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

Scientists are racing to better understand atmospheric rivers, bands of moisture that start in the tropics and can bring torrential rain to the U.S. They're projected to intensify with climate change.

Medical workers are seeing more anxiety, depression, grief and sadness in pregnant women. This can lead to more stress and increase the risk for complications during pregnancy.

The Guardian reports a once popular style for girls is back — braided spikes resembling the COVID-19 molecule. The affordable look returns as parents pinch pennies during a tough economic time.

Bill McAllister hasn't seen his class for nearly two months. So he's visiting them one by one. He told Fox 5 Atlanta that he's running 6 to 8 miles every day, from one student's home to the next.

As the pandemic wreaks havoc on the meat industry, hog farmers anticipate they'll soon be forced to euthanize millions of pigs unable to be sent for processing.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday that New York’s North Country has met the state’s criteria to begin a phased-in reopening. It joins the Rochester...

The director of Cornell University’s prison education program is leading a campaign to provide more face masks to inmates across New York state. Rob...

New York is the latest city to crack down on food-delivery apps. Restaurants say the apps' delivery fees cut into their profits, and apps like Grubhub say capping the fees will hurt restaurants.

Psychiatry professors Sonia Ancoli-Israel of the University of California and Christina McCrae of the University of Missouri take listener questions about maintaining healthy sleep.