All Things Considered
People line up last week to receive COVID-19 vaccines in Kampala, Uganda, after weeks of no supply. In Uganda, only 2.2% of the population had received one dose of a vaccine as of Aug. 15. Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images hide caption
Chaos Continues In The Kabul Airport As A Humanitarian Crisis Brews In Afghanistan
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. Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Goats and Soda
Afghanistan's Health Care Is In 'Limbo' Following Taliban Takeover, Says MSF Rep
Afghanistan's Health Care Is In 'Limbo' Following Taliban Takeover, Says MSF Rep
People line up last week to receive COVID-19 vaccines in Kampala, Uganda, after weeks of no supply. In Uganda, only 2.2% of the population had received one dose of a vaccine as of Aug. 15. Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images hide caption
Why A Push For Boosters Could Make The Pandemic Even Worse
On Day 3 Under The Taliban, Hundreds of Afghan Journalists Are Still Trying To Flee
The U.S. Is Trying To Improve Relations With Southeast Asia — Using Western Vaccines
In 1991, Soviet Citizens Saw Swans On The TV... And Knew It Meant Turmoil
A Traveling ICU Nurse Describes Taking On The Latest COVID Surge
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. B.G. Thomson/Science Source hide caption
How The U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan Has Affected Its Relationship With The U.K.
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. Octavio Jones for NPR hide caption
Haitians Who Have Lost Their Homes Are Living On A Muddy Soccer Field
National Security
New Orleans Police Superintendent On Policing Reforms That Have Been Working, And Why
New Orleans Police Superintendent On Policing Reforms That Have Been Working, And Why
Few Aid Groups In Afghanistan Believe The Taliban's Assurances, So They're Staying
Medical Treatments
Is The Need For COVID Boosters Actually Urgent? U.S. Surgeon General Weighs In
Is The Need For COVID Boosters Actually Urgent? U.S. Surgeon General Weighs In
U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona speaks at a March briefing at the White House. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption