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Volunteers clean as a precaution against the new coronavirus at Wat Traimit temple in Bangkok on Wednesday. Thailand's government has enacted stronger measures to combat the spread of COVID-19.

'A Socioeconomic Tsunami': How The World Is Dealing With Pandemic

Developments on the ground in the past 24 hours come as the worldwide total of confirmed infections edged toward 200,000, with some 8,000 dead from COVID-19.

Workers pick apples in a Wapato, Wash., orchard last October. U.S. farms employ hundreds of thousands of seasonal workers, mostly from Mexico, who enter the country on H-2A visas. The potential impact of the coronavirus on seasonal workers has the food industry on edge.

COVID-19 Threatens Food Supply Chain As Farms Worry About Workers Falling Ill

COVID-19 has turned one end of the food industry, stores and restaurants, on its head. At the other end, though, food production hums along as usual — but that could change if workers catch the virus.

Ballet dancers in Shanghai rehearse while wearing masks on March 2. A virus first identified in December has altered daily life and public spaces around the globe.

PHOTOS: Public Life Is Surreal In A Pandemic

A virus first identified in December has altered daily life and public spaces around the globe. These images capture scenes from this unnerving era.

Bad Bunny performs onstage during Calibash 2018 in Los Angeles, California.

The Classist History Behind Bad Bunny's 'Bichiyal'

When Bad Bunny released YHLQMDLG, he coined a new term: "bichiyal." It fuses two Puerto Rican slang words—"bicha" and "yal"—and illustrates reggaeton's complicated relationship with class and women.

MedStar Washington Hospital Center's "ready room" in Washington, D.C., has mostly been used to house emergency supplies — but some storage carts have been moved out to make way for patient assessment stations.

Are U.S. Hospitals Ready?

Here's what it will take for medical facilities across the nation to handle the coming surge of COVID-19 patients.

PHOTOS: Public Life Is Surreal In A Pandemic

A virus first identified in December has altered daily life and public spaces around the globe. These images capture scenes from this unnerving era.

San Diego Latino Film Festival's website now informs people the festival is being postponed, not canceled.

Coronavirus Forces Cancellation Of San Diego Film Festivals

Organizers address issues of cost, role festivals play in the community

Here's How We Cope When We're Stressed: Ideas From NPR's Arts Desk

A Norwegian knitting marathon. America's Next Top Model. British crime dramas. Real-time strategy games. Peanut soup. These are some things that help us feel better — maybe they'll work for you, too?

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, March 12, 2020, in Washington.

Arc Of Trump's Coronavirus Comments Defies Reality On Ground

In the course of a few weeks, President Donald Trump veered from confidently assuring Americans his administration had the coronavirus outbreak “very well under control” to declaring a national emergency and tweeting all-caps caution about the pandemic that has upended every facet of American life.

Here's How We Cope When We're Stressed: Ideas From NPR's Arts Desk

A Norwegian knitting marathon. America's Next Top Model. British crime dramas. Real-time strategy games. Peanut soup. These are some things that help us feel better — maybe they'll work for you, too?

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