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Ambulances arrive at a hospital in New York City, where concerns are rising about the supply of dialysis equipment for ICU patients.

Shortage Of Dialysis Equipment Leads To Difficult Decisions In New York ICUs

Hospital workers on the front lines in the New York metro area have been sounding the alarm about an insufficient supply of dialysis machines for patients with COVID-19-related kidney damage.

Lynne Gist stands at her sister's chair in the Field of Empty Chairs at the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum on Wednesday. Gist lost her sister, Karen Gist Carr, when a truck bomb ripped through a federal building in downtown Oklahoma City and killed 168 people 25 years ago.

On 25th Anniversary Of Oklahoma City Bombing, Officials Find Lessons For Today

Sunday's anniversary was commemorated virtually, as the annual in-person gathering was canceled due to the coronavirus.

Employees of the Symphony of Joliet nursing home in Joliet, Ill., go to work last Friday. At least 21 people, including two staff members, have died of COVID-19 at the facility.

Nursing Home COVID-19 Reporting Rules To Be Strengthened

The federal government "will require nursing homes to inform residents, their families and their representatives of COVID-19 cases in their facilities." Notification must be given within 12 hours.

After the Deepwater Horizon accident a capping stack like this one had to be built to stop the flow of oil. Now, five of them are on standby in Corpus Christi, Texas, and could be deployed in about a week.

10 Years After Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Industry Says It's Better Prepared

The offshore drilling industry now has equipment on standby to respond to a similar emergency. But critics says stronger regulation is still needed to prevent another massive oil spill.

Closed Schools Are Creating More Trauma For Students

School counselors say the coronavirus pandemic has so destabilized kids' lives that the result is genuinely traumatic. And closed schools make it harder for counselors to help.

Wedding Ring Returned Thanks To Engraving, Social Media Detective Work

Three years ago, Mike and Lisa were at a Florida restaurant when his ring slipped off his finger and rolled through a gap in the restaurant's patio floor. It was found this month during remodeling.

Why Conditions Should Determine When Economies Open, Not A Target Date

NPR's David Greene talks to Dr. Harvey Fineberg of the National Academy of Medicine's Standing Committee on Emerging Infectious Diseases and 21st Century Health Threats about reopening the economy.

A U.S. crude oil benchmark has hit record lows. Above, pump jacks draw crude oil near Long Beach, Calif., on March 9.

Free Fall: Oil Prices Go Negative

For the first time ever, a key oil benchmark, West Texas Intermediate, fell below zero on Monday. That means some traders, instead of paying money to buy oil, are paying to get rid of it.

In November 2019, PJ Hahn, former director of Coastal Zone Management for Plaquemines Parish, stood in the spot where Cat Island once was. "To be standing there in three, four feet of water where the land used to be so beautiful. I remember pulling up to this island, the minute we got close the birds would fly off the island."

'Where The Land Used To Be,' Photos Show Louisiana Coast 10 Years After BP Oil Spill

Photographer Tyrone Turner documented the life and changes on Cat Island in the southeastern coastal area of the state before it disappeared.

A safe-distancing enforcement officer wearing a red armband checks his phone at a food court in Singapore on Saturday. The officers have been deployed to ensure people maintain distance from one another, as Singapore grapples with a spike in coronavirus cases.

Singapore Sees Surge In COVID-19 Cases, Now Has Highest Number In Southeast Asia

Singapore reported 1,426 new cases on Monday and now has the highest number of reported cases in Southeast Asia. Most of those recently infected are foreign workers staying in cramped dormitories.

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