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Shola Adewusi (foreground) and the company in rehearsal for <em>Merry Wives. </em>When the show first began its run, the audiences were mostly white. Then, the organization piloted Black theater nights, says the Public Theater's artistic director, Oskar Eustis. "And we had two nights in which the Delacorte was 98 percent Black audiences, 1500 people a night."

Here's how theater directors have reimagined their work during the pandemic

During the height of pandemic closures, three artistic directors spoke about their hopes for what theater would look like when it reopened. More than a year later, we check in to see what's changed.

Pfizer's antiviral pill Paxlovid to treat COVID-19 was authorized by the Food and Drug Administration Wednesday.

First doses of Paxlovid, Pfizer's new COVID pill, are released to states

The new at-home COVID treatment is currently available in limited quantities to states and territories. Some states will get as few as 120 courses of treatment at first.

Maryland National Guard Specialist James Truong (L) administers a Moderna coronavirus vaccine on May 21, 2021 in Wheaton, Maryland. People vaccinated with Moderna likely need a booster to keep up their protection against the new omicron variant.

Omicron evades Moderna vaccine too, study suggests, but boosters help

The Moderna vaccine's ability to shield against infection drops sharply when tested on the omicron variant. But getting a booster pumps the protection back up again, new research suggests.

Claudio Rojas, who was deported from the U.S. in 2019, is silhouetted against a curtained window of his home in Moreno, Argentina, on May 8, 2021. He was able to return to the U.S. in August.

An immigrant activist says ICE deported him in retaliation. Now he's back in the U.S.

The Biden administration has allowed several prominent immigrants' rights activists back into the U.S. after they charged that immigration authorities were retaliating against them for speaking out.

Yaritza Martinez developed a zika infection in 2016 when she was pregnant with her son Yariel, who is now 5 years-old. Yariel is enrolled in a long term study following a group of babies in the U.S. and in Colombia to see how they have been developing.

5 years later, researchers assess how children exposed to Zika are developing

Subtle developmental differences in children whose brains seemed normal at birth underscore the need to follow children long term — a lesson that may be key for babies exposed to COVID-19.

Daisy Hohman was separated from her three children for 20 months when they were placed in foster care. When Hohman was reunited with her children, she received a bill of nearly $20,000 for foster care from her Minnesota county.

States send kids to foster care and their parents the bill — often one too big to pay

In every state, governments charge parents for the cost of foster care when children are taken away. When that happens, NPR found, poor parents can't make ends meet, so families are kept apart longer.

Here, a burned truck is pictured in a destroyed neighborhood in Louisville, Colo. Search teams looked for two missing people on Sunday in the snow-covered but still smoldering debris from a massive Colorado wildfire.

2 remain missing after the Colorado fire. Survivors are counting their blessings

The missing persons toll has dropped after one person was found alive. Residents who escaped the flames that destroyed some 1,000 homes returned to sort through what was left.

Max Julien, as he appeared in the groundbreaking 1973 film <em>The Mack.</em>

Max Julien, star of Blaxploitation classic 'The Mack,' has died at 88

Julien starred opposite a young Richard Pryor in the 1973 movie The Mack. In addition to his pivotal work onscreen, he co-wrote and co-produced Cleopatra Jones.

Melissa Aldana makes her Blue Note debut as a leader with '12 Stars.'

With "Falling," Melissa Aldana raises the curtain on a much-anticipated Blue Note debut

Tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana made her forthcoming album, '12 Stars,' during a time of heartbreak, healing and renewed hope.

People celebrate the New Year's Eve on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris on Friday.

As the world marks a new year, celebrations are muted by omicron

In many places, New Year's Eve celebrations were muted or canceled for the second straight year due to a surge of coronavirus infections, this time driven by the highly contagious omicron variant.

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