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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy about how urgent the need for COVID boosters is, how the rollout will work and whether we should even be giving boosters in this country.

As thousands of Afghan refugees arrive in the U.S, conservative pundits are already spreading fear-mongering about unvetted groups arriving.

As the contagious delta variant spreads, more children are being hospitalized with COVID-19.

On Wednesday, President Biden suggested a chaotic pullout was inevitable.

Twenty thousand McLean County residents have contracted the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic. The county reached that benchmark on Tuesday as it announced 53 daily infections.

As of Monday, 65% of students have provided proof of vaccinations, ISU reported. That’s up from 61% a week ago. The vaccination rate also is higher for students living on campus (77%) and employees (83%).

“A world without tomatoes is like a string quartet without violins," author Laurie Colwin once wrote.

The president told G-7 leaders that the U.S. is set to finish withdrawing from Afghanistan by Aug. 31 and asked the Pentagon and State Department for contingency plans if the deadline cannot be met.

Tens of thousands of Afghans still need to be evacuated by next Tuesday when the U.S. military mission is scheduled to end.

World Health Organization medical staff are expressing concern about a new spread of the disease following the Taliban take-over.