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NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Dr. Nathaniel Smith, Arkansas' outgoing health secretary, about coronavirus cases in his state and his new job at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

U.S., British and Canadian intelligence agencies are reporting that Russian hackers are trying to steal information from health care organizations working on a potential coronavirus vaccine.

The attorney general fires a broadside at big U.S. companies as well as the Chinese government as Sino-American relations continue their tailspin.

With around four out of 10 homes nationwide left uncounted, Census Bureau workers are set to start making early in-person visits on July 30 to unresponsive households in more areas of the U.S.

The city aims to provide relief for working parents who either can't afford to stay home or can't find child care for the days that students aren't in school.

Instead, a full set of documents will be published before the end of the month, a CDC spokesperson says.

"Mayor Bottoms does not have the legal authority to modify, change or ignore Governor Kemp's executive orders," Kemp argues in the lawsuit intended to stop masks from being required in Atlanta.

Stores, supermarkets and gas stations are grappling with low supplies of pocket change. The national shortage is due in part to people going out less to spend money during the pandemic.

Congress will vote next week on the annual defense bill. After failing to pass police reform, some lawmakers see a chance to revive the debate about discrimination, but a presidential veto looms.

An NPR investigation found doctors and dentists are still prescribing large amounts of opioids, putting millions at risk of addiction, overdose and death.