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As hospitals are forced to delay or cancel certain medical procedures so they can focus resources on treatment of COVID-19, it’s disrupting ongoing care for people with other serious illnesses.

Most available coronavirus data doesn’t include ethnic or racial demographics, but public health experts say they fear the response to the pandemic will lead to predictable health care disparities.

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