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NPR/Ipsos Poll: Nearly One-Third Of Parents May Stick With Remote Learning

Four out of 5 parents told us they support targeted interventions by schools that would help students recover academic, social and emotional skills.

An example of a vial that will carry the COVID-19 vaccine produced by Pfizer and BioNTech sits on display during a Senate subcommittee hearing Thursday.

FDA Authorizes COVID-19 Vaccine For Emergency Use In U.S.

Pfizer and BioNTech's vaccine is the first to receive an emergency authorization from the Food and Drug Administration. Officials say it may be ready for widespread inoculations within days.

Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine is heading toward the Leeward Islands and is expected to arrive at Florida's coast this weekend. The state says it will suspend coronavirus testing as a precaution.

Florida Will Pause Coronavirus Testing Due To Impending Storm

After the state's testing sites close Thursday evening, they won't reopen until at least Tuesday morning — part of the safety precautions for Tropical Storm Isaias.

President Joe Biden speaks about the coronavirus pandemic in the State Dining Room of the White House on Tuesday.

With Biden Team Focused On Other Crises, Experts Say Drug Epidemic Is Exploding

The Biden administration had Day 1 plans for the pandemic, economy and climate change. Experts say they haven't yet seen that same focus on the addiction crisis, which is killing 220 people a day.

Xavier Watts, 9, waves an American flag during a camping rally for Georgia Democratic U.S. Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, Sunday, Nov. 15, in Marietta, Ga.

'Don't Game Our System': How The Race To Georgia Senate Runoff Is Heating Up

Ahead of the Jan. 5 election, voters across the state are being bombarded by messages from activists and politicians alike to cast their vote to help determine which party controls the U.S. Senate.

President Biden, pictured on Feb. 22, is giving an address Thursday as the country marks one year of the coronavirus pandemic.

President Biden To Direct States To Make All Americans Eligible For Vaccines By May 1

The president's remarks come a day after Congress passed a $1.9 trillion relief package, and as more than 500,000 Americans have died from the virus. Watch his speech live at 8 p.m. ET.

Registered nurse Leslie Clark, right, collects a nasal swab sample from a man as administrative worker Sander Edmondson works on his computer at a COVID-19 testing site in Los Angeles, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020.

'Surge On Top Of A Surge' To Challenge California Hospitals

Coronavirus patients are overwhelming hospitals in a large swath of California even as COVID-19 hospitalizations stabilize in some parts of the state.

A child washes her hands at a daycare center in Connecticut last month. A detailed look at COVID-19 deaths in U.S. kids and young adults by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the great majority are children of color.

The Majority Of Children Who Die From COVID-19 Are Children Of Color

According to data reported to the CDC, 121 children died from COVID-19 between February and July of this year. And 78% of the children who died were Hispanic, Black or Native American.

Increasingly, many people in the U.S., like these teens in a Miami grocery story in August, now routinely wear face masks in public to help stop COVID-19's spread. But social distancing and other public health measures have been slower to catch on, especially among young adults, a national survey finds.

Mask-Wearing Is Up In The U.S., But Young People Are Still Too Lax, CDC Survey Finds

A general increase in mask-wearing has been encouraging, U.S. public health experts say. But too few young people, especially, are social distancing and taking other steps to slow coronavirus' spread.

President Donald Trump speaks at a 2019 American Veterans Convention in Louisville, Ky. and former Vice President Joe Biden salutes a veteran at a 2019 Iowa town hall event in this undated side-by-side photo.

Veterans Usually Vote Strongly Republican, But Polls Suggest That May Change This Year

Veterans traditionally are more likely to vote for Republican candidates. But polls suggest their support for President Trump has eroded.

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