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A team of eight people overseeing the critical foodborne illness tracking database PulseNet has been reduced to three. And a CDC division chief says that a multistate outbreak would push the remaining staff beyond their capacity.

The city is taking sweeping steps to control the coronavirus by banning indoor activities, including holiday season gatherings among people of different households.

More than 1 million Floridians have tested positive for coronavirus. The milestone comes as increasing numbers of people are getting tested.

Demonstrators in France rallied against the government's proposed change to unemployment benefits, while police and protesters clashed in Germany and Turkey.

The pope offered blessings for people affected by flooding in Western Europe, rioting in South Africa and protests in Cuba.

Britain remains on its highest state of alert, a day after the arrest of 24 people suspected of plotting to blow up a number of airplanes heading to the United States. As part of the investigation into the alleged plot, the Bank of England froze the assets of 19 of the suspects.

Chestnut trees are valued for their beauty, and many people want them. But few seedlings are available because of a devastating fungus. Steve Inskeep talks to Marshall Case, president of the American Chestnut Foundation, who's trying to save the trees.

Everybody has an ideal type of beauty. Some people like them thin or athletic or round. And some people like them big -- real big. I learn to incorporate weights into my workout with help from champion female bodybuilder Dianne Solomons.

A pedometer is a small gadget that clips onto your hip and counts steps. These days, millions of people are using them, as public health campaigns and for-profit diet plans urge a daily target of 10,000 steps. NPR's Allison Aubrey reports on how this goal was set -- and whether it's worth following.

Officials at the New York state health department are now focused on vitamin E as one possible culprit in the cluster of respiratory illnesses among people who vaped cannabis.