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Supply shortages of oxygen for hospitals have plagued many countries, but the U.S. has averted the most dire — partly because the industry figured out new ways to share resources and anticipate needs.

COVID-19 has now killed more Americans than WWII. That fact helps some people put the viral death toll in perspective, while others find it offensive. Historically, is it even a valid comparison?

The spread of new strains raises new questions as two COVID-19 vaccines continue their rollout across the U.S. and another vaccine candidate preps for regulatory review. Here’s what you need to know.

City officials gave coronavirus vaccines to Philly Fighting Covid, whose brash CEO had no health care experience. After a WHYY investigation, the city cut ties with the group over alleged misconduct.

Dr. Paul Stoffels, the chief scientific officer at Johnson & Johnson, tells NPR the company’s vaccine is very effective where it matters most: preventing hospitalizations and deaths.

Large corporations such as Starbucks, Honeywell, Microsoft, Costco and Google want to help states with planning and logistics. But the potential of these partnerships is hindered by supply problems.

NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with Samantha Artiga, director of the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Racial Equity and Health Policy Program, about racial and ethnic disparities in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

President Biden has signed an executive order to combat discrimination against LGBTQ people in health care, housing and education. The action is the most far-reaching of any federal protections yet.

President Biden is signing two executive actions designed to expand access to reproductive health care and health insurance through the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid.

NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease specialist at Johns Hopkins University, about why COVID-19 vaccines are spoiling and being thrown away at health care facilities.