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NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Global Health Correspondent Nurith Aizenman talks to Dr. Bruce Aylward of the World Health Organization about the spread of the coronavirus.

In this week's StoryCorps, a single mother of five recalls what happened when she agreed to take care of three more children after her friend died of cancer.

Commentator Leroy Sievers has been spending way too much time in hospitals lately. The Washington journalist is undergoing treatment for cancer and has this reflection on his condition.

In Roshi Fernando's upper-middle-class childhood home, conversations about sex were taboo. But at 13, already a survivor of sexual trauma, she needed answers. Fernando turned to Maya Angelou's autobiographical I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and, in its pages, found comfort and strength.

Foreign policy takes center stage in 2012's final presidential debate. Whoever wins on November 6th faces difficult challenges on Libya, Syria, China and other issues. At the top of the list: What the U.S. should do about Iran's nuclear ambitions.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Kara Weipz, whose brother was killed in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

Pamela Homan, Ph.D., is a leader whose influence transformed education in South Dakota. She's being recognized by the South Dakota Hall of Fame.

The reggae star had been hospitalized in intensive care for more than a week while awaiting the results of a COVID-19 test.

After Kevia Bolds fled New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, she and her family decided not to return over concerns about future flooding. Instead they moved to Baton Rouge, La., and two weeks ago her house flooded again. Now she faces the challenge of rebuilding her life for a second time.

Puppeteer Steve Whitmire has voiced the iconic star of the Muppets since 1990, when he took over after show creator Jim Henson's death. Now, longtime Muppets veteran Matt Vogel is assuming the mantle.