Health & Safety

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.

Glenn Fine, then the acting Inspector General at the Department of Defense, testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on December 6, 2017. Fine was the defense department's acting inspector general until April 6, 2020, when President Trump rep

In Another Pushback Against Oversight, Trump Removes Pandemic Inspector General

8:07pm April 07, 2020

by Tim Mak

President Trump removed the head of a group charged with overseeing the Coronavirus package passed by Congress. Trump has bristled at the oversight actions of several inspectors general.

Critic Of China's Coronavirus Response Is Under Investigation, Beijing Says

8:02pm April 07, 2020

by John Ruwitch

Retired businessman Ren Zhiqiang, who criticized Chinese leader Xi Jinping, went missing in mid-March. The Communist Party says Ren is under "disciplinary review and supervision and investigation."

In a White House press briefing on Tuesday, President Trump criticized the World Health Organization's coronavirus response and threatened to cut its funding.

Trump Criticizes WHO And Threatens To Pull U.S. Funding

7:59pm April 07, 2020

by Laurel Wamsley

Trump said that the United States funds the majority of the organization's budget. The U.S. provided 14.67% of the WHO's funding in 2018-2019.