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Federal Officers Could Expand Beyond Portland; Trump Searches For Campaign Strategy

20 Jul 2020

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In Portland, Oregon, federal agents have been using violent force against protesters. Some protesters have been arrested by officers in unmarked vehic...

Money Is Flowing For Big Banks. For Unemployed Americans, It's About To Be Cut Off

17 Jul 2020

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The United States had 71,000 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday. Back in June, Dr. Anthony Fauci said he wouldn't be surprised to see 100,00 cases per ...

Trump Administration Push To 'Consolidate' CDC Data Worries Public Health Experts

16 Jul 2020

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Until now, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has collected important information about COVID-19 hospitalizations and equipment from aroun...

There's No Untangling The Pandemic From The Economy

15 Jul 2020

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A lot of Americans are having trouble getting a coronavirus test. If they do get one, they may have to wait more than a week for results.On Tuesday, s...

Can Schools Open Safely? What Other Countries Have Decided

14 Jul 2020

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Admiral Brett Giroir of the White House coronavirus task force tells NPR that the United States is still growing testing capacity. Positivity rates in...

Florida ICU Could Hit Capacity 'In Days' As Health Care Workers Face Burnout

13 Jul 2020

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Governors in Southern states like Louisiana are starting to come around to mask mandates, but not all residents are following suit. On Sunday, Florida...

Consider This: Make Sense Of The Day

12 Jul 2020

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Every weekday afternoon, Kelly McEvers and the hosts of NPR's All Things Considered — Ailsa Chang, Audie Cornish, Mary Louise Kelly and Ari Shapiro ...

The GOP Operatives Toying With Trump, Hoping For A President Biden

10 Jul 2020

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The President traveled to Florida today. It's one of three states that just set records for new daily deaths from the coronavirus. Trump's trip there ...

Testing Labs Falling Behind; SCOTUS Rules On Trump Taxes

09 Jul 2020

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With so many new coronavirus cases, testing labs are falling behind and people are waiting days for results. On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled...

3 Million Cases And Counting, U.S. Faces Same Problems From Beginning Of Pandemic

08 Jul 2020

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The U.S. Supreme Court has made it more difficult for women to get access to birth control. The opinion upheld a Trump administration rule that allow...

Ideas For Reopening Schools; Evidence Of Airborne Spread

07 Jul 2020

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The Australian state of Victoria, which includes Melbourne, just started a new six-week lockdown. The state just recorded a record number of new dail...

Lawsuit Forces Release of Government Data On Racial Inequity Of Coronavirus

06 Jul 2020

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For the first time in the states history, Arizona has activated "crisis of care standards," a set of protocols health care workers can use to make dec...

America Relied On 'Individual Decisions' To Slow The Virus. It Didn't Work

03 Jul 2020

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It can feel a bit like headline deja vu: New cases on the rise; bars and restaurants closing back down. More than 130,000 people have died in the Unit...

Fauci Admits Government Fault On Masks; Celebrating July 4 Safely

02 Jul 2020

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Employers added 4.8 million jobs last month but the U.S. is still down 15 million jobs since February. And those new figures are from a survey before ...

The Mask Debate Is Over; Fauci On Mandates, Vaccine Skepticism

01 Jul 2020

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As Arizona hits new records of coronavirus cases and deaths, the state announced they will pause their reopening plans.More and more Republicans are s...

Gaps In The Russian Bounties Story; Fauci Warns Of 100k Cases A Day

30 Jun 2020

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Dr. Anthony Fauci told members of Congress Tuesday that although he can't predict the ultimate number of coronavirus cases in the United States, he "w...

After SCOTUS Decision, The Future Of Abortion Rights; Mask Mandates

29 Jun 2020

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On Monday, the Supreme Court issued a major decision on access to abortion. The court struck down a Louisiana law that required doctors who perform ab...

Welcome to Consider This

27 Jun 2020

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The hosts of NPR's All Things Considered help you make sense of a major news story and what it means for you, in 15 minutes. New episodes six days a w...

White House Task Force Briefing Is Back; Texas Emergency Rooms Are Filling Up

26 Jun 2020

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COVID-19 cases are at an all-time high in the U.S. And for the first time in almost two months, The White House Coronavirus Task Force had a televised...

