As Hospitals Rollout COVID-19 Vaccines, Health Care Workers Describe Chaos And Anger Problems included a glitch with a sign-up app and some staff jumping to the front of the line, ahead of medical workers with more exposure to the coronavirus. Gabrielle Emanuel
Is It Time For A Race Reckoning In Kidney Medicine? A movement sparked by medical students is pushing to eliminate the use of race to estimate kidney function, saying it reinforces racist thinking. Some argue the change could cause unintended harm. Maria Godoy
Here Is 1 Way To Show Appreciation For The COVID-19 Vaccine A German pilot used a GPS device to map a route that would take the shape of a giant syringe. He flew about 5,000 feet in the air to trace the syringe, which spanned over 40 miles in the sky.
After Threatening To Derail It, Trump Signs COVID-19 Relief Package Into Law President Trump has signed a massive COVID-19 relief and omnibus spending package, deputy press secretary Judd Deere said Sunday night on Twitter. Claudia Grisales
Why The World Is Seeing Some Of Its Most Extreme Pandemic Lockdowns Even as the European Union began vaccine rollouts on Sunday, nations around the globe are instituting severe lockdowns and travel restrictions. Fear of the U.K. variant is a key reason. Jason Beaubien
What Went Wrong At Arbor Terrace At least 17 residents died of COVID-19 at an assisted living facility. In Georgia, it is the company's only home in a Black neighborhood and the only one to suffer a severe outbreak. Meg Anderson
EU Begins Its Vaccine Rollout With Goal Of Inoculating 450 Million Against COVID-19 Leaders from across the European Union's 27 member-states celebrated the start of vaccination efforts on Sunday. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called it "a European success story." Joanna Kakissis
Latest On COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout The European Union begins a rollout of a COVID-19 vaccine to its nearly 450 million people. A 101-year-old nursing home patient became Germany's first vaccinated person.
Arizona Lawmaker Reflects On Surviving COVID-19 NPR's Don Gonyea talks with Lorenzo Sierra, a member of the state's House of Representatives, about his experience of surviving a severe case of COVID-19.
For Scientists Who Study Virus Transmission, 2020 Was A Watershed Year The emergence of COVID-19 started scientists on a yearlong crash course to learn how the coronavirus might travel through the air and how to stop it. They learned a lot, and quickly. Nell Greenfieldboyce