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Several COVID-19 vaccine candidates are being tested now. But why does it take 30,000 volunteers to know if one is safe and effective? And what does it mean to say a vaccine candidate is working?

Some voters are denouncing President Trump for the way he handled his COVID-19 diagnosis, while others are defending him, reflecting the political divide over how he's handled the pandemic as a whole.

More than 1,200 people in Missouri have died from COVID-19. As the toll rises each day, the human aspect can get obscured. Angela Kender is looking to...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Natalie Dean, an assistant professor of biostatistics at the University of Florida, about the real fatality rates of COVID-19 — and why estimates vary.

Lots of drugs are being tried to combat COVID-19, but only a handful are being tested in a scientific manner. Here's a look at what's being studied, and what possible therapies lie ahead.

Namira Islam Anani and Omar Anani married a few months after their first date in 2019. When Namira fell ill with the coronavirus, a distanced dinner reminded her "how important our relationship was."

Ohio is seeing a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases due to the highly contagious delta variant with a startling number of younger people getting sick, state health officials said Thursday.

Boats full of Muslim minority Rohingya refugees are being pushed back by Malaysia, in part, the government says, over fears of the coronavirus virus.

After two years, the Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus Marathon and Half Marathon returns on Sunday, featuring new pandemic safety measures.

The pharmaceutical company made the announcement on Monday, saying that one dosing regimen showed the vaccine was 90% effective in preventing infection.