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Researchers are learning that the coronavirus can infect neurons and may cause lasting damage in some cases.

From blood clots to infected neurons, how COVID threatens the brain

The virus that causes COVID-19 can cause strokes, inflammation, oxygen deprivation and infection in the brain. And each of these may lead to long-term neurological problems.

U.S. airstrikes have killed thousands of civilians, NYT Magazine investigation finds

Scott Simon talks with Azmat Khan of the New York Times about U.S. drone strikes that have killed civilians in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan.

Richard Cordray is the chief operating officer of Federal Student Aid.

4 things to know about possible changes to your student loan debt

The head of the office of Federal Student Aid, Richard Cordray, spoke with lawmakers about loan forgiveness and a resumption of student loan repayments after the pandemic pause.

Maria Laura Rojas, a climate activist from Bogota, at the outskirts of the city.

From a place of privilege, she speaks the truth about climate to power

Maria Laura Rojas admits that climate change has not had an impact on her own life. But with empathy and determination, she'll speak out for the most vulnerable at the COP26 summit.

The NCAA's focus on profits means far more gets spent on men's championships

NCAA spending per Division I and national championship participants was $4,285 for men and $2,588 for women in the 2018-19 season. The gap is even larger for single-gender sports, the report shows.

Dayton Hall, left, and Jackson Mountjoy use calipers to measure a baby oyster at the school's oyster garden in Bay St. Louis, Miss. The school is among more than 50 locations in Mississippi and more than 1,000 nationwide where people raise oysters to help build reefs off their states' coasts.

Volunteers are growing oyster gardens to help restore reefs

There are more than 1,000 oyster gardens in the coastal waters of Maryland, Virginia, Mississippi and Alabama as volunteers try to restore a keystone of coastal ecosystems.

Dr. Matifadza Hlatshwayo Davis, who directs the St. Louis Department of Health, has turned to social media platforms this week and to local clergy and community groups — the sort of trusted messengers people turn to in times of uncertainty — to help get the right sort of early word out about the omicron variant. Conveying what's known and what's still to be learned are both important, she says.

Sending the right message about the omicron variant is tricky

Scientists may not know for a couple weeks yet how risky the new coronavirus variant will be to public health. But getting out front now about what is known helps dispel misinformation, they say.

Kashmir's Jamia Masjid, or the grand mosque is seen through its gate that remains locked on Fridays in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir.

In Kashmir, closed mosque raises questions about India's religious freedom

For Kashmiri Muslims the Jamia Masjid is a sacred venue, but it's been closed most Fridays for the past two years. The government has said those who manage it couldn't stop anti-India protests there.

High gas prices are posted at a gas station in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Nov. 7. Gas prices are surging across the country yet there's effectively little the Biden administration can do.

Gasoline prices are surging. Can Biden actually do something about it?

Presidents don't set the gas price you pay at the pump, but they're often blamed for it. And right now, high energy prices are helping send inflation to an over 30-year high.

A student washes her hands before entering a classroom at a school in Blantyre, Malawi, in March 2021. Top scientists say that many African countries, including Malawi, appear to have already arrived at a substantially less threatening stage of the coronavirus pandemic.

Africa may have reached the pandemic's holy grail

New findings from Malawi suggest the country has entered something akin to the endemic stage of the pandemic — along with many other African nations.

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