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The airline says 99% of its U.S. workforce has either gotten the shots or applied for religious or medical exemptions, while fewer than 600 employees will be fired for refusing to comply.

A team of researchers from the San Antonio-based Southwest Research Institute combined computer models of asteroid evolution with observations of known asteroids to determine where the dinosaur-killing asteroid might have come from.

The government of Italy has imposed a lockdown on its northern region, including the cities of Milan and Venice. More than 5,800 people have tested positive for COVID-19, and 233 have died.

Parents react to the recent Food and Drug Administrations emergency use authorization for the Pfizer vaccine, which allows children ages 5-11 to receive the vaccine.

Gov. Greg Abbott's rule imposing safety inspections at the border did "nothing to stop the flow of illegal immigration or illegal drugs," Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller told NPR.

At least 20,000 people were killed by a 7.6-magnitude earthquake along the Pakistan-Indian border on Saturday. Pakistani Kashmir was hardest hit. Robert Siegel talks with NPR's Philip Reeves about the latest developments.

Excessive sweating can be more than just an annoyance. For some people it can be debilitating. In 2002, the Food and Drug Administration approved the use of Botox for adults. Now a study is under way to see whether the drug is safe and effective for teens with excessive sweating.

Federal forecasters expect more hurricanes than usual this year. Climate change is driving larger, more destructive storms. This is the seventh year in a row with an above-average forecast.

The Senate Armed Services Committee hears testimony from senior military officers regarding alleged detainee abuse at the U.S. facility in Guantanamo Bay. A key witness is Air Force Lt. General Randall Schmidt, who authored the long-awaited report on abuse that was launched after the release of FBI documents, alleging interrogators abused and tortured the prisoners.

A study of more than 120,000 brain scans shows rapid growth before age 2 and accelerating decline after age 50. The results may one day help pick up abnormalities in the developing brain.