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The marching band stood still: Monroe teacher and senior discuss making music during COVID-19 crisis

Michigan schools are wrapping up a year like no other. As COVID-19 closed K-12 buildings, teachers and students struggled to recreate the chemistry of…

A field hospital tent stands outside the emergency department of the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital earlier this month in Los Angeles. California is returning to a tiered restriction system.

California Health Secretary On Lifting Stay-At-Home Orders And Vaccinations

California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly talked with NPR about why the state eased some COVID-19 restrictions and addressed the relatively slow vaccine rollout.

More Telework Also Means More Porn — And That's Good News For Hackers

Working from home can make employees more vulnerable to hackers — especially if they're browsing websites they wouldn't visit when the boss is watching.

Lisa Howze, Gia Howze and Palestine Howze. Palestine Howze died last year. Now her family is suing Treyburn Rehabilitation Center, where she lived.

Nursing Home Critics Say COVID-19 Immunity Laws Are A Free Pass For Neglect

Nearly 30 states temporarily shielded nursing homes from COVID-19 lawsuits. But resident advocates say that protection means they can't sue for things that have nothing to do with the coronavirus.

Israelis receive a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from medical professionals at a vaccination center set up on a mall parking lot in Givataim, Israel, during a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the virus, on Jan. 20.

Vaccines For Data: Israel's Pfizer Deal Drives Quick Rollout — And Privacy Worries

Israel paid a premium, locked in an early supply of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines and agreed to share data from Israel's centralized trove of medical statistics. Privacy advocates have some misgivings.

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Frustration, confusion, and crashing systems as vaccine eligibility expands

“Extreme call volumes.” Crashing servers. Cancellations. And one county says it’s been completely wiped out of vaccine supply by Monday afternoon. The…

Lights placed as a memorial to COVID-19 victims surround the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Jan. 19. Some economists believe deaths tied to alcohol use, drug use and suicides have risen during the pandemic as the isolation felt by many has taken an emotional toll.

They Lost Sons To Drug Overdoses: How The Pandemic May Be Fueling Deaths Of Despair

As drug overdose deaths rise during the pandemic, a former White House economist says social isolation could be partly to blame.

Adam Peri, sound supervisor with the broadcaster Sky UK, mixes recorded fan sounds into a Premier League soccer match.

Baseball Stadiums May Be Empty, But You Can Still Hear The Crowds

The fans can't come back because of the coronavirus pandemic, so Major League Baseball will pump crowd sounds into the empty ballparks when its season begins on July 23.

One of the eight gorillas in the troop at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in California. Some of the gorillas contracted the coronavirus this month. One of the older gorillas received monoclonal antibody therapy as part of his treatment.

Gorilla Gets Monoclonal Antibody Therapy For COVID-19

An older silverback gorilla in Escondido, Calif., received an array of treatments after it and others in its troop contracted the coronavirus. The therapy came from a supply meant for nonhumans.

Raymonde Elian no longer does her hair and makeup before work. No more earrings. But she still aims to look "neat and clean" as it helps her feel in good spirit.

The Front Line At Home: A Health Care Worker's New Normal

A photojournalist chronicles the daily home life of her mother, a health care worker, in the New York City area.

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