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Top: St. Andrews Bay on remote South Georgia island, en route to Antarctica from the Falkland Islands, is home to 250,000 pairs of king penguins, the island's largest colony. Below: A crew member of the National Geographic Explorer ship walks on "fast ice," or thick sea ice that's held fast to the shore at Wilhelmina Bay on the Antarctic Peninsula.

Photographer Captures The Contradictions Of Otherworldly Antarctica

WAMU's Tyrone Turner was mesmerized by the majestic ice and surprised by how he felt in the presence of these massive structures.

University of Michigan program helps vets prepare for college

A University of Michigan program wants to prepare military veterans for college life. It’s called VetCoRe. It stands for "veteran college readiness."The…

A patient lies on a stretcher in the hallway of the overloaded emergency room at Providence St. Mary Medical Center amid a surge in COVID-19 patients in Southern California in late December. Average new daily infections are now going down in California and much of the country.

Current, Deadly U.S. Coronavirus Surge Has Peaked, Researchers Say

Daily numbers of new cases are finally starting to wane, and hospitalizations are down slightly. But health care systems are still overburdened and another resurgence remains a threat.

A laboratory building at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, China, is seen on May 13, 2020.

Biden Asks U.S. Intel To Push For Stronger Conclusions On The Coronavirus' Origins

The U.S. intelligence community is investigating the potential origins of the coronavirus, including the possibility that it emerged as a result of a lab accident in Wuhan, China.

In Reversal, Trump Says Schools In Coronavirus Hot Spots Should Delay Reopening

The president links billions of dollars in federal aid to school districts that reopen fully but acknowledges that in some coronavirus hot spots, the start of the school year may need to be delayed.

Kathungu Kinyatole plants a tree to honor a loved one she lost to the Ebola virus.

Alternative Mourning Rituals Offer Comfort And Closure During An Outbreak

A program in the Democratic Republic of Congo has helped survivors mourn the loss of a loved one to Ebola — and may be relevant for families coping with death in the COVID-19 pandemic.

A Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine vial and syringe. An advisory panel to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine be administered to children ages 12 to 15.

CDC Says Kids As Young As 12 Should Get The Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine

The White House has been urging family doctors to encourage vaccination of adolescents and the CDC director said "providers may begin vaccinating them right away."

The receiving area of Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids.

Hospitals to Whitmer: Extend COVID-19 restrictions through holiday season

The chief medical officers of Michigan's hospitals and health systems issued an urgent plea Monday to the governor and state health officials, asking for…

A new wave of rapid coronavirus tests has entered the market with the potential to greatly expand screening for the virus.

Can The U.S. Use Its Growing Supply Of Rapid Tests To Stop The Virus?

Some public health experts hope the growing availability of faster, cheaper tests could lead to a new strategy of widespread testing — one that could finally get the pandemic under control.

President Trump listens as coronavirus response coordinator Deborah Birx speaks during a briefing at the White House.

Coronavirus Task Force Details 'Sobering' Data Behind Its Extended Guidelines

America must brace for 100,000 or more people to die in the coming months in the coronavirus pandemic, the White House's response team warned.

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