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The nation faces a grim milestone of having a record number of overdose deaths in 2020. One expert says social isolation increased the risk of dying from an overdose.

The first effort came in 2020. The next might come just before the end of his term.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Flint, Mich., resident Jeneyah McDonald about her reaction to former Gov. Rick Snyder's criminal charges in connection with the Flint water crisis.

President-elect Joe Biden is set on Thursday to outline his plan for a coronavirus relief package that he wants Congress to act upon quickly after he takes office.

The plan, long endorsed by conservatives, would give the state broad flexibility in running its health insurance program for the poor, while capping annual federal funding for the program.

The people who got the first coronavirus vaccine shots in the US are now getting their second doses, required for maximum protection.

Robert Jones Jr.'s debut novel is a love story between two enslaved men on a Mississippi plantation. He says that it was very important for him to depict love and art in the midst of sorrow.

Alice Navarro of Austin, Texas, and Barry Neely of Los Angeles discuss how their symptoms have evolved months after contracting COVID-19.

There are calls from members of both parties for President Trump to resign or be forced out of office for his support of those who attacked the U.S. Capitol. But what chance do those efforts stand?

15-year-old singer and banjo player Nora Brown is a rising star taking on traditional Appalachian music - she'll appear next Thursday as part of New York's music festival, globalFEST.