When Asia Brown was a teenager, Mississippi passed the strictest abortion ban in the nation. Now she escorts patients past confrontations and protests.

Despite rising vaccination rates, many people don't feel comfortable returning to jobs they see as risky.

Volunteers across the country are responding to people's fears, coaxing the hesitant and removing obstacles for those who want to get vaccinated.

Pop-up clinics at gas stations and nightclubs are part of the latest effort to reach the unvaccinated.

West Virginia, Louisiana and Wyoming are among the states seeing the biggest slowdowns in the share of vaccine doses administered, an analysis of federal data shows.

Across the country, landlords have tried to push tenants out for offenses as minor as having a trampoline or an unkept lawn.

Some water mains in Mississippi's largest city are as fragile as "peanut brittle," creating a recipe for widespread outages during harsh weather.

For new teachers in Louisville, Ky., the challenges of remote learning go far beyond the screen.

"We can't bathe, we can't cook food, we can't wash dishes, we can't do laundry. It's tremendously difficult," one resident said.

Save the Children ranked Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, New Mexico and Alabama as the "worst" states for children during the pandemic.

Mississippi has one of the worst racial gaps in vaccination rates in the country, even as Black residents are hit hardest by the pandemic.