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It's not clear whether spending a lot of time on Facebook, Snapchat or Instagram leads to social isolation, or whether the lonely seek solace in social media.

We answer listener-submitted questions about the Ebola outbreak, including how it's transmitted and how doctors can test for it.

In upstate New York, the COVID-19 vaccination rate has stalled around 50%. There's now a sharp divide between vaccinated people and those who've declined.

In Zimbabwe and other African nations, the virus's resurgence is threatening the survival of millions. The United Nations says about 9 in 10 of the world's extremely poor live in Africa.

In Rostov-on-Don, the largest Russian city near the border with Ukraine, some residents are bracing for a possible war. But many others are going on with their normal routines.

Secretary of State Tillerson is at the meetings on rebuilding Iraq after the fight against ISIS. People say raising the money is necessary to keep radical militants from taking hold there again.

A powerful earthquake south of Mexico City has killed more than 200 people. Rescuers are working to dig out collapsed buildings and looking for survivors.

With temperatures dropping and coronavirus cases surging across the country, Harvard epidemiologist Julia Marcus tells NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro low-risk ways to gather this winter.

The FDA released detailed analysis of the vaccine ahead of a Thursday meeting of a group of independent experts that will advise the agency on whether to authorize the vaccine for emergency use.

Hong Kong is being forced to innovate as the city struggles with the high number of people who need to be tested and are placed under quarantine.