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NPR's Noel King talks to Dr. Harvey Fineberg of the National Academies Standing Committee on Emerging Infectious Diseases and 21st Century Health Threats. He has advised the White House on COVID-19.

During the COVID-19 crisis we're supposed to stay at least 6 feet apart from each other. How far is 6 feet? Leon County advises residents to keep the distance of at least one large alligator.

NPR science and politics correspondents relay the latest updates in the United States response to the coronavirus epidemic.

The Irish health agency put out a call for medical workers to step in to fight coronavirus. One person who signed up is Leo Varadkar, who worked as a doctor before he became a politician.

Most New York state residents say they are either quarantining themselves or practicing social distancing, according to a new poll from Siena College....

NPR's David Greene talks to GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, a state with an already staggering number of COVID-19 cases, about how hospitals and residents there are preparing for grim days ahead.

Social distancing can bring on loneliness and anxiety for many. Dr. Sudeepta Varma answers questions about how to deal with those issues during the pandemic with NPR's Scott Simon.

For many families, the only connection they have to a loved one in their final moments is to a hospital chaplain. For COVID-19 patients at New York City's Mount Sinai Hospital, that's Rocky Walker.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo quietly froze the pay of 80,000 state workers Wednesday night, saying that with the state’s finances in tatters from the fallout from...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said Thursday evening that four detainees at the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility in Batavia have...