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Child COVID-19 vaccination rates lag behind general population, county says

Of the 207,723 children 6 months through 4 years of age, only 3,323 or 1.6% are partially vaccinated. That percentage is expected to be lower because COVID-19 vaccines for the age group were only recently recommended, a county statement read.

A Palestinian-Syrian chef's cookbook invites people to see any meal as a celebration

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with chef Reem Assil about her debut cookbook Arabiyya: Recipes from the Life of an Arab in Diaspora.

Former state Rep. Cord Byrd, seen here in March 2020, was tapped by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to be Florida's new secretary of state, an appointment that has drawn criticism.

Critics worry Florida's new elections chief will make the office more partisan

Cord Byrd, who was tapped by Gov. Ron DeSantis, has refused to say Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election and will be in charge of Florida's new election crimes unit.

Boyd Holbrook (left) as Ty Shaw and B.J. Novak as Ben Manalowitz are pictured in a still from the movie Vengeance, which marks Novak's directorial debut.

B.J. Novak learned a lot about himself — and Texas — while working on 'Vengeance'

Novak wrote, directed and starred in the new movie, which he says is all about breaking down false assumptions. He told Morning Edition about what surprised him on set and behind the scenes.

Enrique Acosta fills up his work truck at a Chevron gas station in San Diego's Del Cerro neighborhood, July 1, 2022.

California’s gas tax increase raises already sky-high prices

California’s high gas prices got a little higher Friday as the state gas tax went up 3 cents a gallon.

"I've always wanted to just be an actor ... that's all I've ever wanted to be, playing different roles," Hal Holbrook told NPR in 2008. He is shown above in his New York apartment in February 1973.

Actor Hal Holbrook, Who Played Mark Twain Longer Than Twain Himself, Dies At 95

Holbrook played the Southern humorist for more than six decades in his one-man show, Mark Twain Tonight. He's also known for playing Deep Throat in All the President's Men.

Monkeypox was spread by prairie dogs in the U.S. in 2003. Above: The prairie dog Chuckles was a pet belonging to Tammy and Steve Kautzer and their 3-year-old daughter, of Dorchester, Wisconsin. They caught monkeypox from another pet prairie dog that since died.

OPINION: Media coverage of monkeypox paints it as an African virus. That makes me mad

Dr. Ifeanyi Nsofor is a physician in Nigeria, which has seen a monkeypox outbreak over the past few years. He does not like the way the media is covering the current outbreak in Western countries.

Eleven year old Damien Omler has a rare disease known as CDG. But he is the only known person in the world with a specific mutation, March 4, 2020.

San Diego Child Only Known Person In World With This Rare Form Of Disease

San Diego scientists have diagnosed a patient with a new form of a rare disease. They say he's the only known person in the world with it.

Sudan's military has staged a coup, detaining the prime minister

There's been an apparent coup in Sudan. The military has seized power, dissolved the government and arrested the prime minister. Two years ago, a revolution ousted longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir.

Biden's trip to Mideast was seen as a reset of relations by Gulf Arab leaders

Saudi leaders viewed their summit with President Biden as a success, but human rights advocates worry about the message it sent to the kingdom.

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