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Three teachers in rural Arizona contracted COVID-19 after working together in a classroom. One of them died. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Jena Martinez-Inzunza about her experience.

Seven multi-million-dollar contracts are at the center of a House subcommittee probe. Investigators say the companies lacked experience and some had political connections to the Trump administration.

Parents are wondering whether or not they should send their kids into classrooms for on-site learning this fall.

Why is the US suffering such a shortage of testing? The Trump administration is promising to perform 100 million tests by September. Is that realistic?

College education will look remarkably different this fall. Many schools will try to blend online and in-person classes to avoid the spread of COVID-19.…

The economy is tanking, with massive layoffs and bankruptcies. But the richest sliver of the country continues to do quite well. The latest evidence: Goldman Sachs said it's raking in money on trades.

Most people think of the bubonic plague as the disease that killed a third of Europe’s population back in the Middle Ages.“The plague never really went…

Walmart and Sam's Club, as well as Kroger, join a growing list of retailers making masks mandatory in stores. The National Retail Federation is urging all stores to adopt the same policy.

In a major victory for the tech giant, the European Union's second-highest court said the tax break received by Apple did not represent an unfair advantage.

The Trump administration is directing hospitals to use a new platform to report COVID-19 data instead of an existing system at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.