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Not everyone feels safe shedding COVID precautions. But it can be awkward being the only masked person in a room. Here's how to cope with the uncertainty of risk right now — and the peer pressure.

From the Chechen Wars through its air campaign in Syria, Russian military operations have often taken a high toll on civilians. What does that portend in Ukraine?

Two years after the World Health Organization declared the COVID outbreak a pandemic, the vaccination rate in poor countries remains well below global targets. But do those targets still make sense?

The latest lockdowns extend China's draconian approach to the pandemic it has enforced for most of the past two years

The strikes on Friday came as new satellite photos appeared to show a massive convoy outside the Ukrainian capital had fanned out into towns and forests near Kyiv.

The Metropolitan Transit System says ridership numbers have been on the upswing for months.

Annual inflation climbed to a new four-decade high in February, with consumer prices up 7.9% from a year ago. The increase does not reflect most of the recent jump in gasoline prices.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis says that prioritizing vaccine and testing availability over masking helped the state achieve a high rate of immunization and relatively low death rate.

Almost 1 in 10 nurses who were issued new licenses last year waited six months or more, an NPR analysis found. Nurses say patient care suffers as these delays make staffing shortages even worse.

After two years of pandemic life, people have learned to cope in ways that have become stubborn, unhealthy habits. But there are positive steps we can take to reset a healthy lifestyle.