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President Trump speaks during a news conference about the coronavirus pandemic in the Rose Garden of the White House on March 13.

A Month After Emergency Declaration, Trump's Promises Largely Unfulfilled

On March 13, President Trump promised to mobilize private and public resources to respond to the coronavirus. NPR followed up on each promise and found little action had been taken.

Due to the coronavirus, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine has recommended suspending new treatments.

Women Say They Are 'Falling Off The Cliff Of Fertility' As Pandemic Puts Treatments On Hold

Most fertility treatments have been put on hold following recommendations by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, but some specialists and their patients argue they can't afford to wait.

Dawn Ursula plays Toni Stone in American Conservatory Theater's production of Lydia R. Diamond's Toni Stone.

The Show Must Go Online: Theaters Closed By COVID-19 Get Creative

As venues across the country have shut down in response to the coronavirus, some theaters have made archival videos of the closed productions available online, for the cost of a ticket.

Teachers from around the country share their stories with NPR amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Teaching Without Schools: Grief, Then A 'Free-For-All'

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."

Valentina Constanza Cerda Aravena of Santiago, Chile, and Simone Di Benedetto of Italy have had to adapt to a new social life with the isolation measures required to suppress the spread of COVID-19.

Gen Z Under Lockdown: How They're Coping, From TikTok To Virtual Drinks

Gen Z has been criticized for not taking social distancing seriously. We talk to teens and people in their early 20s around the world about why they're staying home — and how they're staying sane.

Francis Collins was the head of the Human Genome Project, a publicly-funded, international effort to sequence all three billion letters of the human genome.

THE GENE: AN INTIMATE HISTORY

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In Texas, Oklahoma, Women Turned Away Because of Coronavirus Abortion Bans

Republican officials in several states are trying to ban abortion during the coronavirus pandemic to preserve medical supplies.

A Pier 39 employee wears protective gear while cleaning a sidewalk in San Francisco, Calif., on March 16, the day the county announced a local shelter-in-place order. On March 19, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a shelter-in-place order for the entire state.

Want To See What Your City's Pandemic Plan Says? Good Luck.

NPR reached out to the public health departments serving some of the largest cities in the U.S. Most did not have their most current pandemic response plan posted publicly and many were out of date.

A lone passenger walks past the north checkpoint at Denver International Airport on April 1, which was closed because of a lack of traffic as a statewide stay-at-home order remains in effect to help reduce the spread of the coronavirus.

To Stay Aloft With Federal Aid, Airlines Must Keep Flying

To get a share of $50 billion in aid, airlines must maintain minimal service to where they fly now, and no consolidating flights between carriers.

NPR asked our audience to find inspiration in — and then write an ekphrastic poem about — two paintings: <em>Heat Wave</em> by Kadir Nelson (left) and <em>Young Woman At A Window </em>by Salvador Dali.

'Social Distance': A Community-Style Poem To Help You Feel Less Isolated

Last month, poet Kwame Alexander asked you to write a poem inspired by two paintings of women looking out of a window. Many of you found a way to express life during the coronavirus pandemic.

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