Life Kit: How To Fight Procrastination
NPR's Life Kit looks at why people procrastinate and how one can stop.
Health & Safety
LA Times' Columnist On Convincing Latino Father To Get COVID-19 Vaccine
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Gustavo Arellano, a Los Angeles Times columnist who wrote about convincing his father to get vaccinated.
Why The Pandemic Is 10 Times Worse Than You Think
Not everyone gets tested. A new model estimates how many infections are missed because of this and how many people are actively shedding the virus. The results lend urgency to the vaccine race.
Few COVID Vaccination Clinics Are Placed In Hardest-Hit Communities
An NPR analysis of finds that U.S. distribution sites are more common in whiter areas, despite the pandemic's disproportionate impact on Blacks and Latinos.
Why A Major COVID-19 Tracking Project Is Shutting Down
Alexis Madrigal, who co-founded a tracker for The Atlantic Magazine, tells NPR's Scott Simon that the federal government's efforts have improved, making outside efforts to collect data less essential.
A Year Since First U.S. Death, COVID-19 Has Exacted A Heavy Toll
The pandemic has killed more than 440,000 Americans. Here's a look back at the stories of three of them — a World War II veteran, a Navajo leader and the owner of an Illinois barbecue joint.
COVID Cases Finally Are Falling. Experts Worry Variants Could Erase That Fast
The Biden administration must do more to identify and track three fast-spreading mutations of the COVID-19 virus, researchers say. Clearer CDC guidelines for masks and reopening would help too.
A Riot, A Curfew, A Rush To Get Groceries — And A Surprise Chance To Get Vaccinated
Washington, D.C., teacher Sam Sokoloff was in the right place at the right time: a Safeway just before a curfew, and just before two shots of coronavirus vaccine would have to be thrown away.
Pakistan's Polio Fight Provides Structure — And Concern — For COVID Vaccination
The country had nearly annihilated polio before conspiracy theories gave the disease room to spread. An army of health workers is set to give coronavirus vaccines too — if Pakistanis will take them.
Larry Summers Says Latest Coronavirus Stimulus Needs Restraint
The economist, who served in the Clinton and Obama administrations, tells NPR's Scott Simon about the problems that he sees in the Biden administration's COVID-19 relief bill.