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Health experts worldwide are warning that the battle against the Omicron variant is far from over. Three NPR correspondents provide the latest on the pandemic from Europe and South Asia.

Daily totals of new coronavirus infections are higher than this past summer's wave, with infection numbers increasing quickly in the Northeast.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Jean Ross, co-president of National Nurses United, about why she says now is not the time for the CDC to relax its isolation guidance.

The Commonwealth now has new political maps, and incumbents could face off in the next elections;Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin wants to pull Virginia out…

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Naheed Farid, a member of Afghanistan's deposed parliament. She lives in the U.S. now, but continues to advocate and fight for her country.

For 3,000 years, a mummy of the pharaoh Amenhotep I hid its secrets. Researchers in Egypt have used a CT scan to find out new details about just what the mummy was hiding.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with BBC correspondent Andrew Harding about his true crime literary thriller. It's about a double murder almost six years ago in a rural area of South Africa.

The U.S. on Wednesday counted more than 480,000 COVID-19 cases in a single day. Cases increased nearly 70% over the past week, but hospitalizations have gone up only about 12%.

The latest COVID-19 surge is putting kids in the hospital in record numbers. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Dr. Claudia Hoyen, an expert in pediatric infection in Cleveland, Ohio.

Temica Hunt and her mother Necothia Bowens-Robbinsontalk about their love for roller skating.