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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with reporter Will Stone and emergency room nurse Shawn Reed about hospitals and other health care providers losing money and laying off workers during the pandemic.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with reporter Will Stone and emergency room nurse Shawn Reed about hospitals and other health care providers losing money and laying off workers during the pandemic.

Cruise lines have canceled voyages to Southeast Alaska through the summer because of COVID-19. The move is devastating to the economies of many small cities that depend on tourist dollars.

As if the pandemic weren't enough, people are wondering whether climate change will cause pathogens buried in frozen ground to come back to life as the Arctic warms. How worried should we be?

With states starting to reopen, bans on "nonessential" surgeries are beginning to lift, too. But there's a huge backlog of cases that have only gotten more urgent and heartbreaking for many patients.

On the Saturday after Mardi Gras, Rechell Cook flew to Atlanta for a show. She’s a singer and a hairdresser and had a few gigs to play. But when she got...

The massive storm now churning over the Bay of Bengal is expected to make landfall Wednesday local time, deeply complicating both countries' responses to the coronavirus pandemic.

Gig workers are now eligible for unemployment benefits, but states have been slow to update their systems to accept claims. That's left many workers waiting weeks for help.

Roughly 25% of the 7,152 tests in the most recent 24-hour period resulted in positive coronavirus diagnoses.

U.S. federal prosecutors are seeking the return of the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet, purchased by Hobby Lobby for display in the Museum of the Bible, which authorities say cooperated with the investigation.