Mask Debate Heats Up; Creating A Vaccine For A Mutating Virus

25 Jun 2020

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Just two months ago, the Northeast was the epicenter of the pandemic in the U.S. On Wednesday, there were just 581 new reported cases of the coronavir...

The Pandemic Isn't Over: Nearly 10 Million Coronavirus Cases Worldwide

24 Jun 2020

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Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the WHO, started Wednesday's coronavirus briefing on a somber note: By next week there will be a t...

Fauci Fact-Checks Trump On Testing

23 Jun 2020

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Wearing a face mask, with hand sanitizer and Lysol wipes close at hand, Dr. Anthony Fauci testified before the House Tuesday, to explain why the U.S. ...

Florida Passes 100,000 Cases; More Young People Are Testing Positive

22 Jun 2020

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Florida passed a grim milestone: 100,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases. The latest numbers include a lot of people in their 20s and 30s. Some officials are...

The President's Indoor Rally; Rise In Cases Not Explained By More Testing

19 Jun 2020

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COVID-19 cases are on the rise in some states — and more testing isn't the only explanation.Find out how cases are in your community. Today is Junet...

Restaurants Are Closing. Again.

18 Jun 2020

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The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Trump administration's plan to end DACA — Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals — was "arbitrary and ca...

Which Masks Are Better; The Rich Aren't Spending (And That's Hurting The Economy)

17 Jun 2020

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While President Trump wants to celebrate an uptick in retail sales as states reopen, there's still a long way to go before the economy is back on trac...

Isolation Causes Loneliness. What Else Can It Do To Our Bodies?

16 Jun 2020

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There's a cost to staying home, too. Julianne Holt-Lunstad, a neuroscientist and social psychologist at Brigham Young University, explains the toll th...

There Is No 'Second Wave.' The U.S. Is Still Stuck In The First One

15 Jun 2020

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Nationwide, numbers were never trending downward in any big way. Now in some states that are reopening, they are going up. Oregon and Arizona are two ...

What We Don't Know About Potential Vaccines; Protest Safety

12 Jun 2020

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All week we've been hearing about rising cases in states around the country. The stock market reacted on Thursday, in part after Federal Reserve offic...

Masks Are Even More Important Than We Thought

11 Jun 2020

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Many states that reopened a few weeks ago are seeing spikes in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. In Arizona, officials say if cases continue to ...

Numbers Steady, Hundreds More Dead Each Day; The Cost Of Opening Schools

10 Jun 2020

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The numbers aren't really changing. 20,000 new cases a day, and more than 800 dead. Experts warn that by fall, in America, the death count could rise ...

Kids And COVID-19; Mixed Messages On Asymptomatic Spread

09 Jun 2020

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George Floyd's killing by police sparked protests around the world. Because of the coronavirus, attendance at Floyd's Houston funeral was limited and ...

New York Reopening; Hindsight On Sweden's Lack of Lockdown

08 Jun 2020

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After a nearly three-month lockdown and over 20,000 coronavirus-related deaths, New York City is taking its first steps to reopen parts of its economy...

Surprising Job Gains Are Good News — But Not For Everyone

05 Jun 2020

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Editor's note: In this episode, we mispronounced the name of professor Sven-Eric Jordt.It looks like another weekend of protests across the country. A...

Phase III Vaccine Trials Could Start In July

04 Jun 2020

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It's been 96 days since the first person in America was reported to have died of COVID-19. And for the first time, the federal government will require...

Fauci's New Vaccine Hopes For 2021; A Pandemic Election

03 Jun 2020

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Eight states and the District of Columbia went to the polls Tuesday. More mail-in ballots and fewer in-person polling places caused long delays in som...

The Coronavirus In America: One More Racial Inequity

02 Jun 2020

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The more we learn about the coronavirus, the clearer it becomes that it's disproportionately affecting communities of color. And as protests continue ...

Protesting In A Pandemic; The Fight Over Mail-In Voting

01 Jun 2020

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The coronavirus pandemic has collided with protests all over the country over police brutality and the deaths of George Floyd in Minneapolis and many ...

Q & A: Voting And Acts Of Kindness

30 May 2020

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Bestselling author Cheryl Strayed joins NPR's Ari Shaprio as listeners share stories about acts of kindness they've experienced.These excerpts come fr...

