Karen Zamora
Stories
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Environment
Satellite Images Show Oil Spill After Hurricane Ida
NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with scientist Dr. Oscar Garcia-Pineda about what he's learned from aerial and satellite imaging for oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico following Hurricane Ida.
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National
Attorney Describes Legal Strategies Which Could Counter Restrictive Abortion Laws
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with women's rights attorney Kathryn Kolbert on longstanding efforts to chip away at Roe v. Wade and the strategies abortion rights supporters could use to fight such laws.
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Health
Health Supplies Land in Afghanistan, But Still Not Enough As Need Grows
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Rick Brennan, the World Health Organization's regional emergency director of the office for the Eastern Mediterranean, regarding the humanitarian needs in Afghanistan.
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National
How To Deal With Renewed COVID Anxiety
America's approach to tackling the contagious delta variant has dramatically shifted. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. Lucy McBride about the emotional whiplash many in the U.S. are feeling now.
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Politics
Arizona Doctor Urges School Mask Requirements After Her Child Was Exposed To COVID-19
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Dr. Christina Bergin, a hospitalist in Phoenix, Ariz. Dr. Bergin is urging the governor to require masks in schools after her child was exposed to COVID-19.
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National
With The Delta Variant Thriving, CDC Reverses Mask Guidance
As more become known about the highly contagious delta variant, new guidance calls for changes to masking policy for schools and with vaccinated people.
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National
Want To Drink Inside? San Francisco Bars Require Proof Of Vaccine Or Negative Test
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Ben Bleiman, president of the SF Bar Owner Alliance, on local bars allowing only vaccinated patrons to drink inside.
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Remembering Rufino Rodriguez, The NICU Respiratory Therapist Who Died Of COVID-19
Rufino Rodriguez worked as a respiratory therapist in a newborn intensive care unit in Utah. He died of COVID-19 after receiving his first vaccine shot. He was 65 years old.
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National
Texas Border Sees Law Enforcement Surge
NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with freelance reporter Aaron Nelsen about the recent law enforcement surge at the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas.
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Environment
Coming Soon To An Atlas Near You: A Fifth Ocean
National Geographic has recognized the Southern Ocean as the fifth official ocean. The cartographic update doesn't surprise researchers who study the importance of the waters surrounding Antarctica.