Heidi Larson, the director of the Vaccine Confidence Project, has travelled the world studying vaccine misinformation. Simply put, she says, a bad vaccine is "not in anyone's interest."

On Sunday, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the nation's largest school district will begin a phased reopening on Dec. 7.

Romain Grosjean survived a crash in which his car hit a barrier, split in half, and erupted in flames.

The three-week order prohibits all public and private gatherings with individuals outside of a person's household, with limited exceptions for religious services and protests.

Freemasons once counted Founding Fathers, ex-presidents and titans of industry among their members. But for many, the allure is gone from the once shadowy fraternity, and membership has fallen off.

Moncef Slaoui, the chief scientific adviser for Operation Warp Speed, says that some Americans could start receiving a COVID-19 vaccine by the second week of December.

On Friday alone, there were 195,000 new confirmed cases of the virus and 1,878 deaths. The U.S. has been adding 1 million cases every six days.

PBS Newshour correspondent John Yang reflects on his experience participating in Moderna's coronavirus vaccine trial. "It started off with self-interest — I wanted to get the vaccine sooner," he says.

Midshipman 1st Class Sydney Barber reflects on the historic nature of her selection as leader of the academy's 4,400 students, her plans for the future and what the appointment means to her family.

The native of Lake Forest, Ill., reflects on the historic nature of her position and her plans for the future: "I feel like the world is my oyster."

U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams says people are tired and aren't taking mitigation measures as seriously as before.

Faced with overloaded hospitals, doctors in South Dakota and North Dakota struggle to deal with uncontained community spread of COVID-19 and with medical staffing issues in their states.

Physician Taison Bell reflects on the messaging around COVID-19 disparities and whether that's impacted how some people are responding to measures to control the virus.

Democratic politicians are celebrating "a new dawn." Some Republicans are ready to work with the new administration, while others vow to continue the fight.

The National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago does an annual exhibit for the Day of the Dead. This year, it's centered on those who have died — and will die — in the pandemic.

NPR's All Things Considered has spent weeks asking experts how the nation can move forward after a bitter election. They say healing is possible, but people have to be willing to try.

Illinois is experiencing an upsurge in cases, leading the governor to close indoor dining and bar service in some places in the state. But local leaders are not backing the new guidelines.

The Emmy-award winning actor reflects on portraying the co-founder of the Black Panther Party in a new film written and directed by Aaron Sorkin about the landmark 1969 trial.

Former national security adviser John Bolton says President Trump's decision-making "does not produce a coherent, effective, sustained policy."

Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, tells NPR that the military "will obey the lawful orders of civilian control of the military."