Health & Safety

News Brief: African Americans' Death Rate, Navy Hospital, Wuhan Reopens

6:29am April 08, 2020

Data suggests Black Americans are dying from COVID-19 at higher rates than other groups. A Navy hospital ship in New York will now accept pandemic patients. And, after a lockdown, China reopens Wuhan.

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Pandemic Overwhelms New York City's System For Handling Its Dead

6:00am April 08, 2020

by Greg Allen

With the COVID-19 death toll rising, officials in New York City are considering creating a temporary cemetery on city property.

Attention: A Love Story, by Casey Schwartz

In An Age Of Screens, Looking For 'Attention' In All The Wrong Places

4:59am April 08, 2020

by Annalisa Quinn

Casey Schwartz writes of her reliance on Adderall and her realization that the focus it brought was not genuine. But she leaves readers wanting to hear more on the relationship of attention and love.

Health care workers assist a COVID-19 patient in Spain. Some evidence from Europe and China suggests an overzealous immune response may be contributing to the severe illness in some patients.

Health & Safety

Why Some COVID-19 Patients Crash: The Body's Immune System Might Be To Blame

10:12pm April 07, 2020

by Geoff Brumfiel

An overblown immune response could be killing a portion of the sick, and some doctors think that new treatments being tested could help at least some of those patients.

What Happened Today: Racial Disparities In COVID-19 Deaths, Economic Relief Details

10:10pm April 07, 2020

NPR science and economics correspondents answer questions about the federal government's efforts to confront the virus.

Health & Safety

Coronavirus State-By-State Projections: When Will Each State Peak?

9:39pm April 07, 2020

by Sean McMinn

Wondering how bad the coronavirus crisis is going to get where you live? New modeling offers state-by-state projections.

Patients are brought into Wyckoff Heights Medical Center by staff wearing personal protective gear due to COVID-19 concerns on Tuesday in the Brooklyn borough of New York.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Reports 'Largest Single-Day' Increase In Deaths

9:37pm April 07, 2020

by Vanessa Romo

Cuomo says 731 people died on Monday. "Behind every one of those numbers is an individual, is a family, is a mother, is a father, is a brother, is a sister. So a lot of pain again today," he adds.

With baseball season on hold, Fenway Park organist Josh Kantor streams a show from his home each afternoon. He uses his encyclopedic knowledge of music to play requests, and he urges donations to local food banks.

Fenway Park's Organist Gives Fans That Ballpark Sound At Home — And He Takes Requests

9:03pm April 07, 2020

by Laurel Wamsley

Josh Kantor streams the music show on Facebook Live each day from his house in Cambridge, Mass. He says he'll keep going "until people get sick of it or until baseball starts up."

Trump Tells The Story Of A 'Miracle' Cure For COVID-19. But Was It?

9:02pm April 07, 2020

by Joe Palca

President Trump continues to promote hydroxychloroquine, a drug that has not been proved to work against coronavirus and COVID-19. He's relying on anecdotes, not science.

President Trump speaks during Tuesday's briefing from the White House coronavirus task force.

Trump Touts Administration's Pandemic Handling

8:16pm April 07, 2020

Trump told reporters on Tuesday that he wanted to be positive but also that his actions in response to the pandemic came as quickly as practical.