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Doctors tell NPR many health workers have left the country and many hospitals don't have necessities, including soap and running water.

India has ordered 1.3 billion people to stay home to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The lockdown seems to have inadvertently solved, at least temporarily, another public health crisis: air pollution.

It is starting to take more time for cases, hospitalizations and deaths to double in several states, indicating social distancing is working. Here's how to make sense of those numbers.

Sitting still to listen has now become a reality as we navigate this pandemic and lockdown in place. The latest episode of Invisibilia explores sound and what we can learn if we sit still to listen.

The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, who died April 7, took a journeyman's pride in unifying metaphor and metrical precision. Prine's eccentric music served him — and us — well for five decades.

Two single moms in the Bay Area made a sound diary of their lives during the coronavirus pandemic.

Northern residents living in the South are being told not to return to their year-round homes.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio acknowledged that more people are being buried at the city's potter's field, but stressed that only the bodies of the unclaimed would be buried there.

Some agencies and places urged or required people to use face coverings in public early on. Others dismissed the coverings as ineffective, then revised their stance. Why the differences?

With the country shut down for the month of April, Roman Catholic churches are bringing their Holy Week celebrations online to continue rituals and reach the faithful.