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COVID-19 is especially deadly for elderly people or those who have underlying health conditions. This can put doctors in the position of making decisions that might not be what patients or their families want.

In 1577, King Philip II of Spain wanted to know whom he was ruling and where in his vast kingdom they were. So his viceroy asked the indigenous groups in what is now Mexico to draw some maps for him.

U.S. soldiers liberated the Nordhausen concentration camp in Nazi Germany 75 years ago this month. Sol Gringlas' family usually joins the 100-year-old on the day. The pandemic has changed that.

It was what the world wanted: the end of the Soviet Union, the "evil empire," the Communist stronghold. And the USSR did, in fact, dissolve. So why is the…

Tired of the rhetoric in this year's political campaigns? There's a lot more of it coming, and some of it might be uplifting. If you take that optimistic…

Novels are still a rarity on The Exchange, but we could not turn down Ellen Urbani. Her latest work of fiction, Landfall, is based on events in the real…

"It's hard to believe that we even have to post this," said police in Newport, Ore. They offered a reminder for residents hunkering down due to the coronavirus: "We cannot bring you toilet paper."

On Tuesday, August 23rd, As It Was, JPR's daily series of audio vignettes on the history of southern Oregon and northern California will reach a…

Botanist Lilla Leach literally left her name in the Oregon woods through the discovery of more than 12 new Oregon plant species and two new genera. She…

At least 136 people have died of COVID-19 in the Philippines. At least 14 of them, likely more, were doctors.