We often think of fatality rates as statistics — numbers on a chart. But each one represents a real person. NPR's Scott Simon reflects on some of those who have been lost so far in the pandemic.
Cancer makes you face your mortality. Add in coronavirus and there's even more stress. What do people with cancer need to get by? And what can they teach us about coping?
The U.S. has been slow to roll out testing, leaving communities in the dark about the spread of the virus. It was a lost opportunity to stop the virus in its tracks.
While there are no known cases yet of coronavirus infection in refugee camps, the disease may hit these communities hard and it's urgent to mitigate risk, warns Muhammad H. Zaman of Boston University.
As India is facing major tensions over a new law Muslims say discriminates against them, NRP's Scott Simon notes the country's history of rich religious diversity.
Although no major trade deal was produced during President Trump's visit to India, there were other signs of progress in the U.S.-India relationship, writes the Brookings Institution's Tanvi Madan.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel B. Shapiro warns of "severe ramifications" from the plan. The major problems, he writes, "result from having talked to only one side in the conflict — Israel."
