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The patient, who has developed paralysis but is no longer contagious according to the AP, may have contracted the virus overseas. The CDC says no cases of polio have originated in the U.S. since 1979.

From 2017 to 2021, Sir Mark Lowcock was the U.N.'s "relief chief," the world's most senior humanitarian official. He talks to NPR about what inspired him and why crises are getting worse.

Paxlovid has been highly effective at reducing the risks of hospitalization and death, but some patients report a "Paxlovid rebound," in which the disease returns.

Business is clawing back in Ukraine, but it won't be anything like normal for a long time.

Displaced when Russia bombed their historic building, a Mariupol theater troupe has reconstituted what's left of the group and is putting on a play by a famous Ukrainian playwright.

A musical sensation and a meme, the viral track "Mi Bebito Fiu Fiu" has a surprising origin story based on a Peruvian political scandal.

The 79-year-old president "will isolate at the White House and will continue to carry out all of his duties fully during that time," a White House statement said.

California is acting later than many states in regulating neonicotinoids, but its rules would be among the nation’s most extensive. They would change how growers kill pests on nuts, citrus and other fruit crops.

Oregon saw 8,700 new jobs added in June, following gains averaging 6,200 jobs in the prior seven months. The state had over 106,000 available jobs in the month.

A light rail station in a San Francisco suburb had a nasty problem: pigeon poop. The solution: A trained hawk scares the pigeons away. Commuters now treat the hawk and his handler like celebrities.