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Some animals live longer than they should for their size. Some have shorter lives. And others don't appear to age at all.

On this broadcast of The National Conversation, we look at efforts in the U.S. to stop the coronavirus and answer questions about masks, ventilators and some of the difficult choices we're all facing.

Dr. Meilan Han, a pulmonologist at the University of Michigan hospital, helps listeners think through some of the difficult choices everybody has to make these days.

With church soup kitchens closed because of the coronavirus, an Italian couple in Naples are feeding the homeless and hungry by lowering baskets of food from apartment balconies.

A lack of affordable housing on Indian reservations means people often live in overcrowded conditions, making social distancing and protecting elders impossible. We have a snapshot from Wyoming.

In Louisiana, more than 500 people have died because of coronavirus complications. Seventy percent of the victims are black — even though African Americans make up a third of the population.

Poet Frances McCue is watching the COVID-19 pandemic unfold from a small island in Hawaii, where she became quarantined. She went to Molokai for what was supposed to be a 10-day residency.

One of the hardest-hit facilities is in Oakdale, La. "They feel like they're sitting ducks," says Arjeane Thompson, whose boyfriend is an inmate. And staff are working overtime under the strain.

Gov. Tony Evers tried to postpone voting and extend the absentee deadline, but he was blocked by courts. Results for Tuesday's contests are not expected for days.

Anne Tyler's latest novel — about a man who discovers that his calm, routine life may not be the one he really wants — is a balm for jangled nerves.