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A child receives the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Fairfax County Government Center in Annandale, Va., in November 2021. A committee of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration recommended Wednesday that the agency expand authorization of COVID-19 vaccines to children as young as 6-months-old.

Advisers to the FDA back COVID vaccines for the youngest children

A committee of experts voted unanimously to recommend that the Food and Drug Administration authorize COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech for children as young as 6-months-old.

Rohingya refugees gather in the "no man's land" behind Myanmar's barbed-wire-lined border in Maungdaw district, Rakhine state, in 2018. Some 700,000 refugees fled into Bangladesh following a brutal crackdown by the Myanmar military in 2017.

Nearly 71 Million People Forcibly Displaced Worldwide As Of 2018, U.N. Report Says

The record number headlined the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees' annual "Global Trends" report published Wednesday, just a day before World Refugee Day.

Field Days: More At The PV Ranch

On this last episode of Season 6, Part 1, of Field Days, veterinarian Dick Cunningham pregnancy checks cows at the PV Ranch. Field Days is an…

In New Zealand, sheep outnumber people 6 to 1.

NPR News Nuggets: Sheep Shearing, Snuggies & Fried Chicken

Here's a quick roundup of some of the mini-moments you may have missed on this week's Morning Edition.

Geraint Thomas of Great Britain carries the flag of Wales during the 105th Tour de France 2018, Stage 21 stage from Houilles to Paris on Sunday.

Welsh Cyclist Geraint Thomas Wins Tour De France

Thomas emerged from the shadows as a support rider for teammate and four-time champion Chris Froome to become the first Welshman to win the tour.

An acrylic piece created by a group of teens featuring the Quetzal, the national bird of Guatemala.

Opinion: A Showcase Of 'Uncaged Art' By Children Once Detained

NPR's Scott Simon explores an art exhibit in El Paso, Texas, by unaccompanied minors detained at the now-closed Tornillo Children's Detention center.

Weyes Blood's latest album <em>Titanic Rising </em>goes from nostalgic and abstract to deeply personal.

Weyes Blood Meditates On Climate Change And Learns To Cope With Loss

Weyes Blood is the project of musician Natalie Mering. Her latest album, Titanic Rising, covers topics of climate change, loneliness and life in an age mediated by screens.

Flathead Farmers Worry About SNAP Changes In Farm Bill

Wednesday a joint U.S. House and Senate committee began a potentially week-long process of reconciling two versions of the Farm Bill. The current bill...

Denver Health Medical Center's primary care clinic is located in a low-income neighborhood in southwest Denver. The recent expansion of Medicaid, which serves low-income Americans as well as the elderly and people with disabilities, would be rolled back under the new Republican health care plan.

Key In GOP Health Care Overhaul: Massive Changes To Medicaid

The American Health Care Act calls for big cuts for the program that serves low-income people, people with disabilities and the elderly. As a candidate, President Trump promised "no cuts" to Medicaid.

A court ruled that congressional maps that came from North Carolina State Capitol were unconstitutionally gerrymandered but will still be used in November.

North Carolina Can Use Gerrymandered Map In November, Court Rules

Judges in North Carolina said Tuesday that there isn't enough time to approve a new map before a new session of Congress — despite finding the map to be unconstitutionally gerrymandered.

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