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Trauma surgeon David Nott has volunteered in war zones and disaster areas around the world. Now he’s treating COVID-19 patients in London. He calls the pandemic a “disaster zone for the whole world.”

Many people can ride the disease out at home, but doctors are getting a better idea of who should seek medical attention and when.

A severe outbreak in Dougherty County is taxing the biggest hospital in Albany, Ga., a small inland community of 73,000.

The coronavirus doesn’t discriminate in who it infects. But some doctors say the U.S. health care system’s pandemic response is already showing familiar patterns of bias.

Atlantic writer Ed Yong warned of a global pandemic two years ago. He says scientists are still working to understand how COVID-19 travels through air — and whether more of us should be wearing masks.

The Trump administration’s strategy for ending the current wave of coronavirus infections relies on a model that appears counts on several important assumptions. We look at why that matters.

Medical technology companies — sometimes working with carmakers — have been massively increasing production of ventilators. For two weeks, they’ve been working without government contracts in hand.

NPR is seeking healthcare providers working in hospitals to document their personal experiences working during the coronavirus pandemic

NPR is seeking healthcare providers working in hospitals to document their personal experiences working during the coronavirus pandemic

All of the people who have tested positive are students at the University of Texas at Austin. Some of the group returned on separate commercial flights — widening the potential spread of infection.