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While there are no known cases yet of coronavirus in refugee camps, the disease may hit these communities hard, warns Muhammad H. Zaman of Boston University — and it's urgent to mitigate risk.

The moves announced Wednesday came as the White House and Congress worked on economic proposals to contain the fallout from the coronavirus.

Picard, Calif., doesn’t exist today, but in the late 1800’s, it was a small town in California’s Butte Valley south of Klamath Falls. Elizabeth Reed Brent…

The state has one remaining clinic in St. Louis, but Planned Parenthood officials say just three abortions were performed there in February, down from 174 in the same month a year ago.

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced late Wednesday night that she would ban all public gatherings of more than 250 people statewide for four weeks, effective immediately.

Stocks continued their downward slide on Thursday amid growing fears of the coronavirus. Trading was briefly halted after the S&P 500 index fell 7% in the opening minutes of trading.

Last year, during the spring northbound migration of gray whales along the Pacific Northwest coast, more than 200 whales -- most looking skinny or…

NPR's David Greene talks to Maria Teresa Kumar, president of Voto Latino, about why the youth vote has been lagging in the Democratic presidential nominating contests.

To slow the coronavirus, colleges are canceling in-person classes and shifting to online only. How do students and faculty adapt, and what gets lost in the shift away from gathering in classes?

A police spokesperson said the cow has been on the loose for weeks in Pembroke Pines, Fla. The department has tried to wrangle her, but she knows how to jump a fence.