People are calling Pfizer’s announcement of a potential COVID-19 vaccine a light at the end of the tunnel. But right now, it’s just an announcement that some say is “science by press release” and there are a lot of logistical hurdles to be passed before we get this particular shot in the arm. Alex Boyd is a Star Reporter who’s been following the Road to a Vaccine. She returns to This Matters to discuss the latest vaccine development news.
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The NCLAT Principal Bench, Delhi, by its judgement dated 3 March, 2020, approved the resolution plan of NBCC with modifications.
EXCLUSIVE: Rick Parry set to take deal worth half the original amount the EFL chairman was demanding for lower league clubs to sabe them from going bankrupt in the wake of Covid-19
AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria has said that it contributes to up to 40 per cent deaths in patients with chronic illnesses and neonatal fatalities.
Russia is reactive. Having failed to prevent a war in its sphere of influence, it was nevertheless able to take the lead and pull out a win of sorts.
With the recertification of the Boeing 737 Max expected soon, NPR takes a look at whether the changes required by the Federal Aviation Administration have been made.
Congress has passed a bill recommending that President Trump posthumously awards the Medal of Honor to Army Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn Cashe, who died from burns in Iraq in 2005.
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Carlos Giménez, the Republican mayor of Miami-Dade County, Fla., about the surge in Latino support for Republicans in the state and about him winning a House seat.
A group of homeless veterans has been living in tents outside the gates of the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs campus. Now, the VA is allowing them to camp on the grounds of the facility.
As coronavirus cases surge across the U.S., college students are nearing Thanksgiving break. But going home is complicated this year. We discuss how colleges ensure students' safe travel.
President Trump and his GOP allies are making a series of false claims about how last week's election went. NPR reporters discuss why those claims are false and the larger strategy behind making them.
Pfizer's CEO sold $5.6 million worth of stock on Monday. The company says the stock sale was made as part of a preset plan. But NPR found irregularities about when the CEO entered into that plan.
In rural America, hospitals are at or nearing capacity as coronavirus infections are rising at an alarming rate in the Midwest and Rocky Mountain states.
President Trump has been saying there will be a coronavirus vaccine "within weeks," and drugmakers are racing to produce one. In China, hundreds of thousands of people have already gotten shots.
New research shows that otters can learn to solve puzzles by watching other otters do them — and they seem to retain long-term memory for accomplishing the feats.
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Shankar Kurra, vice president of medical affairs at Rapid City Hospital in South Dakota, about the staffing shortage at his hospital amid the surge of coronavirus cases.
Florida voters approved boosting the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour. After suffering big losses on Election Day, some Democrats say it shows their party needs to embrace progressive ideas.
News of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine's effectiveness has inspired hope around containing the coronavirus. But polls show that up to two-thirds of Americans say they are unlikely to get a vaccine.
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with retired Lt. Gen. Lawrence Nicholson of the Marine Corps and his two sons, Kevin and Andrew, who served under him in Afghanistan and Iraq.
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with American soccer superstar Megan Rapinoe about her new memoir, One Life.
Nicole Crowder's upholstery business has grown, despite the pandemic, as people in her hometown and beyond discover her.
THE European Union was been warned by the European Court of Auditors that mistakes are "pervasive" in the allocation of its cash projects throughout the bloc, following a review of spending in 2019.
MCFLY star Dougie Poynter has revealed he took lethal doses of Valium after the band’s break-up. The bassist, 32, had suggested they take an indefinite rest in 2016 — but within two years he was struggling to cope without his best pals. Dougie had attempted suicide in 2011 over drink and drugs problems and said […]
