With Surges, It's Hard To Stop Transmission Of COVID-19, Variants NPR's Rachel Martin speaks to Dr. Margaret Harris of the World Health Organization about the state of the global vaccine rollout.
Pandemic Pomp and Circumstance: Graduation Looks Different This Year (Again) Most of the class of 2020 experienced canceled or online-only graduation ceremonies, but this year many colleges are finding creative ways to celebrate their graduates in person. Elissa Nadworny
Food And Drug Administration Moves To Ban Menthol Cigarettes NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Mitch Zeller, who leads the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products, about the agency's push to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars within the next year.
Memory Loss Drug Appears To Help People With The Genetic Disease Fragile X A drug made to treat memory loss seems to help those with Fragile X, a genetic disease that causes intellectual disability and autism. The drug improved language and learning in 30 men with Fragile X. Jon Hamilton
CVS To Offer In-Store Mental Health Counseling As the number of people seeking therapy soars during the pandemic, CVS has begun testing a model to offer counseling services in its stores. It hopes to reduce costs for both patients and itself. Yuki Noguchi
FDA Moves To Ban Menthol Cigarettes And Flavored Cigars Menthol has been the last allowable flavor in cigarettes, and the FDA says marginalized communities are far more likely to use these products. Laurel Wamsley
New York City, Former COVID-19 Epicenter, To 'Fully Reopen' On July 1 "This is going to be the summer of New York City," Mayor Bill de Blasio said, because people "want to live again." He cited the city's success in hitting or trending toward its reopening targets. Bill Chappell
Shopping And Shots Power An Economy Heading To Its Fastest Growth Since 1984 The U.S. economy grew at a rapid pace in the first three months of the year as more people got vaccinated and the federal government pumped hundreds of billions of dollars into people's pockets. Scott Horsley
U.S. May Have Hit The Mark With Vaccinations To Beat Back COVID-19 The U.S. appears to be very close to hitting a tipping point in the coronavirus pandemic, with vaccinations finally turning around the trajectory of infections. Rob Stein
King County braces for reopening rollbacks despite vaccination progress Washington state is in a fourth wave of Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations. For King County and other counties around the state, that is likely to result in a return of tighter restrictions. Kim Malcolm
