Nonuplets: Woman From Mali Gives Birth To 9 Babies Doctors were surprised to find nine babies; scans had shown only seven. "The newborns (five girls and four boys) and the mother are all doing well," Mali's health minister says. Bill Chappell
Pfizer To Vaccinate Olympic Athletes As Japan Mulls Extending Pandemic Restrictions With the Tokyo Games weeks away, the pharmaceutical company and its German partner, BioNTech, have agreed to donate the necessary doses. Scott Neuman
New Zealand Pauses 'Travel Bubble' With Australia Amid Coronavirus Outbreak In Sydney Less than three weeks after launching quarantine-free travel between the two countries, New Zealand is suspending flights from Australia after new cases were found there. Scott Neuman
The Pandemic Didn't Appear To Spur A Baby Boom, Rather A Bust The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released preliminary data on Wednesday showing the number of births in the U.S. has dropped to the lowest level since 1979. Yuki Noguchi
U.S. Backs Waiving International Patent Protections For COVID Vaccines President Biden threw his support behind a World Trade Organization proposal that would waive intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines — allowing countries to make their own vaccines. Sydney Lupkin
On The Road, At The Ballpark: Americans Celebrate Vaccinations, Lifting Businesses Newly vaccinated Americans are spending more freely on restaurants, travel and live entertainment. That should give a boost to pandemic-scarred service industries. Scott Horsley
Doctor In India Says His ER Is So Crowded, It's Hard To Walk Through NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Dr. Sumit Ray, a critical care doctor in New Delhi, about the growing COVID-19 crisis in India, and what can be done to get it under control.
They Desperately Need COVID Vaccines. So Why Are Some Countries Throwing Out Doses? How the chaotic system for distributing the world's vaccine supply is wreaking havoc in places that can least afford it. Nurith Aizenman
U.S. Announces Support For Waiving Intellectual Property Rights For COVID-19 Vaccines Many countries have asked rich nations to waive the patent protections to vaccines so they can be cheaply manufactured elsewhere. The White House said it supports waiving intellectual property rights. Ari Shapiro
COVID-19 Vaccines Might Not Work As Well For Those With Organ Transplants For most people, COVID-19 vaccines promise a return to something akin to normal life. But for the roughly 500,000 Americans living with organ transplants, it's a different story. Maria Godoy
