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A member of FDNY EMS gives a thumbs up while receiving Moderna's coronavirus vaccine in late December. By mid-January, New York City Medical Reserve Corps volunteers also were mobilized to help with the vaccine effort.

Medical Reserve Corps Volunteers Deployed To Help With Vaccination

Cadres of volunteers, mostly medical professionals, are part of a little-known federal emergency program launched in the aftermath of 9/11. Increasingly, states are deploying them against COVID-19.

The same steep growth and use of big data that attracted venture capital cash to firms that administer Medicare Advantage plans have led to scrutiny of the firms by government officials. Federal audits estimate such plans nationwide have overcharged taxpayers nearly $10 billion annually.

Missouri Firm With Silicon Valley Ties Faces Medicare Billing Scrutiny

A federal audit and a whistleblower lawsuit allege Medicare Advantage plans from the St. Louis-based Essence Group Holdings Corporation have significantly overcharged taxpayers.

Two students walk past the front gate of Emory Elementary on Feb. 23, 2017. The school is part of the South Bay Union School District which reported 20 percent of its students were homeless in the 2015-16 school year.

South Bay Teachers Try To Bridge The Digital Divide For English-Language Learners

One-fifth of San Diego students returning to virtual school this month are English Language Learners. And that makes distanced-learning all the more difficult.

Trump, Republicans Are 'Exploiting' Coronavirus To Ban Abortion, New Ad Alleges

A six-figure digital ad buy from the abortion rights group NARAL accuses President Trump and his allies of using the pandemic to restrict abortion.

Scott Hobgood and Jason Niupulusū grew up in Webster County, Ky., and joined NPR's David Greene for a roundtable discussion about race and social justice.

National Conversation About Race Brews In Rural Western Kentucky

In an interview with David Greene, two men from Webster County, Ky., argue over race at first, but then a disclosure about deeply personal history leads to a bit of unexpected common ground.

Sanitation worker Ramesh Solanki cleans the streets outside Palghar railway station. "I get up every morning at 5:30, and I see news about the vaccines on TV," he says. "I don't know about any controversies. I just know I'm proud to be part of this."

How Do You Vaccinate 300 Million People By August? Ask India

They've got to reach urban dwellers as well as the two-thirds of Indians living in rural areas — and deal with vaccine hesitancy. Here's an early progress report on successes — and hiccups.

Veteran journalists of the Voice of America say the head of their parent agency is endangering their safety and national security.

Voice of America Journalists: New CEO Endangers Reporters, Harms U.S. Aims

Fourteen Voice of America journalists accused USAGM CEO Michael Pack of imperiling reporters. Pack recently said of VOA, "It's a great place to put a foreign spy."

A pro-LGBTQ banner is flipped over on a wall outside the U.S. Embassy in downtown Jerusalem.

At Jerusalem's Request, U.S. Embassy Briefly Takes Down Its LGBTQ Pride Banner

The city's deputy mayor said the banner was removed because he received complaints that it was offensive to residents.

Members of Parents For Peace gathered in Washington recently for its annual summit. The group is made up of former extremists and their families.

'We Were Blindsided': Families Of Extremists Form Group To Fight Hate

Members of the nonprofit Parents For Peace came to Washington to show the human toll of violent extremism. They want Americans to see hate as a public health crisis.

"It's fantastic to see the change [we] brought about," says University of Cincinnati pitcher Nathan Moore, who has been an outspoken proponent of renaming the university's Marge Schott Stadium.

Schott-Free: University Of Cincinnati Trustees Vote To Take Name Off Ballpark

The board cited Marge Schott's "record of racism and bigotry" in its decision. The late philanthropist and Cincinnati Reds owner was reviled for using racial and ethnic slurs and praising Hitler.

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