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Keeping Safe While Grocery Shopping During The Pandemic

4:12pm April 10, 2020

by Maria Godoy

What's the safest way to shop for food during this pandemic? And what should people do once they've brought their haul home? Here are tips on safe grocery shopping while social distancing.

Coronavirus Updates: New Business Council, Progress But Not The Peak

4:12pm April 10, 2020

NPR science and politics correspondents relay the latest news in the United States response to the coronavirus epidemic.

Zimbabwe riot police patrol the streets near a fruit and vegetable market in Harare on Thursday.

In Zimbabwe Under Lockdown, 'Find That Resolve To Carry On No Matter What'

4:07pm April 10, 2020

by Eyder Peralta

"I would say to the rest of the world that there is one thing that we have left when we are in trouble, and that is the hope that we will see tomorrow," Evan Mawarire, a Zimbabwean pastor, tells NPR.

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When it comes to the president's grasp of the coronavirus pandemic, more Americans now disapprove 48.9% — than approve — 46.8% — of President Trump's job performance.

Trump's Approval Rating Slumps Amid Coronavirus Fallout

4:06pm April 10, 2020

by Alana Wise

Following a brief spike in the president's approval ratings, more than half of Americans now say they disapprove of his job performance.

A do-it-yourself mask culture is springing up in the Czech Republic. This woman was photographed on the Charles Bridge in Prague on March 28.

Why There Are So Many Different Guidelines For Face Masks For The Public

3:38pm April 10, 2020

by Huo Jingnan

Some agencies and places urged or required people to use face coverings in public early on. Others dismissed the coverings as ineffective, then revised their stance. Why the differences?

Workers wearing protective gear bury bodies in a trench on Hart Island in New York City on April 9.

Burials On New York Island Are Not New, But Are Increasing During Pandemic

3:36pm April 10, 2020

by Meg Anderson

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio acknowledged that more people are being buried at the city's potter's field, but stressed that only the bodies of the unclaimed would be buried there.

A medical worker transports a patient at Mount Sinai on Wednesday in New York, during a week that saw a record number of coronavirus deaths.

'Mourning In Isolation': Chaplain Tries To Comfort Families Of COVID-19 Patients

3:26pm April 10, 2020

by David Greene

For many families, the only connection they have to a loved one in their final moments is to a hospital chaplain. For COVID-19 patients at New York City's Mount Sinai Hospital, that's Rocky Walker.

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Felipe Samaniego officiates at a Roman Catholic Mass, streamed via Facebook from the Santo Tomás Moro church on Palm Sunday, in Monterrey, Mexico.

Mexico's Virtual Catholic Passion Plays Get Creative

3:15pm April 10, 2020

by Carrie Kahn

With the country shut down for the month of April, Roman Catholic churches are bringing their Holy Week celebrations online to continue rituals and reach the faithful.

A march in the Castro area of San Francisco in 1983 was one example of activism that emerged at that time to push for a more coordinated federal response, more funding and better medicine in light of the AIDS epidemic.

Could Lessons From The Early Fight Against AIDS Inform The Coronavirus Response?

2:54pm April 10, 2020

by Scott Shafer

Doctors and activists who worked through the early years of AIDS say there are similarities between those days and the current pandemic — and insights that could help shape strategy.

Zhang Hai stands on a bridge where he took his father out for a walk only about four months earlier. His father died of the novel coronavirus on Feb. 1. "The scenery is still here, but the person is gone," he sighs. He says he frequently comes to this par

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The New Rules For Mourners In Wuhan Have Angered Many Residents

2:41pm April 10, 2020

Zhang Hai's father died of the coronavirus on Feb. 1 and was cremated. Ashes can now be picked up, but the government requires a chaperone for visits to the crematorium as well as for burials.