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Health & Safety

Judge Calls System's Treatment Of Those Who Have Mental Illnesses 'The Definition Of Insanity'

7:21am April 11, 2020

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Steven Leifman, who advocates for people with mental health issues in the criminal justice system. He's the focus of a PBS documentary.

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People Who Have Addictions Face Increasing Isolation Amid Pandemic

7:21am April 11, 2020

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with a member of Alcoholics Anonymous about addiction in the time of the coronavirus.

How To Translate A Concept Like 'Social Distancing' In Other Languages

7:21am April 11, 2020

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Arcenio López of the Mixteco/Indígena Community Organizing Project. He and his colleagues translate COVID-19 information for people who speak indigenous languages.

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Yemen Reports Its 1st COVID-19 Case

7:21am April 11, 2020

by Jane Arraf

In a country at war and already seeing widespread malnutrition, Yemen's troubles are compounded by the threat of the coronavirus.

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What Would Contact Tracing For Coronavirus Look Like?

7:21am April 11, 2020

by Martha Bebinger

The CDC says reopening the U.S. economy during the coronavirus pandemic will require very aggressive contact tracing. WBUR health reporter Martha Bebinger talks about what that entails.

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A voter in Delray Beach, Fla. during last month's primary election. More voters are expected to request mail-in ballots for the August primary and November general election.

Even As Trump Denounces Vote By Mail, GOP In Florida And Elsewhere Relies On It

7:00am April 11, 2020

by Greg Allen

"Absentee ballots are typically Republicans' friends" in Florida says one former GOP campaign operative. Despite condemning mail-in ballots, President Trump cast one himself last month.

Former Vice President Joe Biden at a press conference in Wilmington, Del., in mid-March. His bid this week to allow 60-year-olds to get Medicare "reflects the reality," he says, "that, even after the current crisis ends, older Americans are likely to find

Biden's Health Play In A COVID-19 Economy: Lower Medicare's Eligibility Age To 60

5:00am April 11, 2020

by Julie Rovner

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden proposes letting 60-year-olds enroll in Medicare. He'd pay for the expansion out of general tax revenue, he says, not the Medicare fund.

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Questions About The Search For A Coronavirus Vaccine

9:51pm April 10, 2020

by Joe Palca

An NPR science correspondent answers listener questions about the search for a vaccine to fight the coronavirus.

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What Happened Today: New Drug Study, Questions About COVID-19 Impact

9:25pm April 10, 2020

by Jon Hamilton

An NPR science correspondent takes listener questions about the specific impacts of the coronavirus — and the race to stop it.

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