The Rural/Urban Divide; Safe Summer Activities

29 May 2020

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Democrats want another coronavirus relief bill. A sticking point for Republicans is $600 a week in federal unemployment benefits — which means some ...

Why Are Some Countries Doing Better Than Others?

28 May 2020

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A new study suggests the coronavirus is both more common and less deadly than it first appeared, NPR's Jon Hamilton reports. From NPR's Joel Rose: a s...

Global Vaccine Competition; More Than 100,000 Dead

27 May 2020

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According to Johns Hopkins University, more than 100,000 people have died in the United States from COVID-19, and experts at the World Health Organiza...

99,000 People Dead And A Dire Summer Prediction

26 May 2020

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As the United States nears 100,000 coronavirus deaths and states begin to re-open, what's next for the country? Dr. Ashish Jha of Harvard's Global Hea...

The Cost Of Being "Essential"

25 May 2020

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From NPR's Embedded: The workers who produce pork, chicken, and beef in plants around the country have been deemed "essential" by the government and t...

Q & A: Vaccine Development And Kids' Questions

23 May 2020

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NPR Science Correspondent Joe Palca answers listener questions about vaccine development, and medical experts tackle questions sent in by kids.These e...

Fauci Optimistic On Vaccine; What's Different About Military Homecomings

22 May 2020

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Earlier this week, an experimental coronavirus vaccine showed promise. But, for the moment, the full data from that research hasn't been released. Fri...

Optimism For A Vaccine; Strapped Unemployment Offices Leave Many Waiting

21 May 2020

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A new analysis from Columbia University says that roughly 36,000 people could've been saved if the United States had started social distancing just on...

What Contact Tracing Tells Us About High-Risk Activities

20 May 2020

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Three-quarters of Americans are concerned that a second wave of coronavirus cases will emerge, a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds. Despite that,...

Indoor Spread, Workers' Anxieties, And Our Warped Sense Of Time

19 May 2020

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There are still a lot of questions about how the coronavirus is transmitted through air. Researchers are looking at how the virus is spread indoors an...

Encouraging Vaccine News; Pandemic Grows More Political

18 May 2020

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A new coronavirus vaccine candidate shows encouraging results. It's early, but preliminary data shows it appears to be eliciting the kind of immune re...

Q & A: Sleep Problems And Summer Childcare

16 May 2020

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Sleep experts answer listener questions about insomnia, and a nurse practitioner offers advice to parents about summer childcare.These excerpts come f...

The Government's Vaccine Push; Businesses Struggle With Reopening Rules

15 May 2020

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To speed up the process of developing a coronavirus vaccine, the Trump Administration says the government will invest in manufacturing the top candida...

Whistleblower: U.S. Lost Valuable Time, Warns Of 'Darkest Winter In Modern History'

14 May 2020

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Career government scientist-turned-whistleblower Rick Bright testified before Congress Thursday that without a stronger federal response to the corona...

Public Health Vs. Politics; Lessons From An Anti-Mask Protest

13 May 2020

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The U.S. has more coronavirus deaths than any country in the world. Dr. Anthony Fauci says the number of American fatalities is likely an under count....

Testing, Reopening Schools, Vaccines: Fauci And Others Testify

12 May 2020

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In a Senate committee hearing on Tuesday, Chair Lamar Alexander of Tennessee asked Dr. Anthony Fauci whether coronavirus treatments or a vaccine could...

How To Stay Safe As States Reopen; The Latest on Masks

11 May 2020

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Democrats want another stimulus plan, but Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin says the Trump administration wants to wait before providing any further ai...

Q & A: Home Cooking And Environmental Impact

09 May 2020

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Chef Samin Nosrat, author of 'Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat,' answers listener cooking questions. NPR's science correspondent discusses the pandemic's environ...

Antibodies And Immunity; Why Even Health Care Workers Are Losing Jobs

08 May 2020

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Most people infected with the coronavirus develop antibodies in response. NPR's Richard Harris reports that scientists are trying to figure out if tha...

Track Your State's Testing; What A Possible Mutation Means

07 May 2020

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Testing for the coronavirus is still falling short in many places in the U.S. How is your state doing? Track it using a tool from NPR.A mutated strain...

