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As adults of all ages get access to the COVID-19 vaccines, health researchers worry that the trend could worsen.

For decades, the U.S. has spent many millions hunting down viruses in hope of stopping a pandemic. Yet the efforts failed. A group of researchers thinks there's a better strategy for the future.

Hundreds of volunteers are vital to pulling off a public health effort almost unprecedented in scale: vaccinating the state’s 6 million residents against a virus that has killed more than 9,000 Missourians and brought life to a momentary halt.

The jury has found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of the murder of George Floyd. As the country reacts, NPR revisits key moments from the last three weeks.

While emphasizing that the risk is low, the health agency said there should be a warning about the rare condition included in the product information for the vaccine.

"We know that true justice is about much more than a single verdict in a single trial," the nation's first Black president and the former first lady said in a statement.

Philonise Floyd began weeping as Judge Peter Cahill read the three guilty verdicts aloud in court on Tuesday. "As an African American, we usually never get justice," he told reporters through tears.

Some companies, under pressure from shareholders, are tying executive compensation to climate targets. It's not widespread yet, but the approach is catching on.

At George Floyd Square in Minneapolis, a crowd gathered when they heard that the jury had reached a verdict.

Six British teams announced on Tuesday they were stepping back from plans to create the Super League, essentially killing the project altogether.