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After an NPR investigation led to an overhaul of the troubled TEACH Grant program, the U.S. Department of Education says teachers have had nearly $44 million in loans turned back into grants.

America's rural hospitals were struggling even before the pandemic. Now, the loss of revenue from months of deferred treatments and surgeries have pulled more to the brink, as federal relief fades.

The pandemic has hit Native American communities hard. Among those affected are speakers of the endangered Cherokee language. Edna Raper was a fluent Cherokee speaker. She died of COVID-19 at age 67.

Joe Biden formally accepted the Democratic Party's nomination for president on Thursday, Day 4 of the convention. NPR reporters provided live analysis of his remarks.

Iowa’s top health official said she knew about the inaccuracies in the state’s public coronavirus data weeks before it was reported.

Dr. Deborah Birx says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is creating a new way to track COVID-19 hospitalizations a month after such data collection was moved outside the agency.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks with British novelist Daisy Johnson about her new novel, Sisters. It's the story of two sisters who were born less than a year apart and have an especially strong connection.

The president said he didn't know much about the online conspiracy theory community, other than he believes its followers "like me very much."

After Oct. 7, the Census Bureau will stop accepting paper 2020 census forms postmarked by Sept. 30, NPR has learned. Some worry mail delays could harm the accuracy of census data about rural areas.

While many schools are continuing distance learning, educators want to do things differently this time for students who need special education services. Parents say the schools have to do better.