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03-30-20 12:30 newscast

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly checks in with Wuhan resident Pisso Nseke, a Cameroonian business consultant who has been under lockdown in the city for over two months.

Like many resort towns, Sun Valley, Idaho is full of global travelers and wealthy owners of second homes. It's now an epicenter for coronavirus infection, and local leaders want to restrict travel.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with epidemiologist and infectious disease specialist Dr. Celine Gounder about personal choices listeners are having to make during the coronavirus epidemic.

The U.S. government took the unprecedented step to close both borders with Mexico and Canada. NPR correspondents answer more questions about immigration and travel during the coronavirus epidemic.

The Commandant of the Marine Corps is banning all confederate symbols from bases. It comes at a time when the corps is trying to become more inclusive.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with sociologist Eric Klinenberg on harnessing lessons about social infrastructure from the 1995 Chicago heat wave to navigate the coronavirus crisis ahead.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Dr. Allison Arwady, public health commissioner for the city of Chicago, about her city's preparations for a growing number of cases.

03-31-20 12:30 PM newscast

Epidemiologist and infectious disease specialist Anne Rimoin answers listener questions about treating, and preventing the spread, of COVID-19.