COVID-19 Is Hitting Indonesia Hard. Epidemiologists Say The Worst May Be Yet To Come Indonesia, the world's fourth most populated nation, is overwhelmed by the pandemic. Critics of the government say it failed to take the virus seriously and kept the country open while it spread. Michael Sullivan
How Competing Without Fans In The Stands Could Affect Olympic Athletes' Performances NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with professor of sports psychology Dr. Dan Weigand about how performing without spectators could affect athletes' performances at the 2021 Olympics. Amy Isackson
New Study Says Nearly 3/4 Million Cancers A Year Linked To Alcohol Use Most people don't realize alcohol consumption can cause cancer. A report in Lancet Oncology shows how big a risk factor it is for esophageal, mouth, larynx, colon, rectum, liver and breast cancers. Susan Brink
Why Crash Weight Loss Programs Don't Work: Clues From Hunter-Gatherer Societies Evolutionary anthropologist Herman Pontzer shares why some of the most physically active people in the world don't burn more calories than office workers. And what that means for your fitness goals. John Henning Schumann
High-Profile COVID-19 Cases Are Disrupting Olympic Rosters And MLB Games Among the recent positive cases is U.S. basketball player Bradley Beal, who won't play at the Tokyo Games. Across the U.S., games are on and fans are filling stadiums as coronavirus infections rise. Jaclyn Diaz
Tennessee's Former Vaccine Leader Says She Was Fired Because Politics Trumped Science One day after being fired, Tennessee's former top vaccination official said she lost her job because of false rumors about vaccination efforts, specifically for teenagers. Paige Pfleger
U.S. Consumer Agency Sues Amazon To Force A Recall Of Potentially Hazardous Products The Consumer Product Safety Commission said the giant online retailer had to accept responsibility for the potentially unsafe products listed on its platform and recall them. Joe Hernandez
Gen Z Is Feeling 'Meh' About The Vaccine. The White House Is Calling In The Pop Stars Only 46% of 18-24 year-olds have gotten vaccinated. Eager to reach them, the White House is calling in Gen Z pop stars and trying to spread the word on TikTok. Sam Gringlas
The Pandemic Has Worsened Childhood Vaccination Rates Around The World The pandemic has hurt even routine health services such as vaccines and checkups, as well as immunization outreach, for children around the world, the World Health Organization and UNICEF report. Jaclyn Diaz
Drug Overdoses In The U.S. Jumped Nearly 30% Last Year NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Kaiser Health News correspondent Aneri Pattani about health officials' findings that there were more than 93,000 deaths from drug overdoses in 2020.