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More hospitalized patients are surviving than early in the pandemic. Improved treatments make a big difference, but so does flattening the curve to keep hospitals from overfilling, researchers say.

The group In Japan usually hands out Halloween candy at its headquarters in Kobe, but this year authorities have banned them from participating.

As in-person schooling returns in some districts, mental health professionals say many children will face difficulties as a result of the isolation and worry they experience during the pandemic.

Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge describes the reasoning behind the antitrust lawsuit against Google filed by the Justice Department and 11 state attorneys general.

An artist in Washington, D.C., who got laid off during the pandemic, fills his days by making automatons — mechanical sculptures that come to life with the turn of a crank.

Critics say the settlement doesn't hold company executives or members of the Sackler family accountable for their aggressive marketing of OxyContin, which helped fuel the nation's opioid epidemic.

Former President Barack Obama made his first in-person appearance on the campaign trail on behalf of his former vice president, Joe Biden, on Wednesday evening in Philadelphia.

In the new documentary Francesco, Pope Francis calls for civil union laws for same-sex couples in what would seem to be a break from traditional Catholic teaching.

NPR's Tonya Mosley talks with Catherine Sanderson, author of the book Why We Act: Turning Bystanders Into Moral Rebels, about how willingness to stand up to wrongdoing affects political decisions.

Nick Gradisar, mayor of Pueblo, Colo., reflects on a spike in coronavirus cases in his town, contact tracing and how he's asking residents to prepare for the upcoming holidays.