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An illustration of the variant found in the United Kingdom. To infect a cell, the virus's spike protein (red) has to bind to a receptor on the cell's surface (blue). Mutations help the virus bind more tightly.

Extraordinary Patient Offers Surprising Clues To Origins Of Coronavirus Variants

Scientists are looking at a possible link between the mutations in the U.K. and South Africa — and those in a patient in Boston who had living, growing virus in his body for five months.

You Asked: Why Are There Multiple COVID Vaccines?

As states distribute the COVID-19 vaccines, there are still plenty of questions about the process— and the vaccines. Here are some questions we received...

In "Broken Harvest," Madison Cunningham writes as an artist who has lost major opportunities to the pandemic, but found inspiration in her time off.

On 'Broken Harvest,' Madison Cunningham Is Hopeful For A Fresh Start

2020 was set to be a fruitful year for the artist, full of travel and music. In her contribution to Morning Edition's Song Project, she faces the reality of that loss and finds hope in starting over.

Congressional leaders held a candlelight vigil outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on February 23, 2021 to mark the more than 500,000 U.S. deaths due to the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 was the third leading underlying cause of death in 2020, according to a study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday.

CDC: COVID-19 Was 3rd-Leading Cause Of Death In 2020, People Of Color Hit Hardest

A pair of reports published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday sheds new light on the approximately 375,000 deaths attributed to COVID-19 in the U.S. last year.

Tania León is a Cuban-born American composer who won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Music for her piece <em>Stride</em>.

Tania León Wins Music Pulitzer For 'Stride,' Celebrating Women's Resilience

The revered Cuban composer's winning piece was inspired by the life and struggles of Susan B. Anthony and her own poor mother and grandmother in Cuba.

From music made from brain waves to gamelan instruments reworked for amplifiers and loudspeakers, Alvin Lucier rewired how we heard sound.

Alvin Lucier, inquisitive and innovative composer, has died at 90

Lucier changed the way we think about sound through monumental works like I Am Sitting in a Room and Music on a Long Thin Wire.

Erin Morley (Eurydice), Joshua Hopkins (Orpheus) and Jakub Józef Orliński (Orpheus's Double) in Matthew Aucoin's Eurydice, at the Metropolitan Opera.

In 'Eurydice,' Matthew Aucoin and Sarah Ruhl recast opera's foundational myth

Composer, conductor and MacArthur "genius" Mathew Aucoin just debuted his opera, 'Eurydice,' at the Met. The new work reinterprets an ancient, archetypal myth from the perspective of its namesake.

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in the fall over the constitutionality of Harvard's affirmative action program.

The Supreme Court adds affirmative action to its potential hit list

With the court already having heard arguments this term on abortion and guns, this case marks yet another politically charged issue that threatens to uproot decades of legal doctrine.

Lorde performs at a late show on August 23, 2021.

What Lorde's Te Reo Maori Songs Mean For The Effort To Revive The Language

Pop singer Lorde has released an EP in te reo Maori, the Native language in her home country of New Zealand. Maori artists say that this is just one branch of a larger movement to revive the language.

Analysis: Is DeWine scared or smart in choosing not to debate his primary opponents?

Gov. Mike DeWine has told the Ohio Debate Commission he won't be part of a March 29 debate between GOP gubernatorial candidates. A smart move, or is he running scared?

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