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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Dr. Ram Alur, president of Physicians for American Healthcare Access, about restrictions faced by some immigrant doctors who want to help fight the pandemic.

The Hubble Space Telescope was designed to last 15 years. On April 24, it marks 30 years in space.

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.

The coronavirus pandemic is an example of when Americans want competence from their government at all levels and need to be able to trust their leaders.

Some of the state's most popular beaches opted to stay closed and others reopened, creating a hopscotch pattern of differing polices.

Thousands of Ohioans whose elective procedures were postponed as a result of the state’s coronavirus outbreak will soon be able to access the treatment…

A record number of women are running for Congress in 2020, surpassing the number set in the historic 2018 midterm wave. It is because more Republican women are running this time.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Jim Goodwin, the Oklahoma Eagle publisher, about the legacy of the Tulsa Race Massacre and the state of race relations today.

If you were to believe what you see on the mainstream media, on social media and everywhere else, you would think there was a major revolution brewing –...

This spring, congregations are reimagining how to celebrate bar and bat mitzvahs in light of the coronavirus pandemic. Some of these Jewish coming of age ceremonies are going online.