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A huge fire swept through a crowded river ferry in southern Bangladesh early Friday, leaving of dead and injured as passengers jumped off the vessel to swim to shore, officials said.

Los Angeles police fatally shot a 14-year-old girl in a clothing store dressing room Thursday as officers fired on an assault suspect and a bullet pierced a wall and struck the girl, authorities say.

Pfizer has received emergency use authorization for a COVID-19 pill, giving doctors a new tool for treating the virus. Who qualifies to take it and is it expected to work against the omicron variant?

NPR's Melissa Block talks to Dr. Essie Reed at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., about the strains of the COVID-19 surge on personnel and care.

With more than a hundred thousand Russian troops massed on the border with Ukraine, the world may be watching this year's news conference more closely than usual.

New federal numbers show the nation's schools are hiring and training staff and expanding previous curricula to address student mental health.

A pair of fungus foragers in California's Humboldt County recently pulled in more than 200 pounds of chanterelles. Rather than cash in, they donated and got creative.

It's one of the world's most unequal countries, says a new report. And the gap between rich and poor is getting worse. Two workers who each make less than $5 a day describe what their lives are like.

The medicine, called molnupiravir, is taken twice a day for five days and works by preventing the virus from replicating. Merck says it will have 10 million packs available by the end of the month.

The companies are asking customers to throw away the potentially affected products immediately.