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The number of people working to stop COVID-19 outbreaks from spreading is far from the level needed in most states, according to a new NPR survey and analysis. Find out how your state is doing.

"This is important because to fight a virus, you need to know its life cycle," says Dr. Yves Cohen. "This case will allow us to better understand the evolution of the virus on French soil."

Police departments are facing a new reality in the era of coronavirus. As familiar categories of crime fade, officers are being asked to handle unfamiliar and sometimes uncomfortable new assignments.

A virus first identified in December has altered daily life and public spaces around the globe. These images capture scenes from this unnerving era.

Starting at 3 p.m. Monday, many businesses in Michigan will temporarily close.Governor Gretchen Whitmer has ordered "places of public accommodation" to…

An NPR and PBS Frontline investigation reveals how the oil and gas industry used the promise of recycling to sell more plastic, even when they knew it would never work on a large scale.

Google and Apple teamed up on using smartphones to track coronavirus infections. But the systems are only available in a few states, where they're being used by a tiny percentage of the population.

As jazz experienced an awakening in the late '60s and early '70s , a record label from Oakland was at the forefront of capturing it. Now, those records are finally returning.

Researchers cast a backward look to see what might have happened during the first months of the coronavirus crisis without any preventive measures.

The U.S. education secretary has told public K-12 schools they should use their coronavirus relief money to help private school students, too.