An ongoing investigation found the temperature problem "is not something on the Maine CDC or state of Maine side," Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption
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Lights surround the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, placed as a memorial to COVID-19 victims on Tuesday. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
An official has a blood pressure test before receiving the Sinovac coronavirus vaccine, developed in China, at a hospital in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on January 15. Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP via Getty hide caption
Chart: Trend in U.S. COVID-19 cases, as of Jan. 15 NPR hide caption
Mary Estime-Irvin, a councilwoman in North Miami, Fla., writes the name of a friend lost to COVID-19 on a symbolic tombstone that is part of a pandemic memorial at Griffing Park in North Miami in October. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
An illustration shows medical student Elizabeth Blackwell at Geneva Medical College (later Hobart College) in upstate New York, as she eyes a note dropped onto her arm by a male student, during a lecture in the college's operating room. Bettmann/Getty Images hide caption
'Doctors Blackwell' Tells The Story Of 2 Pioneering Sisters Who Changed Medicine
President-elect Joe Biden's pick to lead the Treasury Department, Janet Yellen, here in 2019, is urging greater federal spending to cope with the pandemic and to help boost the struggling economy. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
Yellen Urges Congress To 'Act Big' To Prop Up Pandemic-Scarred Economy
Dr. Rachel Levine has previously won state Senate confirmation in Pennsylvania, including a unanimous vote in 2015 to endorse her as Pennsylvania's physician general. Courtesy of Biden transition team hide caption
Dr. Kristamarie Collman, a family physician in Orlando, has been dispelling vaccine myths through social media. She's among a growing cohort of Black doctors trying to reach vaccine-hesitant members of their communities. Kristamarie Collman hide caption
Tents of homeless people line a street in Washington, D.C., in April. Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption
For Many Areas, Count Of Homeless Population Is Canceled, Or Delayed
Researchers are making progress in understanding the human immune response to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and the vaccine to prevent the disease. Christoph Burgstedt/Science Source hide caption
Former Florida data scientist Rebekah Jones turned herself in to authorities Sunday night. She accuses the state of retaliating against her for speaking out about its COVID-19 policies and officials' decisions related to the pandemic. Courtesy Rebekah Jones hide caption
There's plenty of social distance out on the slopes, but resorts are requiring masks in lift lines and lodges and limiting lodge use. Most skiers and boarders are happy to comply but Schweitzer Mountain in Idaho had to suspend season passes for some who refused to wear masks and were verbally abusive to lift line attendants. Schweitzer Mountain Resort hide caption
Ski Down and Mask Up — Resorts Try To Stay Safe In Pandemic Skiing Boom
Sandra's 17-year-old daughter, Lindsey, has autism. Lindsey thrives on routine, and got special help at school until the coronavirus pandemic cut her off from the trained teachers and therapists she'd come to rely on. Audra Melton for NPR hide caption
'I've Tried Everything': Pandemic Worsens Child Mental Health Crisis
A medical worker inoculates a colleague with a COVID-19 vaccine at the Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on Saturday. Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
People lined up to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination site in Disneyland's parking lot in Anaheim, Calif. on Jan. 13. The state says all residents 65 or older are now eligible to receive the vaccine. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
When it comes to New Year's goal setting, mental health experts say 2021 is the year to try a calmer, gentler approach to health. Malte Mueller/fStop/Getty Images hide caption
Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will leave his post next week after heading the federal public health agency during a pandemic that he says has yet to see its darkest days. Patrick Semansky/Pool/AP hide caption