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Laura Sifuentes lives in Rosedale, Miss. The government's Child Tax Credit, a monthly payment for many American parents with kids, helped her financially when she had to give up her job to care of her kids, nieces and nephews during the pandemic.

Why many Americans continue to struggle despite trillions of dollars in pandemic aid

The government provided Americans with a vital financial lifeline during the pandemic, including through the Child Tax Credit. The help improved lives – but for many it still wasn't enough.

Want to get omicron and just get it over with? Here's why that's a bad idea

Most of us will eventually get COVID but that's not an invitation to party with omicron. Here's why you might want to hang onto your mask and keep cautious a little longer.

Novak Djokovic sits in the back of car arriving at an immigration detention hotel in Melbourne, Australia Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022.

Djokovic is back in immigration detention as he awaits appeal of his canceled visa

Immigration Minister Alex Hawke said he canceled Djokovic's visa on "health and good order grounds, on the basis that it was in the public interest to do so."

An experimental COVID-19 antiviral pill called molnupiravir from Merck & Co. and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics is being considered by the Food and Drug Administration for emergency use in the pandemic.

New COVID-19 antiviral treatments are here, but supplies are limited

Some San Diego pharmacies have prescription antiviral pills and IV treatments are also being offered by certain health providers.

Teacher burnout and thinning substitute teacher rolls combined with the continuing fallout of the winter surge is pushing public school leaders to the brink of desperation. Lawmakers are responding by temporarily rewriting hiring rules.

Lawmakers are rewriting rules as schools grapple with teacher shortages

Burnout and thinning substitute teacher rolls plus the fallout of the omicron surge is pushing school leaders to the brink of desperation. Lawmakers are responding by rewriting hiring rules.

Top scientists say Africa may have reached a less threatening phase of COVID

In the United States there's lots of discussion about when the coronavirus will finally become endemic the way colds are. But African scientists say that may have already happened on their continent.

Europe braces for the omicron wave

The World Health Organization said more than half of Europe will be infected with COVID in the coming weeks. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Dr. Hans Kluge of the WHO on what that means for the region.

COVID 19 testing site in City Heights on Jan. 3, 2022.

San Diego County reports 14,437 new COVID-19 cases, 11 deaths

San Diego County reported 14,734 new COVID-19 infections and 11 deaths in its latest data.

This colorized transmission electron micrograph image shows SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease COVID-19. This specimen was isolated from a patient in the United States. Particles of the virus (yellow) are emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab (pink).

Fact check: The theory that SARS-CoV-2 is becoming milder

A look at the data that omicron is less severe. What does that mean for the future of SARS-CoV-2 — and the pandemic?

Roqia Qasqari, 47, who lives in Gero village in Afghanistan's Bamyan Province, has a stockpile of potatoes from an earlier harvest<strong>. </strong>In 2021, her province and others experienced severe drought, jeopardizing the food supply. Hunger will continue to be an issue in Afghanistan and around the globe in 2022, especially for communities dealing with overlapping crises.

10 global crises to pay attention to in 2022, according to 'The New Humanitarian'

The New Humanitarian has compiled its list of the conflicts, disasters and threats to watch this year. Editor Josephine Schmidt discusses how they came up with the list.

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