As Pandemic Sweeps Globe, U.S. Foreign Policy Remains Unchanged
The Trump administration doubles down on its hard-line policies toward China and Iran, even as the world struggles with the coronavirus pandemic.
Global Health
As India Reopens Liquor Stores, Customers Line Up — But Overcrowding Forces Closures
When liquor stores reopened Monday for the first time in six weeks, crowds lined up, posing infection risks. Some states then reversed the decision to reopen or levied higher taxes to deter crowds.
The Risk Of Coronavirus In Afghanistan's Prisons Is Complicating Peace Efforts
The Taliban accuse the government of spreading COVID-19 in prisons and warn of revenge if their prisoners are harmed. With prisoners on both sides at risk, peace efforts have become more complicated.
As Trump Pushes Theory Of Virus Origins, Some See Parallels In Lead-Up To Iraq War
The White House continues to say the coronavirus may have leaked from a Chinese lab. That's at odds with the assessment of the intelligence community and reminds some of the run-up to the Iraq war.
What Hamburg's Missteps In 1892 Cholera Outbreak Can Teach Us About COVID-19 Response
Lesson No. 1: Have "proper precautions in place," says historian Richard Evans. And don't "try to hush it up." Thousands died in Hamburg after the government failed to acknowledge a cholera outbreak.
'1st Time To See It Like This': Petra Tourism Workers Long For Visitors To Return
The coronavirus pandemic has done what even war did not — bring Jordan's vital travel industry to a halt, and with it, the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of workers.
VIDEO: How The Novel Coronavirus Hijacks Our Defenses
It's just a bit of genetic material wrapped in protein and fat. But the virus behind COVID-19 can wreak havoc deep inside human lungs when it triggers the immune system to go into overdrive.
Fact Check: Trump Administration Document And Its 3,000 Deaths A Day Scenario
A forecast of 3,000 deaths a day appeared in an internal document first obtained by The New York Times. But the epidemiologist who authored the analysis tells NPR the work is incomplete.
Researchers Hope New CRISPR Technique Could Speed Up Coronavirus Testing
Two scientists at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT say the newly developed test is so simple it could conceivably be done in someone's kitchen.
As COVID-19 Fears Grow, 10,000 Prisoners Are Freed From Overcrowded Philippine Jails
"Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, we had already been receiving reports on the terrible conditions in the jails that made sickness a normal thing," says a leading Philippine human rights lawyer.