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The race is on. What will it take to develop, test and distribute a safe and effective vaccine?

NPR Correspondents Rob Schmitz and Scott Horsley talk about stimulus efforts in the U.S. and Europe and how governments are dealing with sharp and sudden economic downturns during the pandemic.

Some of the technology behind coronavirus vaccine development dates back to the first vaccines; other techniques are much newer. Here are eight top strategies scientists are pursuing.

Many law enforcement agencies in suburban Minneapolis and St. Paul that policed protests are recent entrants to a decades-old Pentagon program of transferring military gear to cops.

And as summer nears, the question must be asked: Is it risky from a COVID-19 standpoint to go in a swimming pool?

The Bloomington City Council on Monday overwhelmingly approved the first marijuana dispensary in the city, expected to open by December. Jushi, the…

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Michelle Singletary — personal finance columnist for The Washington Post — about the widespread risk of evictions due to job loss amid the pandemic.

As they say, it's complicated. But blockchain technology could be a boon for the world's poorest places.

People in the six states where aid in dying is legal can have trouble finding a doctor or hospital to assist. Reasons cited include religious objections and doctors' discomfort with hastening death.

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