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Scientists are trying to determine if the coronavirus variant in India could be the most transmissible variant known.

Markets face a double whammy of bad news after the president's health upended an election heading into its final stretch and the September jobs report proved disappointing.

The coronavirus pandemic requires people to weigh risks and make choices about their activities. But there can be problems when a choice conflicts with what the people around us decide to do.

Senior reporter at Wired Kate Knibbs talks about the growing popularity of bidets in the United States due to toilet paper shortages caused by the coronavirus.

One of the nation's biggest medical testing companies acknowledged a backlog of at least 115,000 coronavirus tests, illustrating how the nation is struggling to test effectively during the pandemic.

Social distancing is preventing families from gathering for the traditional Seder, so this year Passover will be different. Many Jews are planning virtual celebrations.

NPR's David Greene talks to David Wessel of the Brookings Institution about the Federal Reserve's plan to boost the economy by expanding its emergency lending programs to provide up to $2.3 trillion.

American schools are advising students to avoid travel to China, and some are working to evacuate students already there. The U.S. issued a "Do Not Travel" advisory for China on Thursday.

The president's son-in-law and senior adviser has emerged as a key figure in the Trump administration's response to the outbreak.

"Especially during a pandemic, it is insanity for Russian-led forces and Ukrainians to be killing each other," write former U.S. envoys to Ukraine William B. Taylor, Steven Pifer and John E. Herbst.