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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.

A playground is unused and closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mission Bay Park, July 3, 2020.

San Diego Pushing To Keep Playgrounds Open As Stay-Home Order Details Clarified

Beaches and parks can remain open, but playgrounds cannot, and local officials are pushing to keep them accessible.

In this June 26, 2020 file photo, Gov. Gavin Newsom holds a face mask as he urges people to wear them to fight the spread of the coronavirus during a news conference in Rancho Cordova, Calif.

California Lifts Virus Stay-At-Home Orders, Curfew Statewide

California lifted regional stay-at-home orders across the state Monday in response to improving coronavirus conditions, returning the state to a system of county-by-county restrictions.

Sen. Kamala Harris speaks during a town hall meeting at the University of Iowa, Wednesday, April 10, 2019.

San Diegans React To Kamala Harris On The Presidential Ticket

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his newly named running mate Senator Kamala Harris of California will introduce their ticket in Delaware Wednesday.

Southern California recipients of a COVID-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination site in Disneyland's parking lot in January. For strongest immunity, be sure to get both doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, says the CDC's new head. She also says stretching the interval between shots to six weeks can be OK "in rare circumstances."

COVID-19 Vaccine: Will It Protect Against New Variants And Do You Need A 2nd Dose?

The spread of new strains raises new questions as two COVID-19 vaccines continue their rollout across the U.S. and another vaccine candidate preps for regulatory review. Here's what you need to know.

Dr. Raj Panjabi, the newly named head of the President's Malaria Initiative, treating patients during a visit to Liberia, where he was born and lived until 1990. He'll lead the effort to prevent and treat malaria around the world. Each year, some 400,000 people die of a disease that, he notes, is "preventable and treatable."

New U.S. Malaria Czar: Why We Should Care About The Disease, Even In A Pandemic

Did you even know the U.S. has a malaria czar? Who himself had malaria as a kid? We interview Dr. Raj Panjabi, newly appointed by President Joe Biden.

A health care worker prepares COVID-19 vaccine doses at the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center on Dec. 16 in Portland, Ore. Hospitals across the U.S. began getting their first doses of Pfizer's vaccine this week.

Without Resources, Vaccine Rollout Could 'Fall At The Last Hurdle,' Journalist Warns

Atlantic writer Ed Yong says the COVID-19 vaccination program will be the most complicated the U.S. has ever attempted: "It's going to be a slow process, and there are a lot of possible roadblocks."

Preliminary results of a study of the antiviral drug remdesivir show it is effective in shortening the recovery time for patients with COVID-19.

Antiviral Drug Remdesivir Shows Promise For Treating Coronavirus In NIH Study

The preliminary results showed that hospitalized patients who received remdesivir recovered 31% faster. Dr. Anthony Fauci hailed the findings as "quite good news."

In January 1929, Dr. L.E. Bensom of Los Angeles used his vacation to mush to native villages in Alaska. At the close of a particularly hard day on the trail, he found himself with 70 patients on his hands, all suffering from smallpox. There were 100 people in the village with no medical facilities.

PHOTOS: Vaccine History Repeats Itself — Sometimes

From the first vaccine (for smallpox) the questions have been the same. How do we transport it? Who's next to get it? Why so much hesitancy? The answers can be similar — or dramatically different.

Immunologist Carl Ware of the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute gets an injection as a volunteer for of Moderna's experimental vaccine trial in this undated photo.

Moderna Vaccine Around 95% Effective Shows Promise For End Of COVID-19 Pandemic

A San Diego partner of Moderna talk of the company's promising vaccine. The news of its success comes just a week after another company, Pfizer and its partner BioNTech, announced its experimental vaccine was over 90% effective.

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