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The outbreak is straining a health care system that was already overburdened, and many patients with other illnesses are now falling through the cracks.

NPR’s Rachel Martin talks to Steven Butler of the Committee to Protect Journalists about the White House capping the number of Chinese nationals allowed to work in the U.S. from China state-run media.

Israelis voted for the third time in a year as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu struggles to win a fourth straight term in office.

African nations are taking the coronavirus seriously. In Kenya, the government is facing a lawsuit over allowing flights from China to enter the country.

NPR’s Rachel Martin talks to former State Department official Laurel Miller, now with the International Crisis Group, about the agreement signed between the U.S. and the Taliban.

On Super Tuesday, the field of Democratic presidential candidates narrows. The CDC confirms coronavirus cases in 12 states. And in Israel’s election, votes are still being counted.