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Not only are a higher percentage of patients men than women, but they seem to suffer more severe symptoms. And they may be less likely to go in for testing.

Following a brief spike in the president's approval ratings, more than half of Americans now say they disapprove of his job performance.

Some agencies and places urged or required people to use face coverings in public early on. Others dismissed the coverings as ineffective, then revised their stance. Why the differences?

An NPR science correspondent answers listener questions about the search for medical treatments to fight the coronavirus.

An NPR science correspondent answers listener questions about the search for a vaccine to fight the coronavirus.

COVID-19 has led to the suspension of many clinical studies of experimental treatments. About a quarter of the stopped trials involved new cancer treatments, an NPR analysis finds.

Millions of U.S. educators are scrambling to replicate the functions of school without an actual school building. One principal's advice is to just "focus on loving our kids."

Under a collaboration between the Trump administration and major corporations, the marketplace and business ties often shape decisions about who gets life-saving equipment, and who has to wait.

The power of shared storytelling to soothe or spur us to action may be more crucial than ever, scientists say. Here's what happens in the brain when we feel swept away by a story, book or film.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with a member of Alcoholics Anonymous about addiction in the time of the coronavirus.