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Despite a massive hiring push last year, health agencies around the U.S. failed to contain the pandemic through contact tracing. Health leaders reflect on lessons learned and what's next.

North Atlantic right whales now grow about three feet shorter than they did 40 years ago. Research suggests a leading cause is the damage human activity inflicts on the critically endangered mammals.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Colonial Pipeline CEO Joe Blount on the ransomware attack on the pipeline's network and the decision to pay the hackers the $4.4 million ransom.

Lane County Public Health hopes to motivate people to get the COVID-19 vaccine this weekend—by offering the chance to win tickets to Duck games or the…

It's a record allotment for the State School Fund doled out to districts around the state, and is expected to be approved by Gov. Kate Brown in coming days. But the package, though large, was not enough to stave off a last minute push for more.

The University of Oregon announced Wednesday every graduate and law student who requested to renew their Graduate Village contract by June 1 will be…

The White House says a new offer on an infrastructure package from Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito doesn't meet President Biden's "objectives." Talks will continue Monday.

NPR's Noel King talks with Washington Post reporter Jacob Bogage about the investigation into Louis DeJoy in connection with campaign fundraising activity involving his former business.

The widow of the late basketball legend Kobe Bryant says she decided not to sell the shoe she designed to honor her late daughter, Gianna, yet has seen photos of people in possession of the sneaker.

The FDA has until Monday to decide whether to approve the first new Alzheimer's drug in nearly two decades. Two big studies of the drug produced conflicting results.