vaccine Supply Contract Excludes Many Taxpayer Protections The $1.95 billion Operation Warp Speed contract excludes government rights to inventions or production know-how developed in the manufacture of the COVID-19 vaccine. Sydney Lupkin
Epidemiologist Says Restricting Small Gatherings Isn't The Way To Stop The Surge To turn around the current jump in coronavirus cases, epidemiologist Ellie Murray says governments need to focus on the places that are driving the spread, like restaurants and bars. Ailsa Chang
Minneapolis Group Is Growing Food To Protect Members From Effects Of Racism, Disease Access to fresh food in North Minneapolis has been a struggle for decades. Members of one group are growing food to protect themselves from the health effects of both racism and the pandemic. Yuki Noguchi
More Kids Are Getting COVID-19, Kentucky Pediatrician Says Elizabeth Hawse, a pediatrician in Lexington, Ky., says she's seen a big increase in the number of children testing positive for the coronavirus. The governor has shut schools to in-person classes. James Doubek
A Revamped Strategic National Stockpile Still Can't Match The Pandemic's Latest Surge The Strategic National Stockpile stores critical supplies. It fell short when the pandemic first hit. Now, a new effort is being implemented, but it's still not providing what the U.S. needs. Monika Evstatieva
What It Means When Hospitals Say They Have To Ration Care As more hospitals across the U.S. reach the level of rationing care, NPR explains what that move, called "crisis standards of care," means in practical terms. Will Stone
American Airlines Reverses Policy That Imposed Weight Limit On Wheelchairs American Airlines reversed a recent policy that banned wheelchairs weighing more than 300 pounds, which includes many power wheelchairs, from some of its regional jets following an NPR report. Joseph Shapiro
FDA Approves First Drug For A Rapid Aging Disorder In Children A newly approved drug can extend the lives of children with progeria, a rare disorder that causes rapid aging. The drug is the result of one family's effort to help a child with the fatal condition. Jon Hamilton
What Can Police Do About Large Gatherings In Private Homes? With COVID-19 cases surging, many states are restricting the size of gatherings. But, how do you police what people do in their own homes? Sally Herships
What It's Like Battling The COVID-19 Surge, As Told By Frontline Doctors NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with three doctors — Comilla Sasson, Ivan Melendez and Lynn Paxton — about what they're seeing on the frontlines of the latest surge in coronavirus cases.
