NPR's Noel King speaks with writer Jennifer Folsom, whose son tested positive for coronavirus, about how parents can prepare to send their kids out into the world for the first time amid a pandemic.
UNC-Chapel Hill had to cancel in-person classes after a surge in coronavirus cases. Mimi Chapman tells NPR that "should give every other large public university in the country pause."
The World Health Organization's Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says he fears that without global cooperation ensuring equal access to COVID-19 vaccines, some countries could resort to hoarding.
Many localities require a negative coronavirus test for various activities, such as traveling or visiting an older relative. But finding a test with a quick enough turnaround can be challenging.
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Mimi Chapman, chair of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty, about the school shifting undergraduate instruction online after a week on campus.
President Trump claimed New Zealand is seeing a "big surge" in coronavirus cases on the same day New Zealand reported nine new cases and the U.S. added nearly 42,000.
Keeping your brain busy but relaxed by volunteering, gardening, or learning a new language, for example, can help you cope with hard times now and in the future, psychiatrists say.