Global Health

Passengers hoping to change their flights to the U.S. wait in long lines at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in the Netherlands after President Trump announced new restrictions on travel from Europe.

Coronavirus: Chaos Follows Trump's European Travel Ban; EU Says It Wasn't Warned

4:10pm March 12, 2020

by Bill Chappell

"The Coronavirus is a global crisis and requires cooperation," EU leaders say. Trump also left many people confused about the extent of new restrictions on travel from Europe.

Line chart for COVID-19 growth in countries

Singapore Wins Praise For Its COVID-19 Strategy. The U.S. Does Not

11:17am March 12, 2020

by Jason Beaubien

Around the world, different countries have responded differently to the coronavirus crisis — with dramatically different results.

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Health & Safety

Tom Hanks, Wife Rita Wilson Test Positive For Coronavirus

10:35am March 12, 2020

by Scott Neuman

The two-time Oscar winner tweeted from Australia, where he is preparing to shoot a film about Elvis Presley. Hanks and Wilson are both 63, which places them in a somewhat elevated risk category.

Health & Safety

WHO Officially Certifies COVID-19 A Pandemic

7:29am March 12, 2020

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Dr. Margaret Harris, of the World Health Organization's coronavirus response team, about the group's decision to officially call the oubreak a pandemic.

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News Brief: Coronavirus Travel Bans, Economic Fallout, NBA Season

7:03am March 12, 2020

Due to the coronavirus, President Trump calls for a ban on travel from Europe and announces measures to shore up the economy. And the NBA says the outbreak has forced it to cancel its season.

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A scene from the Moria refugee camp on the island of Lesbos, Greece, in January.

Opinion: Refugees Are Especially Vulnerable To COVID-19. Don't Ignore Their Needs

9:57pm March 11, 2020

by Muhammad H. Zaman

While there are no known cases yet of coronavirus infection in refugee camps, the disease may hit these communities hard and it's urgent to mitigate risk, warns Muhammad H. Zaman of Boston University.

A U.S. Department of Homeland Security seal is seen as a TSA official moves a bin for additional screening at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

3 TSA Screeners In San Jose, Calif., Have Contracted Coronavirus, Agency Says

9:20pm March 11, 2020

by Andrew Becker

The security officers, all of whom work at Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport, are the first confirmed cases of the virus within the Transportation Security Administration, officials say.

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"Bottom line, it's going to get worse," Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States. Fauci testified Wednesday at a hearing of the House Committee on Overs

Coronavirus: Over 1,000 Cases Now In U.S., And 'It's Going To Get Worse,' Fauci Says

6:36pm March 11, 2020

by Bill Chappell

"I can say we will see more cases, and things will get worse than they are right now," said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Health & Safety

COVID-19 Is Officially A Pandemic, Declares World Health Organization

5:18pm March 11, 2020

by Jason Beaubien

The World Health Organization has declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, as the number of countries with cases of the viral disease reaches 114.

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The World Health Organization called the COVID-19 viral disease a pandemic Wednesday. Here, workers in Spain place a medical mask on a figure that was to be part of the Fallas festival in Valencia. The festival has been canceled over the coronavirus outbr

Coronavirus: COVID-19 Is Now Officially A Pandemic, WHO Says

3:37pm March 11, 2020

by Bill Chappell

It's the first time the WHO has called an outbreak a pandemic since the H1N1 "swine flu" in 2009.