Guns, Trucks And Trips: West Virginia Expands Prizes For Vaccinated Residents Several states — including Ohio, California, Colorado and Maryland — have created vaccination incentive programs to get more teens and adults fully immunized against the coronavirus. Jaclyn Diaz
These Kent women wanted Covid vaccines but leaving home was too hard Connie Palmer, 84, lives at a housing development in Kent, where she is usually confined to her bed. Eilís O'Neill
Biden Met With Survivors To Commemorate The Tulsa Race Massacre Anniversary President Biden met with survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre, marking the 100th anniversary of the violent attack that left as many as 300 dead and destroyed a vibrant Black community. Ayesha Rascoe
Why Americans Should Care That Other Countries Are Still Struggling With COVID-19 NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dr. Jennifer Nuzzo from the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security about the COVID-19 pandemic from a global perspective. Lauren Hodges
Devastating 2nd Wave Of Coronavirus Has Changed India's Media Landscape Audie Cornish talks with Manisha Pande of the Indian news outlet "Newslaundry" about how India's devastating second COVID-19 wave has changed local media's coverage of the crisis and the government. Jonaki Mehta
ESPN Columnist Discusses An Athlete's Obligation To The Press That Covers Them NPR's Audie Cornish talks with ESPN contributor Howard Bryant about his take on Naomi Osaka refusing to talk to the press then bowing out of the French Open.
AstraZeneca's Rocky Rollout: The Woes Of The 'Vaccine For The World' Oxford-AstraZeneca promised its COVID-19 vaccine would be effective, cheap and available worldwide. Five months after its launch, the path forward has been anything but smooth. Jason Beaubien
Public Health Officials Express Concern As The Coronavirus Keeps Mutating NPR's Noel King talks to Dr. Ali Mokdad of the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics about what the spread of COVID-19 variants in different parts of the world means for the U.S.
Peruvian Officials More Than Double COVID Death Toll, Saying They Undercounted "Glaring gaps" in access to COVID-19 vaccines are partially to blame for increasing infection rates in Peru, Argentina, Brazil and many other Latin American and Caribbean countries . Jaclyn Diaz
The 'Time Has Come' For A Global Pandemic Treaty, WHO's Tedros Says Pathogens can blossom from an outbreak into a pandemic because they "exploit our interconnectedness and expose our inequities and divisions," the World Health Organization's leader says. Bill Chappell