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The term has found its way into politicized discussions about how to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic. But what does it actually mean? And does it work?

Politicians argue. Those opposed to mask mandates protest. But meanwhile, growing evidence shows that mask wearing is a critical tool in curbing the spread of the coronavirus.

Governor Ron DeSantis updated media Thursday morning about Coronavirus, or Covid-19, and how Florida is monitoring the international outbreak. Right now...

Iowa Rep. Steve King faces a strong GOP primary challenger after years of incendiary comments have put him on the outs with his party. Eight states and the District of Columbia vote on Tuesday.

The severity of Hurricane Florence is intensifying, triggering hurricane warnings along most of North Carolina's coast and a portion of South Carolina's.

President Trump's sweeping cuts to the federal government are also threatening a key banking watchdog.

GOP presidential candidates, including Donald Trump, gathered in Iowa. Meanwhile the attorney general has appointed a special counsel for Hunter Biden.

Some see these legal fights as another way to take on viral misinformation, one that's already starting to show some results.

Some doctors are seeing a disturbing spike in lethal alcoholic liver disease, especially among young women. The recent trend has been supercharged, they say, by the pandemic's isolation and pressures.

In an evenly divided Senate, the moderate Democrat is key to passing President Biden's massive infrastructure and jobs proposal. Now he's facing pressure from unions back home to support the measure.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts, a Republican, who is one of 26 governors ending extra benefits for jobless workers during the pandemic.

Chef Chris Williams from the Houston restaurant Lucille's talks about how he started the restaurant, the nonprofit that grew from it, and his mixed feelings about Juneteenth.

Natalie McCray was 11 when her school went all-remote in March 2020. Now, at 13, she's returning to the classroom for the first time since the pandemic began.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Rangina Hamidi, Afghanistan's acting minister of education, about what it's like on the ground in Kabul during the Taliban's latest military surge in the country.

A woman's account of her alleged rape by her manager at the Chinese tech company has gone viral, spurring conversations across the country about sexual abuse in the workplace.

Political Arena is giving players a front row seat to all the ins and outs — and yeah, even the ugliness — of national politics.

Flores alleges that the league is "managed much like a plantation" charging that its 32 owners, none of whom are Black, profit from the labor of its players, 70% of whom are African American.

Twitter recently launched a new policy in the U.S. to limit the sharing of photos and videos of people without their consent. Activists on the left say it limits public interest reporting.

Missiles targeted a military training facility near the Polish border.

On the 300th anniversary of his birth, hear how music by Johann Sebastian's son Carl Philipp Emanuel bridged the gap between the old-fashioned Baroque and newfangled music by Haydn and Mozart.

Since its founding over 1,000 years ago, this Catholic music school and song group in Regensburg, Germany, has been boys only. Until now.

The U.S. response to Maria was widely seen as wholly inadequate. As the island marks the anniversary of the Category 4 storm, the destruction caused by Fiona has emerged as a test of lessons learned.

Historically Black colleges and universities are using federal COVID relief funds to cancel student debt, upgrade campus infrastructure and retain students who struggle because of financial barriers.

Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an executive order that makes it easier for voters in Sarasota, Charlotte and Lee counties to cast ballots in next month’s midterm election.

A study published in JAMA leads to questions about the uneven distribution of pediatric nephrologists nationwide. Children with end-stage kidney disease feel the impact.