Global Health

A masked Yoda and Pikachu guard a table with signs notifying evacuees of times for daily temperature checks.

Health & Safety

Halfway Through U.S. Quarantines, Two Women Describe 'Surreal,' Lonely Waits

3:09pm February 14, 2020

by Rob Stein

A New Orleans law professor and a New Jersey financial analyst are waiting for their stints in the first federal quarantine in a half-century to end. Here's glimpse of their daily lives.

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A doctor wearing a face mask looks at a CT image of a lung of a patient at a hospital in Wuhan, China.

How COVID-19 Kills: The New Coronavirus Disease Can Take A Deadly Turn

1:07pm February 14, 2020

by Maria Godoy

Most cases of the illness are characterized as mild, with symptoms similar to those of a common cold or the flu. But there have been over 1,300 deaths.

HHS Secretary Leads U.S. Effort To Stop Coronavirus From Spreading

7:59am February 14, 2020

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar on what the U.S. is doing to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

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China's Coronavirus Spreads Health, Economic And Political Problems

7:43am February 14, 2020

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to China's ambassador to the U.S. Cui Tiankai about his country's handling of the coronavirus outbreak, which began in Hubei province.

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In this image from a scanning electron microscope, the new coronavirus is in orange.

IMAGES: What New Coronavirus Looks Like Under The Microscope

9:32pm February 13, 2020

by Laurel Wamsley

The images were made using scanning and transmission electron microscopes at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

North Korea Says It Has No Coronavirus Cases. North Korea Experts Are Still Wary

4:53pm February 13, 2020

by Anthony Kuhn

North Korea claims it has no cases of coronavirus, but skeptics point out its poor record of keeping out epidemics from China. The country is ill-equipped to identify diseases, much less contain them.

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China Declares 'People's War' On COVID-19 — Including Reporting Family And Friends

4:18pm February 13, 2020

by Emily Feng

China is using all available means to stop the spread of coronavirus, including encouraging people to report loved ones and neighbors. China's leader Xi Jinping has declared a "people's war."

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Students Caleb Lam (left), 15, and Kevin Ng, 16, have been taking online classes since the schools shut down. ""You have nothing to do at home after classes. We chat online," Lam says.

'It's Not Easy For Anyone': Coronavirus Disrupts Life And Work In Hong Kong

12:30pm February 13, 2020

Students, business owners, sanitation workers and doctors are all struggling to cope with the daily frustrations of living in a city of 7 million that's afraid of an outbreak of COVID-19.

Where should you sit on a plane to reduce the risk of exposure to germs spread by infectious passengers?

Health & Safety

How Not To Get Sick On A Plane: A Guide To Avoiding Pathogens

10:43am February 13, 2020

Here are recommendations from researchers on how to stave off infectious diseases such as the common cold and the flu during a flight.

A man wearing a face mask has his temperature checked before entering a community hospital in Shanghai on Thursday. China's official death toll and infection numbers from the deadly COVID-19 coronavirus spiked dramatically on Thursday after authorities ch

A Change In How 1 Chinese Province Reports Coronavirus Adds Thousands Of Cases

10:03am February 13, 2020

Hubei province has added "clinical cases" to the count — patients who exhibit all the symptoms of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, but have either not been tested or tested negative.

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