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Whitmore died from complications from COVID-19, according to his wife. The storied climber helped make history as part of the team who first climbed Yosemite's El Capitan.

A coronavirus surge is overwhelming hospitals, leading doctors to tell families to care for sick loved ones at home instead. Health workers fear New Year's parties could have led to further spikes.

The coronavirus is ripping across one of the nation's poorest and unhealthiest states — Alabama. The state ranks third in the U.S. for the number of people per capita hospitalized with COVID-19.

It's the first country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine, but it has not finished Phase III trials to assess safety and effectiveness in the general population.

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.

The Big Ten's decision Tuesday to cancel the fall football season was the latest sign that the COVID-19 pandemic is far from slowing. But Buckeye fans…

Here are your morning headlines for Tuesday, September 8: Storms cause widespread flooding, Route 8 closure Monday Kent State mulling removal of 'the...

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.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins about the Texas Supreme Court's order to halt the distribution of mail-in ballot applications to registered voters.

The first doses of COVID-19 vaccines are being administered. Our Planet Money team delves into the dark web to learn more about the counterfeit vaccines that are being sold around the world.