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Data show a surge in virus transmission in some areas. Doctors, local health departments and others in the community talk about what they are seeing, and what are they are worried about.

More than a month after the election, Russian President Vladimir Putin finally acknowledged Joe Biden's victory. The two have a complicated relationship dating from the Obama administration.

Atrium Health has so far seen “no severe reactions” to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in its employees who have been vaccinated, Dr. Lewis McCurdy, an infectious disease physician at Atrium, told reporters on Thursday. Two health care workers in Alaska reportedly experienced allergic reactions to the shot and had to get emergency treatment after being vaccinated on Wednesday. One of the cases was described as severe.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, about the scale and significance of the recent cyberattacks on government agencies and what actions are crucial moving forward.

Researchers discovered that smaller crickets poke holes in leaves to amplify the sounds of their chirps, which appears to give them greater success at mating.

Regan is the top environmental regulator for North Carolina. He would be first African-American man to run EPA, and he would oversee much of the federal government's response to climate change.

Richmond, who Biden picked as his director of the Office of Public Engagement, was not in close contact with Biden, his spokeswoman Kate Bedingfield said in a statement.

Native Americans have been disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus pandemic and are four times as likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19.

2020 has given us an unprecedented number of new Christmas movies centering on characters who used to be, at most, sidekicks in holiday fare.

The Biden administration will view climate change as an urgent crisis, and two former Obama Cabinet officials from Massachusetts will be key to taking on the challenge.

Timnit Gebru talks to Steve Inskeep about her departure from Google after raisng questions about gender, race and the ethics behind artificial intelligence.

George C. Wolfe's adaptation of the classic August Wilson play features electrifying performances by Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman.

Inside Google, tensions are growing weeks after the company fired a high-profile Black researcher. Questions are still simmering about whether Google can tolerate dissent and criticism.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Bondy Shay Gibson, superintendent for Jefferson County Public Schools in West Virginia, about her decision to declare a snow day even though schools are teaching remotely.

This year, Congress passed a tax break to encourage more people to make donations. The break is about to expire, leaving Congress to rethink how to help boost charitable giving in the pandemic.

Latino icon Noe Montoya died of COVID-19 on Thanksgiving Day. He was 66.

An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration met on Thursday to review Moderna's application for emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine. NPR discusses the latest.

NC Gov. Roy Cooper and state Secretary of Health and Human Services Dr. Mandy Cohen went to UNC Medical Center on Thursday to watch doctors, nurses and other front-line workers get inoculated against the coronavirus that has killed more than 6,000 North Carolinians and strained hospitals across the state.

Haaland would be the first Native American Cabinet secretary. She opposed many Trump environmental rollbacks and considers climate change "the challenge of our lifetime."

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has granted a pardon to Ronnie Long, reaffirming Long's innocence and making him eligible for up to $750,000 in restitution for the decades he spent in prison for a rape he did not commit.