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Apple's new COVID-19 app and website provides the latest information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Apple's New Tool Lets You Screen Yourself For COVID-19

A new COVID-19 website and app will then offer recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on what to do next.

An illustration showing patients being brought to the hospital during Hamburg's 1892 cholera outbreak.

What Hamburg's Missteps In 1892 Cholera Outbreak Can Teach Us About COVID-19 Response

Lesson No. 1: Have "proper precautions in place," says historian Richard Evans. And don't "try to hush it up." Thousands died in Hamburg after the government failed to acknowledge a cholera outbreak.

Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., during her swearing-in by Vice President Pence (right) in January. Loeffler faces another Georgia Republican, Rep. Doug Collins, in a special election to complete her term, a divisive intraparty conflict that lays bare divisions within the Georgia GOP that could cost the party the Senate seat.

Georgia GOP Fears Changing Demographics Could End Party's Long Dominance

"In general, Georgia Republicans have to just really reckon with the fact that it's not 2006 anymore," said one observer of the state's politics.

Rosemarie Reeder at her home in Grass Valley Friday, July 31, 2020. She helped start a buddy system for local seniors after the Camp Fire.

Millions of Older Californians Live Where Wildfire Threatens. Mostly, They're on Their Own

California is ill-prepared to protect the nearly 2 million older Californians living in areas where wildfire is a formidable threat.

U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., fended off a primary challenge on Tuesday from Rep. Joe Kennedy, D-Mass., for a second full term in the Senate. Although both ran as progressives, young climate change activists helped fuel Markey's victory.

How Progressive Democrats Fared This Primary Season – And What It Means

Progressives working to tilt their party more to the left had mixed results in 2020. Candidates stressed climate change and health care issues, but voters also zeroed in on issues of representation.

Amazon has called safety a "top priority" for the company. But NPR has found more than 100 dietary supplements sold on Amazon that appear to be illegally marketed as antiviral treatments.

On Amazon, Dubious 'Antiviral' Supplements Proliferate Amid Pandemic

Federal law generally prohibits dietary supplements from claiming to treat specific diseases or viruses. Yet NPR found more than 100 products sold on Amazon that make unsubstantiated antiviral claims.

Kurt Russell (left) stars in John Carpenter's "The Thing" (1982) in which a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims causing paranoia at a research base in Antarctica where people can't tell who is human and who is alien.

Pop Culture, Neuroscience, And COVID-19

Using films to consider coronavirus pandemic from a cognitive side

Des Moines City Councilman and a precinct chair Carl Voss shows the app that was used for caucus results reporting on his smartphone after he unsuccessfully attempted to drop off a caucus results packet from Precinct 55 at the Iowa Democratic Party headquarters on Tuesday in Des Moines, Iowa.

What We Know About The App That Delayed Iowa's Caucus Results

Iowa Democratic Party officials said a new smartphone app designed to speed the results actually ended up delaying them. Last month, NPR reported on security and other concerns with the app.

Navy Capt. Brett Crozier is pictured in November 2019 on the USS Roosevelt. Navy officials have not ruled out reinstating him. He was fired as commander of the aircraft carrier after complaining wasn't getting enough help containing the coronavirus on board.

Navy Upholds Firing Of USS Theodore Roosevelt Capt. Brett Crozier

U.S. official says the Navy has upheld the firing of the aircraft carrier captain who urged faster action to protect his crew from a coronavirus outbreak. That decision is a complete reversal for Adm. Mike Gilday, the top Navy officer.

Some cities, such as Washington, D.C. are offering free coronavirus testing for people who've attended protests. Where free tests aren't available, some people may find insurance refuses to cover precautionary testing.

Insurers May Only Pay For Coronavirus Tests When They're 'Medically Necessary'

Congress required health plans to fully cover COVID-19 testing, but insurance companies are starting to argue they should only have to pay if patients show symptoms or tests are ordered by a doctor.

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