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The last few days have seen dramatic developments related to the spread of COVID-19. NPR's health policy reporter Selena Simmons-Duffin breaks down the recent updates.

The move by Theresa May, aimed at strengthening global partnerships post-Brexit, will mark a fundamental shift in focus from short-term poverty reduction to long-term economic growth.

Rooftop solar installers are steering customers toward leases instead of purchases. Federal tax credits for purchased systems have ended but are still available for leased ones.

A year after the earthquake, reconstruction work in Nepal is proceeding slowly and thousands are still living in temporary shelters. The government has been criticized for its sluggish response.

Over the years, medical treatments have advanced to the point that people with HIV could live longer and healthier lives. Yet, advocates say the laws don’t recognize that reality.

Gov. Mike DeWine has proposed adding more psychiatric beds at state hospitals because nine out of 10 of them are filled with patients sent there by the courts. That doesn’t leave many available spaces for others struggling with mental health issues.

When a woman in the Cuyahoga County Jail lost a pregnancy before 20 weeks, it was ruled a stillbirth, but one jail official said it didn’t need to be reported because “the fetus the inmate was carrying was not incarcerated.”

Michael Roth, Wesleyan University's first Jewish president, says the Trump administration is using antisemitism as a "cloak" to get universities to be loyal to the president.

The Supreme Court ruled that a Louisiana prisoner whose dreadlocks were forcibly shaved off by prison guards cannot sue the guards under a federal law to protect the religious rights of prisoners.

This year saw a lot of talk at the Ohio Statehouse over big blockbuster issues that have been stewing in the legislature for a while. But after all that...