The Homesick EMTs Of Manila Ease The Strain On Hospitals Coping With COVID Their workload has doubled. They don't go home when their shifts end lest they infect family members. When a patient smiles, they say it makes all the sacrifices worthwhile. Ashley Westerman
Critics Of A Drug War-Era Law Say It Targets Black And Hispanic Americans President Biden wants to eliminate sentencing disparities between crack and powder cocaine that led to the incarceration of far more Black and Hispanic Americans. Critics are skeptical of the reform. Brian Mann
Why I Kept My Cancer A Secret, And Why I Won't Anymore An NPR correspondent living with incurable cancer says 7% is no solution. That's one estimate of how much — or how little — breast cancer research funding goes toward metastatic disease. Ina Jaffe
Delta Variant Is The 'Greatest Threat' In The Battle Against The Pandemic, Says Fauci As the Delta variant accelerates its spread in the United States, Dr. Anthony Fauci calls the dangerous mutant the "greatest threat" to the nation's battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. Rob Stein
Opinion: Vaccine Hesitancy In The U.S. Is A Peculiar Privilege That's Dr. Junaid Nabi's perspective as an immigrant when he hear Americans say they're going to "watch and wait" — while his family and colleagues abroad are desperate for a COVID vaccine. Junaid Nabi
Delta Variant Of The Coronavirus Could Dominate In U.S. Within Weeks More contagious than other variants, and maybe more likely to cause severe disease, Delta is spreading so fast it could cause yet another U.S. surge this summer or fall, according to new research. Rob Stein
How To Stay Safe In The West Coast's Sweltering Heat Waves As a sweltering heat wave hits much of the West Coast, NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. Kristina Dahl from the Union of Concerned Scientists about the health risks of exposure to extreme heat.
Success Of COVID-19 Vaccines Usher In Renaissance In Vaccine Technology Vaccine makers are planning for the possibility that boosters will be needed, and they're pushing ahead with research into new-generation flu shots and mRNA cancer vaccines. Noel King
U.S. To Pour Billions Into Antiviral Treatments For Coronavirus, Other Viruses NPR's Noel King talks to Dr. Timothy Sheahan, a virologist and Assistant Professor for the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina, about the government's plans.
Tokyo Olympics Will Open Its Doors To A Small Fan Base — COVID Permitting Up to 10,000 domestic fans will be allowed at events, or 50% of the venue's capacity, whichever is less, Olympics organizers said Monday. Jaclyn Diaz