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NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Kelley Lee, a professor of global health governance, about COVID and holiday travel.

The virus is the enemy, NIH Director Francis Collins said. "It's not the other people in the other political party." Omicron, which could soon become the dominant strain, is extremely infectious.

Paul Rudd hosted Saturday Night Live's last episode of the year, with no live audience and a limited cast and crew. It's not the first time the show has had to adapt to the coronavirus pandemic.

Starting with $1 billion, the EPA announced that 23 states and Puerto Rico would be getting money to clean up Superfund sites in a previously unfunded backlog.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Dr. Bob Wachter to discuss what we know about the omicron variant, how it spreads, and how to stay safe.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks to Imran Amed, fashion writer and CEO of The Business of Fashion, about the future of the fashion industry in a virtual world.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with glaciologist Erin Pettit about her research on the Thwaites Glacier, a bellwether ice shelf that could fail in the next five years and accelerate global sea rise.

This week, Democrats pushed through a measure to raise the debt ceiling, to avoid a default on the nation's debt. But how did the debt ceiling become such a hot-button issue on Capitol Hill?

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Odile Schalit, executive director of the abortion support services group The Brigid Alliance, about how her work has changed since the passage of SB 8.

Between 75 and 78 people are confirmed dead after a destructive tornado tore through Kentucky last weekend. Many more had been reported missing but are now accounted for, the governor said.