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After the FDA weighed in, advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention meet Thursday to refine guidelines for boosters for the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks to Dr. Elizabeth Hawse, a pediatrician in Lexington, Ky., about how her office is preparing to administer COVID-19 vaccines to kids.

Some scientists believe the current surge of COVID-19 has peaked and the pandemic, at least in the U.S., will ease over the winter months. But then what? Will the virus surge back again next year?

The FDA authorizes Moderna and J&J COVID-19 vaccine boosters. Attempts by Democrats to shore up protections for voting rights have hit a wall. Russia hosts a delegation from Afghanistan.

Statewide, the COVID vaccination rate for first responders is more than 95%. But it's not as high in more rural areas, where ambulance crews can't function if just a few people quit.

Grady Hendrix has two books that are being turned into shows: The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires and The Final Girl Support Group. He talks with WMFE about his upcoming event through the Orange County Library, what to read this Halloween season and what he's done to characters that haunted him.

With high-profile stories of vaccinated people dying from COVID, how worried should you be about getting a serious breakthrough case? Here's how the data shake out.

This year, typically sleepy school board elections have become fraught with fights over masks, vaccines and diversity curricula. Could this affect races higher up the ballot in 2022 and 2024?

Pianist Lara Downes' latest mini-album traces the story of the Great Migration of Black Americans from the south in the early to mid-20th century, with music by Florence Price and Harry T. Burleigh.

Paying bills during the pandemic can be difficult. A survey by NPR, Harvard and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found of the four largest U.S. cities, Houston feels the crunch the worst.