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After COVID-19 patients recover, do they have immunity? Dr. Celine Gounder, an epidemiologist and infectious disease specialist, answers more questions about how the body can fight the disease.

Our panelists reveal what is now the most exciting thing on their schedule through the end of April.

NPR science editor Maria Godoy and infectious disease professor Dr. Karen Jacobson answer listener questions about the spread of COVID-19 and the latest efforts to stop it.

Parts of the 11-story building survived an implosion. It took two weeks and many blows from a 5,600 pound wrecking ball, but the former tower is now a pile of debris.

The Dalai Lama turns 85 next month. In his album, the spiritual leader will recite teachings and mantras, accompanied by music.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with reporter Will Stone and emergency room nurse Shawn Reed about hospitals and other health care providers losing money and laying off workers during the pandemic.

Dr. Abraar Karan, an internal medicine physician and clinical fellow at Harvard Medical School, answers listener questions about the latest in the coronavirus testing.

Dr. Celine Gounder, an epidemiologist and infectious disease specialist, talks through the risks of seeing friends, visiting family and making medical appointments during the coronavirus pandemic.

Dr. Tracey Henryan, an assistant health director at Grady Primary Care Center in Atlanta, answers listener questions on health disparities and treatments for COVID-19.

The Headrick family has a lot to celebrate this year. Eighteen years ago the couple had sextuplets. Now they're graduating high school – the first set of sextuplets to graduate together in Kansas.