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Members of a team at the Afrigen Biologics and Vaccines lab in Cape Town, South Africa. The World Health Organization has enlisted the company to replicate Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine. Tommy Trenchard for NPR hide caption
Members of a team at the Afrigen Biologics and Vaccines lab in Cape Town, South Africa. The World Health Organization has enlisted the company to replicate Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine. Tommy Trenchard for NPR hide caption
Moderna won't share its vaccine recipe. WHO has hired an African startup to crack it
Remembering Tom Morey, the eccentric surf icon and inventor of the Boogie Board
Jackson, the capital of Mississippi, is a city with 2 identities — that often clash
Some Chicago cops won't share vaccine status, even if it means they lose police power
Most of Texas' new districts are majority white, diluting power of voters of color
Black and Latino families are bearing the weight of the pandemic's economic toll
Emilia Jones and Troy Kotsur in CODA Apple TV+ hide caption
How Troy Kotsur of 'CODA' broke barriers as a deaf actor, on stage and on screen
Rep. Jayapal on negotiations between Biden and House Democrats over Build Back Better
EMTs and paramedics in Maine are quitting rather than get the COVID vaccinate
Dollar stores have boomed during the pandemic, which concerns some communities
Medical Treatments
Expert helps untangle vaccine misinformation that has followed Colin Powell's death
Expert helps untangle vaccine misinformation that has followed Colin Powell's death
Rep. Ted Budd speaks on June 5 at a GOP event after former President Donald Trump had just endorsed him for North Carolina's open U.S. Senate seat. The endorsement has shaped the early contours of the primary. Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images hide caption