Public Health Expert Calls To Repair Distrust In A COVID-19 Vaccine Public health officials say a promising coronavirus vaccine is on it's way in 2021. But does that matter if only half of Americans say they're willing to get such a vaccination? Emma Bowman
Online Memorial Honors Filipino Health Care Workers Who Have Died Of COVID-19 NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Jollene Levid about her efforts to gather data and memorialize Filipino heath care workers around the world.
One Man's COVID-19 Death Raises The Worst Fears Of Many People With Disabilities The hospital said it made a humane decision to end treatment. Michael Hickson's widow says doctors ended his care because they underestimated the life of a man with significant disabilities. Joseph Shapiro
Fauci 'Optimistic' Americans Will Get Coronavirus Vaccine Next Year Animal and human trials are promising, Dr. Anthony Fauci told lawmakers Friday, and the government is preparing for widespread distribution once a vaccine is shown to be safe and effective. Matthew S. Schwartz
U.S. Reaches $2.1 Billion Deal With Sanofi, GlaxoSmithKline For COVID-19 Vaccine Push This is the sixth vaccine candidate to join Operation Warp Speed's portfolio, and the largest vaccine deal to date. Sydney Lupkin
Federal Push For Faster, Cheaper Coronavirus Tests Focuses On 7 New Technologies The National Institutes of Health is giving $248.7 million dollars to seven companies developing new technologies for testing, including use of the revolutionary gene-editing technique CRISPR. Rob Stein
Twin Rulings By Federal Judge Block 'Public Charge' Rules For Immigrants The judge cites the coronavirus pandemic in blocking the Trump administration's attempt to widen the criteria for what makes an immigrant a "public charge." David Welna
Laurel Braitman: From Healthcare Workers To The Rest Of Us — How Can We Better Cope? Healthcare jobs are already stressful. Add a pandemic ... and ongoing police brutality? And it's a lot. We hear from physicians of color and TED Fellow Laurel Braitman about taking care of ourselves. NPR/TED Staff
What 6 of the 7 Countries With the Most COVID-19 Cases Have In Common They're up-and-coming nations. They're regional political powers. And they're especially vulnerable to the impact of the pandemic. Jason Beaubien
HBCU President: 'I Slept Better' After Deciding On All Online Classes In The Fall Colette Pierce Burnette of Huston-Tillotson University says keeping students and staff safe was paramount. Black people are dying from COVID-19 at two and a half times the rate of white people. Ailsa Chang
