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Lilli Rayne's dog-walking business was taking off and she was finally preparing to buy a house. Then the pandemic struck. She's among the millions of Americans struggling to stay afloat right now.

Dr. Alok Kanojia, known as Dr. K, is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist specializing in addiction. He addresses mental health issues within the Twitch audience, which is largely made up of gamers.

Texas lawmakers voted to remove the word "Negro" from geographic features in 1991. But a federal board blocked the proposed name changes, and since then, almost none of them have been changed.

President Biden began putting his pandemic strategy into action. He is saying he will use Defense Production Act powers to boost production of vaccines, testing equipment and supplies in the U.S.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to NPR's Kelsey Snell and Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine about the Senate impeachment trial, and the other business the Senate is juggling.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Janice Nimura about her new book, The Doctors Blackwell, which tells the story of two of the first women medical doctors, sisters Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell.

Six takeaways from discussions at the annual meeting of the World Health Organization's Executive Board.

When Ohio’s county elections boards wrapped up the unofficial vote tallies last Wednesday, Secretary of State Frank LaRose blasted out a news release celebrating the state’s record-breaking turnout. But the mood was more somber in Cleveland, where it’s likely that fewer people voted than in 2016, 2012, 2008 or 2004.

While working moms have been struggling this year, pandemic life is also taking a toll on dads, many of whom are confronting situations they may not have chosen otherwise.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Adm. Brett Giroir, assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services, about coronavirus testing and vaccine distribution.