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State Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett says there’s no set date to get rid of New York’s COVID-19 mask mandate for schoolchildren. Bassett addressed the hot-button issue as she testified at a joint legislative budget hearing Tuesday.

We talk with Univision anchor Ilia Calderón about her career in journalism and her new book, "My Time To Speak."

Mask-wearing hit an all-time high, but other COVID-19 precautions are less common now than last spring, a survey finds. Experts worry we're ill-prepared for the spread of more infectious new variants.

A New York State health department board on Thursday formalized what Governor Kathy Hochul announced on Wednesday, school children will continue to be required to wear masks to help protect them against COVID-19 until at least early March. About two dozen people testified about the extension, including school superintendents.

In a number of cities, what riders say may be recorded. Transit agencies are adding audio recording for security reasons, but civil liberties advocates say it's an invasion of privacy.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Republican Gov. Spencer Cox of Utah, who is pushing back on anti-vaccine rhetoric but says mandating COVID-19 vaccination and mask-wearing is against state law.

You can sometimes tell a lot about a person just by talking to them on the phone. And based on my first telephone conversation with Dr. Kristina Johnson,…

This spring, Les and Scott GrantSmith will mark their 25th wedding anniversary. The couple raised two daughters along the way. But 15 years ago, they hit a crisis that nearly broke the family apart. They solved it by embracing a unique approach — and each other.

Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood talks about his classical music featured on NPR Music's Tiny Desk, his love for the recorder and his composer heroes such as Steve Reich and Krzysztof Penderecki.