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An NPR science correspondent takes listener questions about why some shelves in the grocery stores are empty and how the food supply is affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

An NPR science correspondent takes listener questions about why some shelves in the grocery stores are empty and how the food supply is affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

An APM Reports analysis finds that public labs — the first line of defense in an outbreak — in at least 10 states endured budget troubles or staffing shortages in the past decade.

President Trump and a pageant of guests attempted on Monday to sell the idea that victory — when it comes to scaled-up testing — is just around the corner.

The spread of coronavirus behind bars is likely much more rampant than what's known right now. In prisons, jails and immigration detention centers, limited testing already shows widespread infection.

Vice President Pence is road-testing the political and logistical hurdles the White House faces as it looks to try to return to some kind of new political normal.

Japan currently conducts about 9,000 tests per day, and the move for dentists to administer them is aimed at relieving the burden on doctors and boosting capacity.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Democratic Rep. Adam Smith, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, about supply chain issues hindering the military from increasing coronavirus testing capacity.

The joint demonstration between the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels and the Air Force's Thunderbirds took place early Tuesday afternoon over New York City, Newark and Trenton, N.J., and Philadelphia.

Special education advocates are relieved that the federal law that guarantees a free public education to students with disabilities will remain.