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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, about the U.S. offering COVID-19 booster shots. The World Health Organization criticized the decision.

A new study says wildfire smoke has contributed to COVID-19 deaths in California, Oregon and Washington. Toxic particles in smoke increase the risk of lung infections — including COVID-19.

The teenagers made headlines when they came to Washington in 2017 for an international competition. Today they face a uncertain future with the Taliban again in charge of their homeland.

NPR's Noel King talks to John Sopko, special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, about the decision to withdraw U.S. Troops, the unfolding chaos and how much taxpayers' money was spent.

Heat has killed hundreds of workers in the U.S., many in construction or agriculture, an investigation by NPR and Columbia Journalism Investigations found. Federal standards might have prevented them.

The collapse of the Afghan government and the Taliban's return to power are getting different responses from around the world. We hear from reporters in Paris, Beijing and Moscow.

It's been a year since a wildfire consumed vast portions of two northern California counties. Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva, the Kitchen Sisters, bring us reflections from the survivors.

The troops will help get Americans, and Afghans who helped them, out of the country. NPR's A Martínez talks to Pentagon spokesman John Kirby about what's going on following the Taliban's takeover.

The Taliban are encouraging women to join their new government. NPR's A Martínez talks to Mahbooba Seraj, founder of the Afghan Women's Network, about the future of her country under Taliban rule.

Relief supplies are reaching the quake zone, but slowly. Health care workers are exhausted, some at their jobs 24 hours a day as Haiti struggles to care for those affected by the 7.2 magnitude quake.