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A wave of departing medical professionals in rural areas threatens to leave gaping holes in these health care systems and local economies, triggering a death spiral that may be hard to stop.

There's cause for concern. But how concerned should we be? Here's a rundown of the current thinking on key issues as transmission, severity of disease — and effectiveness of vaccines.

Just two weeks after Hurricane Eta dumped heavy rainfall in the region, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua and southern Belize are facing an even stronger storm fueled by climate change.

Updated: 1:17 p.m., Friday, Nov. 20, 2020 Cleveland Police are investigating the Friday shooting of a 19-year-old man by a Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority Police officer at the King Kennedy public housing development on the city’s East Side.

Martha Jeannette Rodriguez is from Columbia, where she had a restaurant that was targeted for extortion after years of persecution. As a result, she sent two of her children to the U.S. to live with relatives. Eventually the whole family came and was granted political asylum.

The U.S. reportedly is demanding that South Korea pay $5 billion for the coming year. The issue is putting stress not seen in years on the decades-old alliance between the U.S. and South Korea.

Seven candidates have qualified for Thursday's debate. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Democratic political consultant Karen Finney about their prospects and the field as a whole.

The movie musical Cats premieres this week. It adapts Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage musical of the same name, which is both divisive and still very popular.

I thought it would be a breeze to follow the advice from health authorities to reduce my risk of catching COVID-19. I was very wrong.

The closures come after many school districts and dozens of colleges and universities have temporarily closed or switched to virtual classes because of the disease.