Do You Need To Wear A Mask Indoors Where You Live? Check This Map The CDC wants vaccinated people to wear masks indoors if the coronavirus is spreading widely where they live. Find out the level of virus transmission in your county. Selena Simmons-Duffin
You Don't Have To Be An Olympian To Prioritize Your Mental Health You don't need a gold medal to justify putting your mental health first. Whether you or someone you know is struggling, NPR's Life Kit has a few ways for you to focus on your mental wellbeing. Wynne Davis
An Olympic Swimmer Who Battled COVID-19 Twice Is Now A Gold Medalist Great Britain's Tom Dean was diagnosed with COVID for a second time just a few months ahead of the Olympic trials. Now he has two gold medals in Tokyo. Jonathan Franklin
New York Will Require State Workers To Be Vaccinated Or Undergo Weekly Testing Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday that state employees have until Labor Day to get vaccinated. New York, like other states, has seen a rising number of coronavirus cases linked to the Delta variant. The Associated Press
Tokyo Hits New High For Daily COVID-19 Cases. This Time, No Olympians Are Among Them The capital city surpassed a record that had been set just a day earlier, notching more than 3,000 new cases on Tuesday. For the first time in four days, no Olympic athletes tested positive. Laurel Wamsley
Read What Simone Biles Said After Her Withdrawal From The Olympic Final Simone Biles' decision to exit the women's team final has prompted comments from around the world. Here's the transcript of what the gymnast said about her exit. Bill Chappell
Masks Will Return To The U.S. House And White House After The CDC Changes Guidance Congress's attending physician announced vaccinated and unvaccinated House members will again have to mask up while in the U.S. Capitol or risk a fine. Jaclyn Diaz
The CDC Issues A Reversal Of Its Masking Policy For Fully Vaccinated People NPR's Noel King talks Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner and a Pfizer board member, about the CDC's recommendation that fully vaccinated individuals now wear masks indoors.
Biden Is Considering A Vaccine Or Testing Mandate For Federal Workers Under the policy, federal employees who are not confirmed as vaccinated would be required to wear masks at all times while at work and be tested regularly for the virus. Alana Wise
Tanzania's Dilemma: It's Not So Easy To Go From Vaccine Denier To Vaccine Embracer The African country, previously credited for high childhood vaccination rates, was 1 of 4 countries to reject COVID vaccines. Now they've done a 180. It's unclear if its citizens will go along. Syriacus Buguzi
