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Burns says his district has been hit hard by COVID-19, as many people in the community are essential workers who cannot work virtually.

To promote social distancing during the pandemic, workers in France will now be allowed to eat lunch at their desks. Labor codes had forbade meals in the workplace.

Orange County Schools are among the grantees.

Demings says the new 33.4 million dollar Rental Assistance program will help mostly low-income and other qualified residents pay rent.

Why are so many nursing home workers reluctant to get a COVID-19 vaccine? NPR's Noel King talks to Dr. Asif Merchant, who works at four nursing homes outside Boston, about the skepticism.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is speaking out against accusations that his administration has not been forthcoming about the scope of nursing home deaths related to COVID-19.

Scientists are evaluating domestic COVID-19 variants to see whether they pose a new threat, as public health experts warn the U.S. needs better surveillance to spot mutations and slow their spread.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Marion Koopmans, a Dutch virologist on the World Health Organization team that traveled to Wuhan, China, to investigate the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak.

The Biden administration is debating how much student loan debt to cancel per person. Who benefits when you cancel $10,000 in student loan debt versus $50,000?

A new COVID-19 strain appears to have evolved in the U.S. The entire state of Texas is under a winter storm warning. Plus, the Biden administration considers how much student loan debt to cancel.