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NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to researcher at University of Washington, Rachel Moran, about Dr. Joseph Mercola who experts say has been spreading misinformation about COVID-19 and the vaccine.

Sunday marks the end of the Tokyo Olympics. Like the beginning, organizers planned a celebratory but subdued closing ceremony of a Games that battled through the pandemic and limited local enthusiasm.

Northern California's Dixie Fire, which has destroyed hundreds of buildings and entire communities, is now considered the second largest in state history.

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Dr. Matt McCarthy, author of Superbugs: The Race to Stop an Epidemic, about the threat of new COVID-19 variants and the recent rise in cases throughout the country.

The U.N. has released the most comprehensive global climate science report ever. It is unequivocal: Humans must stop burning fossil fuels or suffer catastrophic impacts.

In All's Well, a theater professor in chronic pain, ignored by doctors, believes putting on one of Shakespeare's least popular plays will renew her — and then three mystery men offer her a cure.

A widely criticized Republican-led review of the 2020 general election in Arizona's largest county appears to be nearing the end. Here's a look at what happens next.

Now that the Tokyo Olympics have concluded with many memorable athletic achievements, some are taking stock of their legacy — specifically the impact of COVID-19 on the Games, and Tokyo in general.

A landmark new report finds that climate change is accelerating. Taliban fighters took control of three Afghan cities on Sunday. The maker of Oxycontin, Purdue Pharma, returns to court Monday.

NPR's Debbie Elliott talks to Kim Anderson, executive director of the National Education Association, about how educators can keep schools open and students safe as new COVID-19 cases tick upward.