Congress Fails To Reach Agreement On New COVID-19 Relief Bill Congress is stalled in the latest round of stimulus talks, as they try to negotiate another round of pandemic relief payments. What are the economic consequences for Americans? Scott Horsley
A Cooking Camp Chef's Recipe For Remote Education: Make It Ambitious Online instruction is hard, right? Well there's a teacher—a chef, actually—who appears to have cracked the code. She says her cooking classes for kids work better now than when they were in person. Ben James
Coronavirus Cases Are Surging. The Contact Tracing Workforce Is Not NPR surveyed all 50 states about their contact tracing work. The workforce has barely grown since mid-June while cases have skyrocketed. Selena Simmons-Duffin
'We're Risking Our Lives': Front-Line Federal Workers Sue For Hazard Pay From correctional officers to TSA employees, federal workers say their jobs are made more dangerous by the coronavirus. Brian Naylor
'All Bark And No Bite': Trump Holds Prescription Drug-Pricing Order In Search Of Deal It's been two weeks since the president signed an executive order to put "America First" on drug prices. But pharmaceutical companies aren't ready to negotiate. Tamara Keith
300,000 Deaths By December? 9 Takeaways Of The Newest COVID-19 Projections What's driving this death toll? Could anything improve the outlook? How reliable are these predictions anyway? We get into the weeds. Nurith Aizenman
Sweden Records Largest GDP Drop Since 1980, But Outperforms Many Other EU Countries The coronavirus pandemic has taken a toll on Sweden's economy. Despite the country's relaxed response to the virus, its gross domestic product recorded the largest quarterly drop in modern history. H.J. Mai
Prices For COVID-19 Vaccines Are Starting To Come Into Focus Moderna, one of the leading horses in the coronavirus vaccine race, has already made deals at between $32 and $37 a dose for some foreign countries. The U.S. price is expected to be lower. Sydney Lupkin
Listener Questions On School Reopenings Answered Some schools are choosing to be remote-only this fall, while others have already reopened. NPR looks at the science and education issues facing families, states and educators as classes resume. Allison Aubrey
U.S. State Department Eases Global Coronavirus Travel Advisory The department cited regional changes in the coronavirus pandemic, including significant improvements in some areas and declines in public health in others. Alana Wise