Thousands Of Pharmacies Prepare To Distribute COVID-19 Vaccines The Biden administration this week will send a million vaccine doses to 6,500 of the nation's more than 40,000 pharmacies. We examine the logistics, and how consumers will sign up for appointments. Yuki Noguchi
What Will Be The Fate Of The AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine? The World Health Organization is meeting to determine if it needs to change its guidance around the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine due to questions of its efficacy against variants of the coronavirus. Jason Beaubien
What The Biden Administration Is Doing To Speed Up The Vaccine Rollout NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Andy Slavitt, senior adviser on the White House COVID-19 Response Team, about what the administration is doing to speed up the vaccine rollout.
Facebook Widens Ban On COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation In Push To Boost Confidence The social network says it will focus on groups, pages and accounts repeatedly sharing false claims about vaccines. Shannon Bond
Republican Congressman Ron Wright Of Texas Dies After COVID-19 Hospitalization Texas Republican Rep. Ron Wright has died after he tested positive for the coronavirus infection more than two weeks ago. Wright has remained in isolation and was also being treated for cancer. Claudia Grisales
House Democrats Renew Investigation Into Trump-Era COVID-19 Response House Democrats cite fresh evidence of potential political interference by the Trump administration in the government-wide response to the coronavirus pandemic. Kelsey Snell
My Mother Got Vaccinated. Is It Now Safe To Go Visit? I haven't seen my mother in over a year. I was going to visit in April to celebrate her 90th birthday, but the pandemic put that on hold. Now that she's been vaccinated is time for the birthday hug? Jane Greenhalgh
Keep Schools Open All Summer, And Other Bold Ideas To Help Kids Catch Up Educators, parents and students say there's a chance to take stock and reinvent education. Anya Kamenetz
Pace Of Vaccinations Speeds Up, But There Are Other Challenges Over 41 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been distributed in the U.S. Scientists say the pace must accelerate to help fight the more contagious variants that make vaccines less effective. Allison Aubrey
Man With Cerebral Palsy On Inspiring Nike's New Hands-Free Shoe NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Matthew Walzer, who at age 16 wrote a letter to Nike back in 2012 that helped inspire the brand's new accessible shoe line.