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Contact tracers (from left) Christella Uwera, Dishell Freeman and Alejandra Camarillo work at Harris County Public Health Contact Tracing facility in Houston in June.

Coronavirus Cases Are Surging. The Contact Tracing Workforce Is Not

NPR surveyed all 50 states about their contact tracing work. The workforce has barely grown since mid-June, while cases have skyrocketed.

In March of 2020, Robbie Dennis was transferred to the Louisiana State Penitentiary, known as Angola. The CDC first recommended that Americans wear masks on April 3; prisoners at Angola didn't receive them until June or July, Dennis says.

Correctional Facilities Are COVID-19 Hot Spots. Why Don't They Get Vaccine Priority?

Prisons, jails and detention centers have much higher coronavirus case and fatality rates than the general public. But attitudes toward inmates mean bank tellers may get vaccinated before they do.

Owner of Electroplating Services has begun prison sentence

Gary Sayers, the owner of Electroplating Services, is now in federal prison.Sayers' company is the source of the green toxic liquid that poured onto a…

At four-year sinkhole anniversary, Macomb County starts project to prevent another disaster

It was Christmas Eve 2016, and Candice Miller was just days away from taking office after winning the race for Macomb County's public works commissioner,…

A woman undergoes antibody testing before an injection of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine known as Sputnik V at an outpatient clinic in Grozny earlier this week.

Putin Promotes Homegrown COVID-19 Vaccine, But Most Russians Are Skeptical

The Russian leader has touted Sputnik V, as the vaccine is known, but more than half of Russians say they don't want to take it.

Matt Comstock (left) takes the temperature of a guest at Busch Gardens in Tampa, Fla., on Wednesday. A spike in coronavirus cases in Florida and other states raised concerns in financial markets.

Dow Gains 477 Points After Dramatic Plunge Spurred By A Spike In Coronavirus Cases

Major stock indexes bounce back a day after the Dow lost 1,861 points amid spikes in new cases in states that had reopened their economies.

For the 78 residents of St. Joseph's Senior Home in New Jersey, the arrival of hazmat-suited officials in March in their caravan of ambulance buses was terrifying. Some evacuees with dementia shouted and furiously clawed at them. Others begged not to be taken away.

The Tragedy Of 'St. Joe's'

Back in March, a coronavirus outbreak at St. Joseph's Senior Home in Woodbridge, N.J., led state officials to evacuate all 78 of its residents. Within weeks, nearly half of them were dead.

Growing rapidly, Florida millennials have the potential to wield newfound political count — but they'll have to get out and vote.

Florida Isn't Just Your Grandma's Battleground State Anymore

Young voters, an increasingly dominant force in Florida, are frustrated that many of the issues they feel so strongly about aren't a major part of the discussion by the major party candidates.

Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, is pictured on Sept. 9 on Capitol Hill. Collins says a vaccine would not be approved for emergency use before late November at the earliest.

NIH Director 'Guardedly Optimistic' About COVID-19 Vaccine Approval By End Of 2020

But Dr. Francis Collins says it's unlikely a vaccine will be approved before late November. He also urges people to trust health experts like Anthony Fauci who "don't really have an ax to grind."

East Alabama Medical Center nurse Harvard Graham checks fluids for a COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit this month in Opelika, Ala.

What's At Stake With Trump's Threat: COVID-19 Relief And A Government Shutdown

President Trump has introduced a round of Christmas chaos that imperils direct payments to millions of Americans suffering due to the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

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