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Health & Safety

Why It's Crucial Not To Let Up On Social Distancing

5:42pm April 09, 2020

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Jonathan Smith, lecturer in epidemiology at Yale University, about why any "cheating" on social distancing would undermine all the work that has been done so far.

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Nearing Anniversary Of Devastating Fire, Notre Dame To Host A Good Friday Service

5:33pm April 09, 2020

by Eleanor Beardsley

April 15 will mark the first anniversary of the fire that ripped through the cathedral. The Paris archbishop says he wants to send a "message of hope" through a small Good Friday service.

Coronavirus Updates: Another Unemployment Surge, Genome Information

5:13pm April 09, 2020

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

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CDC Director Redfield Speaks On The Potential Arc Of The Coronavirus

4:52pm April 09, 2020

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Dr. Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Politicians and world leaders celebrated British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's release from the intensive care unit.

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson Leaves ICU Amid Treatment For COVID-19

4:50pm April 09, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

"He is in extremely good spirits," his office said. Johnson's emergence from intensive care is good news for the leader, who remains in the hospital after testing positive for the coronavirus.

Trainer Katie Gould (right) leads workout sessions remotely after having to close her studio, KG Strong in Philadelphia.

A Heavy Lift For The Fitness World As Home Workouts Replace The Gym

4:21pm April 09, 2020

by Alina Selyukh

Swimmers, runners, weight-lifters are getting creative with home exercises. Out-of-work fitness instructors are doing tricky math: whether to offer their hard-earned skills on the Internet for free.

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Doctor Taps His Med School Alumni Network To Get More Medical Supplies

4:04pm April 09, 2020

New York anesthesiologist Tom Lo is working through the Columbia University medical school alumni association to procure desperately needed personal protective equipment for health care workers.

An ICU bed at a makeshift, temporary hospital in Manhattan's Central Park East. Throughout New York City, many doctors who usually do plastic surgery or treat children are learning how to monitor people who need to be on ventilators to breathe.

Improvisation And Retraining May Be Key To Saving Patients In New York's ICUs

3:11pm April 09, 2020

by Rebecca Hersher

Pulmonologists in New York hospitals are now supervising doctors from other specialties as they try to keep ICUs staffed, and are deploying equipment in new ways. But COVID-19 is a demoralizing foe.

A man wearing a surgical mask reads the newspaper on the sidewalk late last month in New York City. The city's leaders said Thursday that social distancing is still necessary.

NYC Mayor And NY Governor Say Social Distancing Is Working, Warn Not To Let Up

2:54pm April 09, 2020

by Rose Friedman

Bill de Blasio and Andrew Cuomo both point to signs of good news in the coronavirus data, but say that restrictions on nonessential workers and businesses must continue.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks on March 31, 2020 at the USTA Indoor Training Center, the site of a makeshift hospital in New York. De Blasio is calling for a national enlistment program for doctors and nurses.

NYC Could Need Up To 45,000 Additional Medical Workers This Month, Mayor Says

2:51pm April 09, 2020

by Jason Breslow

In what he calls a "worst-case" scenario, Mayor Bill de Blasio says the city will be unable to meet the demand for medical workers without help from the federal government.