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With echoes of the early days of the pandemic, ICU beds are filling to capacity rapidly in several states. In this photo from December 2020, East Alabama Medical Center nurse Harvard Graham checks fluids for a COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit in Opelika, Ala.

Alabama Hospitals Have Run Out Of ICU Beds As COVID-19 Cases Surge

There are 29 more patients than there are open ICU beds as of Wednesday. The recent run, reminiscent of early in the pandemic, is occurring largely in states with the lowest vaccination rates.

Afghan women gather to protest claims of human rights violations of women by the Taliban regime.

The Taliban Swore To Kill An Afghan Doctor For Giving Birth Control To A Child Bride

She's had to flee Afghanistan for her life. And she's one of many whose experience offers a window into what the Taliban takeover may hold for the country's women.

On Day 3 Under The Taliban, Hundreds of Afghan Journalists Are Still Trying To Flee

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Steven Butler of the Committee to Protect Journalists about his organization's efforts to help evacuate Afghan journalists.

A New Genre Of Filmmaking Has Proved Invaluable In Exposing Years Of Abuse

As with Finding Neverland and recent docs about Woody Allen and Britney Spears, Surviving R. Kelly played a critical role in exposing years of abuse — and producing a new must-watch genre.

After listening to hours of bat pups in the wild, scientists have identified eight characteristics of babbling that are shared by human babies and the greater sac-winged bat.

Bats Love To Babble — Just Like Humans

New research finds that sac-winged bat pups — a species of bat found in Central and South America — like to "babble" in ways that are remarkably similar to human babies.

Mask-wearing travelers head through Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Va., in May. More than 70% of reports to the FAA of unruly passengers this year were related to people failing to comply with mask mandates and causing a disruption as a result.

Fines For Disruptive Plane Passengers, Often Over Masks, Have Reached $1 Million

Nearly 4,000 incidents of disruptive behavior have been logged on planes this year, according to the FAA.

Few Aid Groups In Afghanistan Believe The Taliban's Assurances, So They're Staying

UN agencies and other aid groups say they're staying in Afghanistan. There are concerns about the safety of Afghans working for international organizations, since few believe the Taliban's assurances.

Nurses feed newborn babies rescued and brought to Ataturk National Children's Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 15, 2020, after their mothers were killed in an attack on a maternity ward operated by Doctors Without Borders. The health-care nonprofit runs clinics and hospitals in various parts of the country.

Afghanistan's Health Care Is In 'Limbo' Following Taliban Takeover, Says MSF Rep

Filipe Ribeiro of Doctors Without Borders Afghanistan talks to NPR about the future of the country's health care system under Taliban rule.

Hundreds of people are living in a makeshift tent city inside the main soccer stadium in Les Cayes, Haiti, following the 7.2 magnitude earthquake.

Haitians Who Have Lost Their Homes Are Living On A Muddy Soccer Field

The soccer stadium in the Haitian seaside town of Les Cayes is now a tent city of people whose homes were damaged or destroyed by the earthquake. Aid continues to arrive, but slowly.

Arizona Will Withhold Funds From Schools With Mask Mandates

A new $163 million school grant program, created with federal COVID-19 relief funds, is open to schools that are adhering to "all state laws," referring to a recent order

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