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To mask or not to mask became the question at the tail end of what many wanted to be a "hot vax summer." Instead, uncertainly about life after the pandemic, and if such a thing will ever exist, lingers.

America's approach to tackling the contagious delta variant has dramatically shifted. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. Lucy McBride about the emotional whiplash many in the U.S. are feeling now.

Mike Burke, Palm Beach County superintendent of schools, chats with students as they eat breakfast on Tuesday. The school district has asked 440 students to quarantine just days into the school year.

2 Days Into The School Year, A Florida District Asked 440 Students To Quarantine

Palm Beach County has reported 51 student and faculty COVID-19 infections but the total number asked to quarantine includes their contacts.

Xavier Becerra, then nominee for secretary of Health and Human Services, puts on his protective mask at his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing in February.

Nearly 300,000 More Federal Health Workers Are Ordered To Be Vaccinated

The Department of Health and Human Services will require nearly a third of its employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine, while the Department of Veterans Affairs has expanded its vaccination mandate.

Gov. Ron DeSantis said the state Board of Education may "narrowly tailor any financial consequences" for those who violate the law. It adds that the governor, who has opposed all face covering mandates since the start of the pandemic, is intent on protecting parents' rights.

Florida's Governor Says School Leaders' Salary May Be Withheld If They Require Masks

Gov. Ron DeSantis ratcheted up a confrontation with school superintendents on Monday, saying anyone who defies his ban on mask mandates might lose a paycheck. Teachers and staff wouldn't be punished.

At a news conference in Miami last week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis insisted that the state's record spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations will be short-lived.

Florida Hospitals Are Filling Up As COVID-19 Cases Hit An All-Time High

Just shy of 24,000 coronavirus cases were reported in Florida on Friday, and its hospitals are feeling the pressure. Almost 44% of ICU beds in the state are occupied by COVID-19 patients.

Vaccination cards are key to a lot of activities so it needs to be both protected and available.

How To Have Your Vaccine Confirmation On You At All Times

The cards need to be both protected and available to show when needed. You can carry the original paper card with you, plastic coated perhaps. But lots of people stash it away and show a digital copy.

Kindergartner Allyson Zavala joined with other students and school superintendent Austin Buetner for a class selfie in April inside teacher Alicia Pizzis classroom at Maurice Sendak Elementary School in North Hollywood, Calif.

How To Keep Your Child Safe From The Delta Variant

Some public health experts are also parents of little kids, and have to strategize to keep those too young to be vaccinated safe from getting or spreading the delta variant. Here are their tips.

The ICU Covid-19 ward at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro, Ark., last week.

The State Of Arkansas Has Only 8 Empty ICU Beds, As COVID-19 Cases Resurge

Among the states hardest-hit by a new wave of coronavirus cases linked to the highly contagious delta variant, Arkansas has "startling numbers" of new COVID-19 cases, Gov. Asa Hutchison says.

A medical assistant administers the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine at the Revolte Bar and Pub in Berlin's Friedrichshain district on May 30, 2021.

Thousands In Germany Thought They Had Their Vaccine. It May Have Been Saline Instead

More than 8,000 people may have been given a fake COVID vaccine in the spring. A nurse is suspected of making the switch.

Neffy: Tiny Desk Concert

It felt good to be at the Tiny Desk, if only for one night. Tiny Desk Contest winner Neffy plays her winning song, "Wait Up," plus three more in the first Tiny Desk concert since March 2020.

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