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People with compromised or supressed immune systems are especially vulnerable to the coronavirus. They are figuring out how to get by during this time of heightened concern about infections.

When Americans are "social distancing," how do candidates campaign? "You can't ethically go out to shopping malls, or knock on people's doors," said one candidate.

The first woman to receive the experimental treatment says she was driven to volunteer for the Phase 1 trial out of a sense of helplessness.

Kyana Stallworth, a 5th-grade teacher in Fairfax, Va., shares how the outbreak has upended her plans for the year and what she's doing to help students remotely.

Twila Boyd, a pharmacist in South Charleston, Ohio, explains what it's like to treat patients in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak.

Spencer plays businesswoman Madam C.J. Walker in Self Made. John Powers reviews the TV series Little Fires Everywhere. Nézet-Séguin discusses the Philadelphia Orchestra's response to COVID-19.

The global death toll from COVID-19 surpassed 12,000 on Saturday as New York City reported thousands of new cases over the past week. Cases in that city now make up about a third of all U.S. cases.

Attempts by cities, counties and states to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus are forcing child welfare services, foster agencies, family courts and parents to make difficult decisions.

Immigration authorities face calls to close the immigration court system and release detainees from ICE custody after the first detention center worker tested positive for the coronavirus.

NPR's Michel Martin gets cooking tips suitable for long stretches indoors with David Tamarkin of Epicurious.