NYC Public Schools, Mostly Remote During The Pandemic, Return To In-Class Learning New York City public school students are going back to school Monday, but parents and educators are bracing themselves as COVID-19 infections continue to rise among children. Rosemary Misdary
What Businesses Are Saying About Biden's New Vaccine Mandate Private businesses and unions react to President Biden's new plan to require vaccinations and testing for millions of American workers. Andrea Hsu
I Got A 'Mild' Breakthrough Case. Here's What I Wish I'd Known After a year and a half of being COVID-cautious, a fully vaccinated health journalist thought he could finally travel and socialize this summer. The resulting illness didn't feel "mild" at all. Will Stone
A religious group gives tips on avoiding the Covid-19 vaccine in Washington state A group called One Washington is holding seminars around the state to instruct people on how to ask for a religious exemption from the COVID-19 vaccine. KUOW’s Deborah Wang attended one of their sessions this week. Deborah Wang
Climate Change Is Making Natural Disasters Worse — Along With Our Mental Health With so many disasters happening so frequently, many people are feeling overwhelmed or hopeless. Reflecting on what you can do personally to combat climate change may help, a psychiatrist says. Sharon Pruitt-Young
Unvaccinated People Are 11 Times More Likely To Die Of COVID-19, New Research Finds The COVID-19 vaccines continue to provide powerful protection, even against the delta variant, the CDC said. It also found that vaccinated people were 10 times less likely to be hospitalized. Vanessa Romo
Coronavirus FAQs: A Vaccinated Person's Guide To COVID Exposure And Elevator Etiquette Should you quarantine? Get tested? Mask up? Insist on masks for others? There are many tricky situations to navigate in our delta variant, semi-vaccinated world. Here's advice from experts. Marc Silver
Yes, Gov. DeSantis, Studies Do Show Masks Curb Covid-19 In Schools Several studies over the past year and a half have arrived at the same conclusion: mask wearing significantly limits transmission of the coronavirus in schools. Maria Godoy
United Airlines CEO On The Decision To Put Unvaccinated Employees On Leave In October NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby about the airline's announcement that they will put their unvaccinated employees on temporary leave starting in October. Justine Kenin
Senators Want An Investigation Of How Amazon Treats Its Pregnant Workers Lawmakers urged the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to investigate in a letter signed by Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and 3 others. Alina Selyukh
