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A worker in a protective suit uses a large fogger to disinfect outdoor areas in a village in Qingdao, Shandong province, as the deadly new coronavirus continues to spread in China.

Coronavirus Has Now Spread To All Regions Of Mainland China

A coronavirus expert tells NPR the outbreak is only getting started and the global spread will get worse — including in the U.S.

Ethiopian Runners Say They Face Discrimination

When Ethiopia barred its best distance runner from competing in the 2016 Olympics, many saw it as an act of ethnic discrimination. Another runner from the same ethnic group says he was exiled.

House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell talk with reporters outside the White House on Monday, Feb. 27, 2017.

GOP Looks To Trump's Address To Rally Lawmakers Around An Obamacare Strategy

Congressional Republicans are divided over the best path forward to deliver on the party's long-promised pledge to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

Security forces stand guard on a road as people are arrested, next to dismantled barricades that were set up by protesters demonstrating against the military coup, in Yangon, Myanmar, on Friday.

U.S. Offers Protected Status For People From Myanmar As Coup Leaders Crack Down

The Biden administration will offer temporary protected status to people who fear returning to Myanmar after the military coup and ensuing suppression of protesters that has killed at least 70 people.

"I think a lot of my last record is just me trying to find some peace with saying whatever stream-of-consciousness things that come to my head," Nick Hakim says. "It's therapeutic for myself."

Play It Forward: Nick Hakim Finds Humor In Darkness

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Brooklyn-based musician Nick Hakim about creating little worlds with music and the artist he is grateful for: Laraaji.

As Costly Lawsuits Hit Opioid Makers, CEOs Collect Bonuses

Companies that sold or distributed opioid medications face huge legal, financial and public relations peril. Critics say shareholders, not CEOs, will pay the price.

Registered Nurse Shyun Lin, left, administers Alda Maxis, 70, the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up vaccination site in the William Reid Apartments in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Jan. 23.

Early Data Shows Striking Racial Disparities In Who's Getting The COVID-19 Vaccine

A disproportionately small number of Black and Hispanic Americans have gotten vaccinated so far. Samantha Artiga of the Kaiser Family Foundation discusses barriers to access and what needs to be done.

The Race Is On: Obama Heads To Battleground States

President Obama formally kicks off his campaign Saturday with a pair of rallies: one in Richmond, Va., and one in Columbus, Ohio. NPR's Scott Horsley joins host Scott Simon to talk about the day.

By signing the JOBS Act, President Obama likely didn't buy himself much relief from GOP charges he's hurt job creation.

Obama's Signing Of JOBS Act Likely Won't Dim GOP Charge He's Anti-Jobs

President Obama's signing of the JOBS Act gives him one more talking point with which to try and blunt the GOP's election-year charges that he's been bad for jobs. And those charges are unlikely to be diminished by his signing legislation for which Republicans claim credit.

In a campaign video, the Mitt Romney campaign accuses President Obama of "spending millions to sling mud — or oil — at Mitt Romney."

In General Election Ads, It's Game On Over Gas Prices

The Republican primaries may not officially be over, but political ads have moved on to the general election. With gas prices dominating discussion, President Obama's campaign released a TV ad this week defending the president's energy policy and directly attacking GOP front-runner Mitt Romney.

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