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For most people, more education leads to healthier and longer lives. Not so for Black men. Racism's power in harming their health may be more persistent than previously understood, researchers say.

Anyone getting vaccinated must be at least 18 years of age or older, but testing starts as young as 13 years old.

At least 16 people have been killed by cyclone Tauktae, the most powerful storm to hit India's west coast in decades. Among those evacuated to higher ground were COVID-19 patients.

Gayle Smith is a former USAID director who has worked with some of the world's largest aid organizations. Now, President Biden has put her in charge of efforts to help share COVID-19 doses.

As Latin America endures its worst moment in the pandemic, NPR's Audie Cornish talks with journalists Dan Collyns in Peru and Nicolle Yapur in Venezuela about the spread of COVID-19 in each country.

The new CDC guidance on masks is being met with different reactions in Washington, which — despite being cautious — is now dealing with a fourth wave of coronavirus.

President Biden announced today the U.S. will be sharing 20 million doses of vaccine against COVID-19 — Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson — with the rest of the world.

President Biden's commitment Monday to donate doses of Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson vaccines adds to an earlier promise of 60 million doses of AstraZeneca.

The Indian Premier League was suspended in May, but critics weigh in on whether the event should have been held at all amid the country's deadly COVID crisis.

Florida reported some 1,976 new coronavirus cases today.