White House Announces Expanded COVID-19 Testing, Manufacturing And Virus Sequencing The administration says there will only be a few million doses of Johnson & Johnson's vaccine available to distribute right away, assuming the company gets FDA authorization in the next few weeks. Laurel Wamsley
Shoppers Splurged In January As New Stimulus Checks Arrived Retail sales soared 5.3% last month compared to December, much more than anticipated, as U.S. families began receiving new federal coronavirus relief checks. Alina Selyukh
Vaccinating Homeless Patients Against COVID-19: 'All Bets Are Off' A community health center is now immunizing the local homeless population. But vaccination logistics, already complex, are compounded by the additional barriers in communication and transportation. Yuki Noguchi
New York Sues Amazon Over COVID-19 Workplace Safety New York Attorney General Letitia James says Amazon refused to obey coronavirus guidelines that would protect its warehouse employees from infection. Jaclyn Diaz
The Challenge Of Keeping Unhoused People Safe And Warm This Winter As temperatures drop around the country, unhoused people are especially vulnerable. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to hotel shelter worker Yusra Murad about the challenge of keeping people safe and warm.
Virologist On Wuhan Trip: Seafood Market 'Not The Whole Story' In Early Outbreak Virologist Marion Koopmans was part of a WHO team that reconstructed the early coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China. She talked with NPR about her team's investigation. Steve Inskeep
COVID-19 Vaccine: Don't Miss Your 2nd Dose Because Of Scheduling Glitches Even after getting one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, some people are having trouble getting their second shot. Here's how to maximize the likelihood you'll get both doses, to be fully immunized. Allison Aubrey
As adult family homes fall through vaccine system cracks, Seattle and Bellevue fire departments help pull them out Older adults in Covid-vulnerable living situations were supposed to be at the front of the vaccine line. Instead, people in facilities known as adult family homes are still waiting to get vaccinated. Kim Malcolm
WHO Team Reconstructs Origins Of Coronavirus Outbreak In Wuhan NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Marion Koopmans, a Dutch virologist on the World Health Organization team that traveled to Wuhan, China, to investigate the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Why Firefighters Are Facing A Growing Mental Health Challenge Climate change is fueling more destructive, harder-to-control disasters like last year's massive wildfires. The mental and emotional toll for firefighters and first responders is alarming. Nathan Rott