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NPR looks back at a chaotic week at the White House as it grapples with a coronavirus outbreak that has affected key staff members and sent others to work from home.

Nursing homes across Ohio are starting to vaccinate residents and employees with the new COVID-19 vaccine. Pleasantview Care Center in Parma started vaccinating today, and Gov. Mike DeWine stopped there Friday morning to watch via livestream as the first employee received a shot. “This is the day we have been waiting for since this pandemic started,” DeWine said.

Spotted lanternflies are beautiful but can exact a huge toll on agriculture. To help reduce their numbers, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture started a canine lanternfly-tracking program.

Uganda's electoral commission says Museveni has won a sixth term in office, but Wine is saying the election was rigged, and the top U.S. diplomat to Africa is calling the vote "fundamentally flawed."

College football begins in earnest as the Major League Baseball season winds down. Will one's lessons from the coronavirus translate to the other?

Some states face record-breaking deficits because of the coronavirus pandemic. We asked local reporters across the country to tell us what could be on the chopping block in your state.

NPR analysis shows hospitals in Lafayette and Lake Charles have among the worst ratios of hospital beds to COVID-19 infection rates. We hear what that means for patients, families and health workers.

Eating disorders are thriving during the pandemic. Both food scarcity and stockpiling can be a trigger — especially for those with past trauma related to restrictive or binge eating.

Wesley Fire Cloud Jr. worked to protect his Crow Creek Sioux Tribe in South Dakota from the coronavirus. He died of COVID-19 in July at age 38.

The story of the Black football star's friendship with a white teammate, Brian Piccolo, who died of cancer inspired the 1971 TV movie Brian's Song.