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‘That’s not a plan — it’s a hope’: Biden has yet to sign contracts for promised 500M at-home COVID tests  New York Post Biden Promised 500 Million Tests, but Americans Will Have to Wait  The New York Times Sen. Ed Markey urges

A third shot of its vaccine ‘neutralized the Omicron variant’ to levels seen following the second dose, says the pharmaceutical giant in new research

A man receives a dose of the Sinovac CoronaVac Covid-19 vaccine at his home in a rural Philippines village in early December. | Ezra Acayan/Getty Images A new variant is changing vaccination strategies, as many people still wait for their

A man receives a dose of the Sinovac CoronaVac Covid-19 vaccine at his home in a rural Philippines village in early December. | Ezra Acayan/Getty Images A new variant is changing vaccination strategies, as many people still wait for their

Reporter Amy Spiro and senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur discuss the cult of Israeli celebrities on local reality shows, where newsmakers compete for votes onscreen

New federal numbers show the nation’s schools are hiring and training staff and expanding previous curricula to address student mental health. (Image credit: Cornell Watson for NPR)

Two weeks ago I visited our old family church, in the far north of England. I was placing flowers by my parents’ gravestone, in front of memorials to my grandparents, great-grandparents and sundry uncles and aunts. But my eye was

Last winter, A.S.—a 26-year-old from Minnesota who asked to go by her initials to protect her privacy while job searching—was terrified of seasonal affective disorder (SAD). No stranger to seasonal depression during Minnesota’s cold, dark, snowy winters, A.S. worried that

Entrepreneurs do not typically brag about their criminal records when promoting a new business venture. But Peter Levashov, one of Russia’s most notorious hackers, believes his rap sheet may help attract investors. “The U.S. government gave me lemons,” he tells

American technology companies, gas exporters and military are expanding their activities in Greece, whose long-suffering economy is bouncing back from pandemic depths.