A woman runs with her face mask on Monday in New York City, where the mayor has announced that city personnel will hand out free masks to anyone who is not wearing a face covering. Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption
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Multiple vaccines trials are in their final phase, but we're probably still closer to the beginning of the pandemic than the end. Pictured here, a municipal cemetery worker digs a grave in a special cemetery for suspected COVID-19 victims on Sept. 11 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Ed Wray/Getty Images hide caption
With 1 Million Dead Worldwide, The Latest On A Coronavirus Vaccine
Smoke rises over a vineyard as the Glass Fire burns this week in Calistoga, Calif. Noah Berger/AP hide caption
Great Basin National Incident Management One Team Public Information Officers Wayne Patterson, left, and Mike Ferris, center, check out rock fall that fell from high cliffs causing damage onto I-70 below making it dangerous for passing vehicles during the Grizzly Creek Fire in Glenwood Canyon on August 17, 2020 near Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/Denver Post via Getty Images hide caption
Freelance miners dig for raw jade at a company site in Hpakant, Myanmar, in 2018. Hkun Lat hide caption
The smokestacks of a coal-fired power plant near Emmet, Kan., in September 2020. Global greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise. Charlie Riedel/AP hide caption
As students return to college campuses, the surrounding communities are seeing an increase in coronavirus infections. Michael Conroy/AP hide caption
Smoke rises from a burning chemical plant after the passing of Hurricane Laura in Lake Charles, Louisiana on August 27. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Fueled By Climate Change, Hurricanes Are Causing Industrial Accidents. Who's Liable?
Heavenly Pettigrew, left, and her parents Stephanie and Robert outside their two-bedroom rental apartment in Milwaukee. Without assistance from the nonprofit Community Advocates, the family likely would have faced eviction after the pandemic forced Robert and Heavenly out of their steady jobs. Coburn Dukehart/Wisconsin Watch hide caption
Evictions Damage Public Health. The CDC Aims To Curb Them ― For Now
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Evictions Damage Public Health. The CDC Aims To Curb Them ― For Now
Ash covered grapes burned by the Glass Fire at the Chateau Boswell winery in St. Helena, California, U.S., on Monday. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Each mobile clinic has a nurse, a counselor and a peer specialist — all trained to drive a 34-foot-long motor home. "I never thought when I went to nursing school that I'd be doing this," says Christi Couron as she pumps 52 gallons of diesel fuel into the vehicle. Markian Hawryluk/Kaiser Health News hide caption
The Centers for Disease Control headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia on April 23. Tami Chappell/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A dog dressed as Marty McFly from Back to the Future attends the Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade in 2015. New research says time travel might be possible without the problems McFly encountered. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Matthew Fentress was diagnosed with heart disease that developed after a bout of the flu in 2014. His condition worsened three years later, and he had to declare bankruptcy when he couldn't afford his medical bills, despite having insurance. Meg Vogel for KHN hide caption