More Americans Are Getting Tested, But Experts Warn Of Second Wave

06 May 2020

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The White House Coronavirus Task Force is not disbanding, but instead shifting its focus to "opening up our country," according to President Trump. Te...

When To See A Doctor; Policing During The Pandemic

05 May 2020

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California, one of the first states to shutdown, joins a growing list of states that are trying to restart their economies. Customers around the count...

New Cases Plateau For Now As States Chart Their Own Course

04 May 2020

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One model forecast 60,000 Americans would die from COVID-19 by August. But fatalities keep rising, and the United States has surpassed that number.Aro...

Q & A: Dentists, Reopening Businesses, And Contact Tracing

02 May 2020

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A dentist, epidemiologist and NPR journalists answer listener questions on 'The National Conversation with All Things Considered,' NPR's nightly radio...

Operation Warp Speed; Essential Workers Fight For Benefits

01 May 2020

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The Trump administration is calling the effort to develop a vaccine for COVID-19 "Operation Warp Speed." Dr. Anthony Fauci says if all goes well, we c...

Federal Stay-At-Home Guidance Ends; A Potential New Test For COVID-19

30 Apr 2020

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The federal stay-at-home guidance ends on Thursday. Some governors are planning to open up their states, but others say it's too soon. A potential new...

A Drug Could Speed Up Recovery; The Economy Declines

29 Apr 2020

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Results from a trial involving more than a thousand hospital patients showed the drug Remdesivir could speed up recovery from COVID-19 and possibly al...

1 Million Confirmed Coronavirus Cases In U.S.; Labs Struggle To Test Faster

28 Apr 2020

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More than 1 million cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed in the United States, according to Johns Hopkins University.Nationwide social distancing gui...

New Symptoms; A Missed Chance At Early Detection

27 Apr 2020

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Challenges with testing and logistics, clashes between federal and state officials and even hospitals' fears of being stigmatized as a source of infec...

Q & A: Ethical Dilemmas And Disinfectants

25 Apr 2020

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A scientist and a philosopher answer listener questions on 'The National Conversation with All Things Considered,' NPR's nightly radio show about the ...

Southern States, Moving To Reopen, Could Be Most Vulnerable

24 Apr 2020

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Data shared at a White House press briefing Thursday was unusual, says David Lappan of the Bipartisan Policy Center — and not just because it prompt...

Coronavirus Not Going Away Before Next Fall, Fauci Says

23 Apr 2020

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Dr. Anthony Fauci said we will still be dealing with the coronavirus next fall. The severity depends on what we do over the next few months.What about...

Georgia's Plan To Reopen; Anti-Shutdown Protests And Fox News

22 Apr 2020

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Posthumous autopsy results revealed the first U.S. death from COVID-19 happened much earlier than previously thought.The state of Georgia will reopen ...

More Small Business Aid; Antibody Test Results

21 Apr 2020

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The Paycheck Protection Program was created to help small businesses hit by the pandemic, but the program was exhausted quickly. Now congress has secu...

Why Testing Is Still So Far Behind

20 Apr 2020

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President Trump's guidelines for reopening the country put the onus on governors across the nation. But many say they don't have enough testing suppli...

Q & A: Pets And COVID-19, Ventilators, And The View From Wuhan

18 Apr 2020

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Public health experts and NPR journalists answer listener questions on 'The National Conversation with All Things Considered,' NPR's nightly radio sho...

Testing Holds States Back; Vaccine Timeline

17 Apr 2020

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According to new White House guidelines, a state, city, or county has to show a decreasing rate of confirmed coronavirus cases for 14 days before reop...

New White House Guidance for When States Can Move To Reopen

16 Apr 2020

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The White House Thursday offered a blueprint for states to re-open. It starts with a decline in confirmed cases of COVID-19 and includes extensive tes...

Reopening Won't Feel Normal; Tech Giants Plan For Contact Tracing

15 Apr 2020

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Governors around the country are starting to plan for what reopening their states could look like. California Gov. Gavin Newsom said testing will be ...

Some Government Aid Checks Will Arrive This Week

14 Apr 2020

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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says 80 million Americans should receive economic impact payments by Wednesday. President Trump said during Monday's...

