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President Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to ensure plants keep running. Workers have said they need more protection after illnesses and deaths on the line.

To get better data this week on a hard-hit community, the public health department and researchers are offering free testing for everyone over age 4 in a broad swath of the Mission District.

The End of October is about a mysterious virus that starts in Asia, sweeps across continents, cripples the health care system, wrecks the economy, and kills people worldwide.

Right-wing populists in Italy are battling more liberal politicians who want to give work permits to undocumented immigrants, who could fill seasonal labor shortages in the agriculture sector.

Dr. Helen Boucher, chief of the infectious diseases department at Tufts University Medical Center, talks about newly identified COVID-19 symptoms and takes listener questions.

Employees who refuse to return to work out of concern for their safety will lose state and federal benefits. It's a predicament millions will soon face as lawmakers set to restart their economies.

Mark Green talks to NPR about what it's like leaving during a global health crisis — and what the future may hold for the agency.

Even though Vinton County, Ohio, hasn't had high infection rates of the coronavirus, social restrictions have made it harder to keep drug users and their children safe, says Trecia Kimes-Brown.

The coronavirus pandemic has sidelined sports. Athletes scramble to find competition elsewhere, and fans struggle to find their fix.

A graduate student in West Virginia was concerned she had come down with COVID-19. But she couldn't get tested for it until her doctor ruled out other things, a process that cost a bundle.