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NPR correspondent Pam Fessler, author of Carville's Cure: Leprosy, Stigma, and the Fight for Justice, talks about her research into this once feared disease — and its connection to COVID-19.

Local data reveal a deeper picture of where the current hot spots are in the United States — and where new ones could surface.

In China, authorities handled the coronavirus pandemic by centralizing control and locking down vast swaths of the country. India didn't. How has that affected health outcomes in the two countries?

This pandemic is like war, and federal, state and local health officers are leading the U.S. response. Yet unlike war heroes, who are lionized, they are facing unprecedented attacks and death threats.

With the coronavirus, it's safer to be outside. With wildfire smoke, it's safer to be inside. We got some tips from the experts.

Some of the athletes who tested positive for the coronavirus were first-time Olympians. They all must wait in a "quarantine hotel" for up to 10 days and watch their teammates compete without them.

Alpine County is one of California’s most remote counties. On the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada mountains and just south of Lake Tahoe, Alpine has the smallest population of any California county, with just under 1,200 residents. It’s no tiny enclave, by comparison, Alpine and Alameda County cover roughly the same amount of land … Continue reading The Lottery is the Main Attraction at this Alpine County Market →

Oregon health officials reported 61 new confirmed coronavirus cases Tuesday.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Keri Blakinger, author of the new memoir Corrections In Ink, which is about her path from Olympic figure skating dreams, to drug addiction, and then to prison.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Maine Sen. Angus King, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, on where bipartisan negotiations over legislation on gun safety stand in the Senate.