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The DNC has ended, and Democrats are running louder and louder on the issue of voting rights and what they say are attempts to suppress their ballots.

The children and preteens of the U.S. polio epidemic of the 1940s and '50s are once again in a high-risk group, this time for coronavirus. They recall their experiences and the parallels to today.

The partisan debate over whether it is safe for the House of Representatives to return to work is mirroring the reopening discussion around the country — with access to testing as a key factor.

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Republican Sen. Mike Braun of Indiana who was among a panel of senators that questioned the nation's top public health officials at a Senate hearing on Tuesday.

Both countries eased some of their intensive rules after new cases slowed to a trickle. But clusters have cropped up again this month, and authorities are ramping up testing to try to curb the spread.

Emergency medicine physician Dr. Megan Ranney answers listener questions on whether traveling this summer would be safe enough.

Today’s nurses are finding themselves saddled with responsibilities that were not part of their education. Pandemic preparation “has not really been...

In Gustavus, a remote city of about 450 residents, the owner of a small independent grocery makes the 14-hour round-trip journey by boat to Juneau to bring much-needed supplies back to his customers.

Pediatric nurse practitioner Suzannah Stivison answers listener questions about how families can cope with child care changes and stay busy during the coronavirus pandemic.

NPR's chief economics correspondent takes listener questions about the state of the U.S. economy during the coronavirus pandemic.