Jason Beaubien

The 73rd annual World Health Assembly, which begins Monday, will be held virtually for the first-time ever. It will also be focused on the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Watch this video to learn more about contact tracing, which public health figures say is critical to halting the coronavirus pandemic.

A major health agency fears a humanitarian crisis. Migrant workers are returning home from the hard-hit Dominican Republic. Medical equipment is in short supply. And social distancing is improbable.

The Southeast Asian city-state was lauded as a success story when it came to controlling the coronavirus. Now, it's facing an enormous outbreak in the cramped quarters where migrant laborers live.

An adviser to the Department of Homeland Security gave a presentation during the White House COVID-19 briefing about "emerging" results that coronavirus could slow with direct sunlight and humidity.

As parts of the U.S. aim to move out of lockdown, a key tool to contain coronavirus cases will be contact tracing. It's something health workers in low-income countries have lots of experience with.

NPR's global health and development correspondent answers listener questions about contact tracing, the World Health Organization and flattening the curve.

The World Health Organization says it's reviewing its funding after President Trump declared that the United States is halting payments to the global body over its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

At Tuesday's briefing, Trump criticized the World Health Organization and said he wants to end U.S. funding. He accused the WHO of "severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus."

An NPR global health and development correspondent answers questions about tracking the coronavirus and President Trump's decision to withhold funding to the World Health Organization.

NPR White House and global health and development correspondents take listener questions about how the U.S. government, and governments around the world, are tackling the coronavirus.

NPR's global health and development correspondent and NPR's Beijing correspondent answer questions about the global response to the pandemic.

NPR's global health and development correspondent and NPR's Beijing correspondent answer more questions about the global response to the pandemic.

The United States is now the country with the most COVID-19-related deaths. More than 20,000 Americans have now lost their lives to the disease and more than a half a million have tested positive.

Experts consider the effect of humidity on the virus and the method of transmission as they keep an eye on where the disease spikes next.

Researchers are looking at how the country emerges from one of the largest lockdowns in human history — and whether the drop-off in new cases continues.

Coronavirus cases are still showing up in China — new cases are being introduced by infected people traveling to the country. Chinese officials have not ended all lockdowns and restrictions.

This veteran of fighting HIV/AIDS around the world knows a thing or two about stopping epidemics. But are some of her assumptions too rosy?

One of the regulars at the briefings from the White House Coronavirus Task Force is Dr. Deborah Birx. We profile the woman who is very well known in the world of public health and HIV.

It's one of several places in Asia that did not use draconian lockdown strategies to slow the spread of the coronavirus.