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Education Secretary Miguel Cardona speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in his office at the Department of Education, Sept. 20, 2023, in Washington, D.C.

Education Department opens school probes over alleged antisemitism, Islamophobia

In its announcement, the Education Department said five complaints involve alleged antisemitic harassment and two involve anti-Muslim harassment on campuses across the country.

Seizures, broken spines and vomiting: Scientific testing that helped facilitate D-Day

Biomedical engineer Rachel Lance says British scientists submitted themselves to experiments that would be considered wildly unethical today in an effort to shore up the war effort.

House GOP passes spending bill, sending plan to avert government shutdown to Senate

The bill puts significant pressure on Democrats in the Senate, whose votes will be needed in order to avoid a shutdown. The federal government runs out of money at the end of the day on Friday.

COVID-19 Morning Report

State health officials reported 11,256 new COVID-19 cases, Monday, for a total of 1,376,692 infections. The Florida Department of Health also reported 103 new coronavirus-related deaths, yesterday, for a total of 22,415 fatalities since the beginning of the pandemic.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is scrapping its plans for in-person learning one week into the semester, a pivot from which its faculty chair says she hopes other schools will learn.

UNC Experience Should Be A Lesson To Other Universities, Says Faculty Chair

UNC-Chapel Hill had to cancel in-person classes after a surge in coronavirus cases. Mimi Chapman tells NPR that "should give every other large public university in the country pause."

Blood plasma — the yellowish, cell-free portion that remains after red and white blood cells and have been filtered out by a machine and returned to the plasma donor — is rich with antibodies. Plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients might prove useful in preventing infection as well as in treatment, scientists say.

Harvested Antibodies Now Being Tested As A Prevention Tool Against COVID-19

Scientists are now checking to see if purified blood serum from people who have recovered from COVID-19 might be more than a useful treatment. Perhaps it's a way to prevent disease in someone else.

With School Buildings Closed, Children's Mental Health Is Suffering

A top pediatrician calls for reopening schools as soon as possible because of the negative impact the shutdown is having on students' learning and mental health.

Justinian Huang with his dog Swagger in California.

Homeward Bound: Pets' Incredible COVID-19 Journeys To Reunite With Owners

Travelers were stuck without a way to get back to their pets amid coronavirus travel restrictions. Now expats in China are chartering a flight to bring dogs and cats over to their owners.

Florida Jobless Claims Plummet As Travel Concerns Remain

TALLAHASSEE --- Florida has posted its lowest weekly total of first-time unemployment claims since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, despite mounting issues confronting the travel industry. The U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday estimated 17,621 first-time jobless claims were filed in Florida during the week that ended Feb. 6, down from 69,140 the prior week.

Views From A New York City Midwife During The Epidemic

NPR's Michel Martin, Hansi Lo Wang and Rebecca Hersher speak with New York City midwife Eugenia Montesinos about the effect the coronavirus is having on her work.

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