In the unprecedented absence of federal guidance, leading medical groups are issuing their own recommendations for who should get the COVID-19, flu and RSV immunizations.

Dr. David Morens, a former aide to Dr. Anthony Fauci, has pleaded guilty to violating federal law by trying to conceal emails about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The release of Dr. Anthony Fauci's pandemic diaries has rekindled the debate over the origins of SARS-CoV-2. Here's how scientists have weighed in.

The latest candidate to enter the Georgia Republican primary for governor is a health care executive whose company supplied hospital and nursing home workers during the COVID emergency under a state contract.

An American born in 2024 can expect to live to be 79, on average. But people in other wealthy countries can expect to live longer.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention accepted a controversial recommendation from outside vaccine advisers to tighten guidelines for the COVID vaccine.

Chinese director Lou Ye's An Unfinished Film is not a masterpiece, but why do so many seem to demand it to be?

The Food and Drug Administration approved the next round of COVID-19 vaccines, but they come with restrictions. NPR wants to know your questions about the new guidance.

The Food and Drug Administration approved the next round of COVID-19 vaccines, but is restricting them to people at high risk for COVID complications.

More than 3.6 million children born in 2020 amid the COVID-19 global pandemic are walking into elementary schools across the country this fall.

This high-anxiety pandemic Western wants to impress you by reproducing the chaos, disinformation, and combativeness of 2020 — but it's less satire than a star-filled documentary reenactment.

Over $300 million in grants from the federal government to the Georgia Department of Public Health have been terminated, resulting in a reduction of staff and some services related to infectious disease surveillance. 

In anticipation of cuts from the federal government, the Georgia Department of Public Health had already made plans to tighten the belt around its budget. Grants cut this week were originally issued in response to Covid-19 but have since been used for other programs. 

It's been 5 years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. Ahead of this anniversary, NPR wants to hear from you.

Chinese author Fang Fang posted notes online while being quarantined in Wuhan. They became Wuhan Diary. She talks with us about two more of her books now coming to English readers.