Trump's Unfulfilled Promises; What Contact Tracing Could Look Like

13 Apr 2020

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Exactly one month ago, President Trump declared a national emergency and promised a mobilization of public and private resources to attack the coronav...

Q & A: Masks, Unemployment Aid, And Recovering From COVID-19

11 Apr 2020

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Public health experts and NPR journalists answer listener questions on 'The National Conversation with All Things Considered,' NPR's nightly radio sho...

Some Infection Rates Drop, But U.S. Hasn't Peaked Yet

10 Apr 2020

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Dr. Deborah Birx said despite signs of progress in New York and elsewhere, the United States hasn't reached the peak of the pandemic yet. Rigorous tes...

Antibody Tests Coming "Very Soon"; Is The Coronavirus Seasonal?

09 Apr 2020

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Antibody tests that could help determine who has had the virus are being developed Dr. Anthony Fauci said. There's hope those people will have some me...

Social Distancing Is Working; Why The Virus Hits Hard In The Second Week

08 Apr 2020

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New York state saw its highest daily death count today, but Dr. Anthony Fauci says because of mitigation strategies like social distancing, a turnarou...

Deaths Climb In Louisiana; Delays In Aid For Small Businesses

07 Apr 2020

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The Paycheck Protection Program was created to help small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic. But the program got off to a rocky start, with s...

Fauci: Half Of Those With Coronavirus May Have No Symptoms

06 Apr 2020

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Even as the total number of deaths grows, White House officials said Sunday that if the public forcefully practices social distancing, the United Stat...

Masks Now Recommended; Not All States Are 'Staying Home'

03 Apr 2020

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The CDC now recommends Americans cover their nose and mouth when they leave their home, but to save medical masks for healthcare workers. And as deat...

Ventilator Shortages; 6.6 Million New Unemployment Claims

02 Apr 2020

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6.6 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, doubling the record-setting numbers from the week before. The rapid increase has over...

The Mask Debate; Preventing More New York-Sized Clusters

01 Apr 2020

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Officials on the White House coronavirus task force have a goal: to limit the number of U.S. deaths from COVID-19 to 100,000 people. But they say pre...

Trump And Governors Mix Messages; Managing Your Mortgage Or Rent

31 Mar 2020

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Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, messages from President Trump and state governors have been mixed. Meanwhile, New York City has over 40,000 confi...

Social Distancing Extended; Grocery Store Tips

30 Mar 2020

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Two weeks ago, President Trump told Americans to stay home for 15 days. On Sunday, he extended that guidance for another month, as the U.S. trails beh...

Trump Signs Aid Package, Epicenter Is Now The U.S.

27 Mar 2020

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The $2 trillion economic recovery package is now law, as the number of COVID-19 cases in America approaches 100,000 and deaths near 1,500. A Johns Hop...

Unemployment Claims Hit Record as Testing Grows — But Is It Fast Enough?

26 Mar 2020

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Weekly unemployment claims soared last week to nearly 3.3 million and Congress works to finalize a coronavirus relief package. Plus Anthony Fauci talk...

Details Emerge On Senate's $2 Trillion Rescue Package

25 Mar 2020

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It would be the largest such stimulus package in American history. The Governor of New York says it's not nearly enough. Plus, NPR's Ayesha Rascoe rep...

New York City, U.S. Epicenter, Braces For Peak

24 Mar 2020

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Governor Andrew Cuomo said the pandemic could peak in New York in the next 14-21 days — around the same time President Trump said he'd love to "open...

The Cost Of Social Distancing

23 Mar 2020

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How do officials weigh the economic cost against the public health benefit? Plus a report from the hardest-hit area of Italy, and a sampling of free t...

CA, NY On Lockdown; Mortgage Relief For Some Homeowners

20 Mar 2020

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Two of the hardest-hit states order residents to stay home in an effort to fight the pandemic. Plus what the World Health Organization has learned abo...

GOP Senator Raised Virus Alarms Weeks Ago — In Private

19 Mar 2020

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U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, in a private luncheon, compared the coronavirus to the 1918 flu. NPR's Tim Mak obtained a secret recording — more of his rep...

Why U.S. Coronavirus Cases Are About To Rise Dramatically

18 Mar 2020

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White House officials expect a spike tied to increased testing. Plus a guide to social distancing, a look at the grocery store supply chain, and a sug...