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As colleges shift to online classes, many schools are beginning to reevaluate how they grade students. One common option: going pass-fail.

German health authorities claim great success in testing and contact tracing, even pinpointing the country's first coronavirus transmission to the passing of a salt shaker in a Bavarian mess hall.

The administration and the states continue to grapple with how to move forward following the disaster.

We learn all about the techniques and technology used to track down people who've been exposed to the coronavirus.

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.

Attorney General William Barr announced findings Monday from the federal investigation into the December shooting by a Saudi national at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Fla.

With more than 32,000 deaths, the United Kingdom has surpassed Italy to lead Europe with the most lives lost to the coronavirus. The U.S. leads the world in the highest number of COVID-19 deaths.

Because the public health system mostly operates in the background, it rarely gets the attention or funding it deserves ― until there's a crisis.

Carl Goldman tested positive for the new coronavirus after leaving the ship and arriving in the U.S. He is recovering in an isolation unit of the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

One thing the history of leprosy tells us: When you restrict people's freedoms, they go underground, and fail to seek treatment.