Health & Safety

Rick Bright, former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, is seen here in 2018.

Rick Bright, Former Top Vaccine Scientist, Files Whistleblower Complaint

9:38pm May 05, 2020

by Laurel Wamsley

Bright says he was removed from his post as a high-ranking federal scientist focused on vaccines because of his reluctance to promote drugs such as hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 patients.

A nurse in the Eugenie Hospital in Ajaccio, on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica, on April 23. France appears to have had its first case of COVID-19 in December, a month earlier than doctors thought.

French Doctors Find COVID Case From December — A Month Before 1st Known Case There

9:15pm May 05, 2020

by Laurel Wamsley

"This is important because to fight a virus, you need to know its life cycle," says Dr. Yves Cohen. "This case will allow us to better understand the evolution of the virus on French soil."

A Scientist For The Federal Government Files A Whistleblower Complaint

8:29pm May 05, 2020

Rick Bright, a scientist for the federal government, has filed a whistleblower complaint. NPR's Ailsa Change talks with Bright's attorney Debra Katz.

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New York Doctor Spends Yet Another Medical Crisis In The Emergency Room

6:54pm May 05, 2020

by Deborah Amos

For Dr. Antonio Dajer from New York, the coronavirus pandemic is not the first massive medical crisis spent in an emergency room. He was there for 9/11 and, before that, the AIDS epidemic.

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Coronavirus deaths in the U.K. have passed those in Italy. Workers in the intensive care unit at the Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge are shown gearing up to care for COVID-19 patients.

U.K. Surpasses Italy In Recorded Coronavirus Deaths, Now Leads Europe In Fatalities

6:01pm May 05, 2020

by Hannah Hagemann

The reports of over 32,000 deaths surpassed Italy. The U.S. has the world's highest death toll.

Coronavirus Update: Cruise Ships Are Sitting Empty At U.S. Ports

5:46pm May 05, 2020

NPR's health policy and national correspondents update on the latest coronavirus news.

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One New York School Plans To Hold Its Graduation Ceremony At A Drive-In Movie Theater

5:41pm May 05, 2020

by Tovia Smith

Many high schools around the U.S. have been forced to cancel graduation ceremonies. But one school in New York has found a way to have safe graduation — at a drive-in movie theater.

KQED Deep Look delves into how the novel coronavirus attacks the lungs in this new video.

VIDEO: How The Novel Coronavirus Hijacks Our Defenses

4:19pm May 05, 2020

It's just a bit of genetic material wrapped in protein and fat. But the virus behind COVID-19 can wreak havoc deep inside human lungs when it triggers the immune system to go into overdrive.

Meatpacking Workers Are Struggling To Protect Themselves During The Pandemic

4:13pm May 05, 2020

by Kate Payne

Meatpacking workers are scared to work as the coronavirus ravages plants. Many of them are immigrants or refugees, and language and cultural barriers make protecting themselves more challenging.

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Physical and occupational therapists carry bags of personal protective equipment on their way to the room of a COVID-19 patient in a Stamford Hospital intensive care unit in Stamford, Conn., on April 24. This "prone team" turns over COVID-19 to help them

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Hospital ICUs Are Adapting To COVID-19 At 'Light Speed'

4:01pm May 05, 2020

by Jon Hamilton

With COVID-19 becoming a critical focus in hospital intensive care units, nurses, doctors and other caregivers have had to shift gears to protect staff and save patients.

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