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Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro is suffering his biggest political crisis since coming to power, as he has massively mishandled the pandemic and the military grows abrasive at his politicization.

The latest Utah news from Friday morning, April 2, 2021.

Cases are up in some states, but the Biden administration's chief medical adviser says that "hopefully ... the vaccine is going to win this one." He urges continued mask-wearing and other measures.

The latest Utah news from April 1, 2021.

Through creating a system of “returnships”, the state hopes to close the gap on people’s resumes to make them more attractive to employers.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. Rachel Levine, assistant secretary health at the HHS, about her trailblazing role as the first openly trans federal official confirmed by senate.

"I think people fear what they don't understand," says Levine, assistant secretary for health and the first openly transgender person to serve in a Senate-confirmed position.

In February 2020, Caroline Ballard sat down with Utah-based epidemiologist Dr. Andrew Pavia to talk about COVID-19. Since then, the state has seen more than 385,000 infections and more than 2,100 Utahns have died from the virus. Pavia joined KUER again to talk about what he got right — and wrong — about the pandemic last year.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Dr. Thomas Dobbs, the State Health Officer of Mississippi, about his state's nearly non-existent coronavirus mandates despite the CDC's warning of another COVID-19 wave.

After the death of George Floyd, New York mandated that every police department in the state launch a "reform and reinvention" process by April 1. Now, many advocates have become disillusioned.