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Denise and Richard Victor of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., have been missing their grandkids, whom they haven't seen since February. Before the pandemic, they had regular visits with grandsons (from left) Daren Cosola, Stirling Victor, Davis Victor and Lucas C

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Too Little Or Too Much Time With The Kids? Grandparenting Is Tough In A Pandemic

5:00am May 25, 2020

by JoNel Aleccia

Even as social restrictions ease in some spots, older adults remain extra-vulnerable to COVID-19. That means many families are facing hard choices — whether to hunker down together or apart.

Pediatrician Discusses Pandemic's Effects On Middle Schoolers

5:19pm May 24, 2020

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with pediatrician Cara Natterson about how the coronavirus pandemic — and our response to it — is affecting kids in a key developmental age group: middle school.

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Middle School Counselor's Insights On The Student Pandemic Experience

5:19pm May 24, 2020

A school counselor reflects on how the pandemic is affecting her middle school students.

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Australia's Free Childcare Program

5:19pm May 24, 2020

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with journalist Conor Duffy about the Australian government's decision to make child care free for parents during the coronavirus pandemic.

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ProPublica Report On Chicago's Dramatic COVID-19 Health Disparities

5:19pm May 24, 2020

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with ProPublica's Duaa Eldeib about her report, "The First 100," which looks at the reasons why 70 of the first 100 COVID-19 deaths in Chicago were African Americans.

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Justice Buress, 4, hides under a table while demonstrating a drill at Little Explorers Learning Center in St. Louis. Tess Trice, head of the day care program, carries out monthly drills to train the children to get on the floor when they hear gunfire.

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Teaching Kids To Hide From Gunfire: Safety Drills At Day Care And At Home

9:00am May 24, 2020

by Cara Anthony

Sheltering in place isn't new for children who live in neighborhoods plagued by gun violence, and shootings haven't eased during the pandemic. St. Louis families improvise to keep kids safe.

Florida COVID ICU Nurse Remembered By His Father

7:53am May 24, 2020

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Ronald Coddington of Palm Beach, Fla., about the death of his son, William, who was a young nurse in a COVID intensive care unit.

COVID-19 Threatens Indigenous People Of The Amazon

7:53am May 24, 2020

by Philip Reeves

A remote Amazon town of mostly indigenous Brazilians is struggling to protect its population as the coronavirus spreads through the forest.

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New York Doctor Shares Inside Look At Caring For End-Of-Life COVID-19 Patients

7:53am May 24, 2020

Craig Blinderman is a palliative care doctor at New York City. He shares his audio diary and talks with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about caring for dying coronavirus patients.

As Americans Observe Memorial Day, The U.S Inches Towards A Grim COVID-19 Milestone

7:53am May 24, 2020

The U.S. is likely to see its 100,000th death this Memorial Day. It's a staggering, incomprehensible number – more than the nation lost in the Vietnam and Korean wars combined.