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The economic case for giving away hundreds of billions of dollars.

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.

Marathon video chats led to a record-setting 9.7 million barrels per day in cuts. But analysts say that's not a big enough drop to balance oil markets, given the total collapse in demand for crude.

The Cook County Jail has the largest outbreak of the coronavirus behind bars, with more than 400 staff and inmates infected. They've offered early release to ease overcrowding, but the risk remains.

Forced to close because of the coronavirus, a pub in the North of England, has taken its popular quiz night online — and is now attracting a global audience.

One month after President Trump declared a national emergency, an NPR investigation finds that the White House has fulfilled few of the promises it made to fight the coronavirus.

Construction workers have been deemed essential in many places that are under shelter-in-place orders. But not all construction projects may be equally essential.

Plagues and epidemics are ages-old phenomena. They've triggered both fear and inspiration. NPR's Tom Huizenga surveys musical responses from composers over the centuries.

More than 440,000 people have recovered from COVID-19 — and their status is an important question. If people are immune after recovery, they could resume normal life activities more quickly.

The social network is expanding efforts to curb the spread of harmful misinformation about COVID-19 after pressure from an activist group.