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Dr. Kishwar Tanwir holds up syringes as she shows female health workers in Karachi how to inject the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Pakistan has dispatched some 13,000 teams of female-led vaccinators to bring up the country's vaccination rate. Female health workers are more likely to get access to women in conservative households who don't speak to men.

Pakistan has a big idea: Send 13,000 teams led by women to vaccinate the hesitant

The vaccinators are going door-to-door in what the government is calling an unprecedented effort, toting coolers with a mix of COVID vaccine types.

Steve Kirsch, a tech entrepreneur turned anti-vaccine activist, at a conference in Atlanta for future COVID and vaccine-related litigation that he helped organize and fund.

As the pandemic winds down, anti-vaccine activists are building a legal network

They're aiming to bring together lawyers who have brought COVID-19 and vaccine-related cases to court with experts and build a body of law to combat future public health orders.

The north side of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City is missing after a truck bomb exploded on April 19, 1995.

Out Of The Horror In Oklahoma City, Merrick Garland Forged The Way Forward

Twenty-one years ago, Garland — now nominated to the Supreme Court — supervised the investigation following the bombing that killed 168 people.

Coronavirus FAQs: What Are The New Dating Rules? And What About Hooking Up?

Should you go on a date with someone new ... or revisit an ex if you feel safer that way? How do you know if a potential partner is following pandemic safety rules? And is it safe to have sex?

According to a review published in 2018, nearly 75% of the drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration in the 21st century had no data associated with their use during pregnancy.

Protect Pregnant Women 'Through Research,' Not 'From Research,' OB-GYNs Urge

As COVID-19 vaccines roll out, doctors say it's long past time to address the exclusion of pregnant women from research on drugs and vaccines. They say better study design is the answer.

Medical staff members check on a patient at the COVID-19 ICU in United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas. Cases and hospitalizations rose dramatically in the U.S. this week.

The Pandemic Is Entering A Dangerous New Chapter. Here Are The Week's Big Takeaways

With record cases and hospitalizations and newly rising deaths, experts wonder, will this surge ever slow down? Find out where the virus is hitting hardest and what is being done to stop it.

Colorado state Rep. Julie McCluskie, a Democrat, is surrounded by protective plastic barriers in the House chambers at the Colorado State Capitol during an emergency legislative session on November 30. Lawmakers there are planning to move their 2021 session back by at least a month.

Despite COVID, Thousands Of Lawmakers Plan To Gather In State Capitols Next Month

Delaying session or meeting remotely aren't options that have necessarily appealed to Republican state lawmakers who, for the most part, aren't shy about gathering in large numbers in 2021.

University Hospitals Twinsburg Medical Center

Morning Headlines: UH Cuts Pay to 4,000 Employees, Closes ERs; Akron Cancels Summer Events

Here are your morning headlines for Thursday, April 23: UH cuts pay to 4,000 employees, closes ERs; Akron cancels summer events; Cuyahoga County Public...

Coronavirus Update: Cruise Ships Are Sitting Empty At U.S. Ports

NPR's health policy and national correspondents update on the latest coronavirus news.

Sick patients were isolated in converted warehouses during the 1918-19 global influenza pandemic, which killed an estimated 50 million worldwide.

The U.S. 'Battles' Coronavirus, But Is It Fair To Compare Pandemic To A War?

COVID-19 has now killed more Americans than WWII. That fact helps some people put the viral death toll in perspective, while others find it offensive. Historically, is it even a valid comparison?

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