Health & Safety

Health & Safety

Who Dies The Most During The Coronavirus Pandemic?

3:58pm May 22, 2020

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Jarvis Chen, a social epidemiologist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, about why struggling neighborhoods have been hit by COVID-19 the hardest.

CDC's Approach To Collecting Testing Data May Muddy The Picture Of Current Infections

3:58pm May 22, 2020

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has come out with a dashboard to collect testing data across the U.S. But this dashboard is mixing different data types, which may distort the results.

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College students heading back to campus poses many new challenges.

For In-Person College, Coronavirus Testing Will Be Key. But Is That Feasible?

3:46pm May 22, 2020

by Elissa Nadworny

Colleges might be able to reopen their campuses if they're able to frequently test their students. But can they get tests --- and with budgets already squeezed, will they be able to afford it?

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Dr. Jonas Salk, the scientist who created the polio vaccine, administers an injection to an unidentified boy at Arsenal Elementary School in Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1954.

The Race For A Polio Vaccine Differed From The Quest To Prevent Coronavirus

3:14pm May 22, 2020

by Joe Palca

In the 1950s, as Dr. Jonas Salk and virologist Albert Sabin worked to create a vaccine to prevent infantile paralysis, the threat from polio was already long familiar to Americans.

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Cabling and telecommunications equipment is damaged after a fire in April in Huddersfield, England. The fire came as other cellphone towers burned amid conspiracy theories linking 5G mobile technologies to the coronavirus.

1 In 5 Adults In England Think The Coronavirus Is A Hoax

2:42pm May 22, 2020

by Frank Langfitt

Oxford research has found conspiracy theories about the virus gaining ground.

Flanked by President Trump, Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing last month at the White House.

Fauci Voices Cautious Optimism About Moderna Vaccine, Calling Trial 'Quite Promising'

12:41pm May 22, 2020

by Jason Breslow

Dr. Anthony Fauci says it's "conceivable" a coronavirus vaccine could be ready within months but cautions "when you're dealing with vaccines, there could be so many things that get in the way."

U.S. flags will fly at half-staff on federal and military posts through Sunday as President Trump orders a remembrance of the nearly 100,000 people who have died from COVID-19 in the U.S. Earlier this month, flags in the hard-hit state of New York flew at

President Trump Orders Flags To Fly At Half-Staff As U.S. Mourns Nearly 100,000 Dead

11:40am May 22, 2020

by Bill Chappell

Flags will be lowered from Friday through Sunday's sunset in a show of national mourning and remembrance.

People load their vehicles with boxes of food at a Los Angeles Regional Food Bank earlier this month in Los Angeles. Food banks across the United States are seeing numbers and people they have never seen before amid unprecedented unemployment from the COV

Health & Safety

Food Banks Get The Love, But SNAP Does More To Fight Hunger

10:39am May 22, 2020

by Dan Charles

The charitable organizations called food banks are getting a lot of attention and donations right now. But they aren't nearly as important or effective as SNAP, formerly known as food stamps.

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Dr. Anthony Fauci On U.S Efforts To Develop A Coronavirus Vaccine

8:53am May 22, 2020

NPR's Noel King speaks with Dr. Anthony Fauci, a leading member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, about plans to reopen the country and the race to develop a coronavirus vaccine.

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When Shutdowns Began, Counties Struggled For Resources, Data

8:32am May 22, 2020

by Paul Garber

Editors note: WFDD worked with other public radio stations in North Carolina to look at the how counties responded to the COVID-19 outbreak.

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