Health & Safety

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.

Navy Rear Adm. John Polowczyk, supply chain task force lead at FEMA, speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House on Sunday.

States, Hospitals Say They're Still Not Getting Vital Supplies To Fight COVID-19

7:33pm April 07, 2020

by Eric Westervelt

President Trump says the government's procurement and distribution system is "a fine-tuned machine," but many hospitals and state governors say they're struggling to get what they need.

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Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly testifies before a Senate hearing in December 2019.

Modly Resigns As Acting Navy Chief After Firing Warship Skipper And Calling Him Stupid

7:04pm April 07, 2020

by David Welna

First it was his sacking of Capt. Brett Crozier last week; then it was a diatribe he delivered aboard the USS Roosevelt on Monday morning. Now acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly is out.

Federal Appeals Court Panel Reaffirms Texas Abortion Ban Under Coronavirus Limits

5:50pm April 07, 2020

by Sarah McCammon

The decision allows the ban while litigation continues. Top state Republican officials have said abortion is an elective procedure and should be suspended to save medical supplies during the pandemic.

On April 3, Iraqi volunteers in full hazmat gear prayed over the coffin of a 50-year-old who died of COVID-19. She was buried at a cemetery specifically opened for such deaths, some 12 miles from the holy city of Najaf.

Coronavirus Is Changing The Rituals Of Death For Many Religions

5:21pm April 07, 2020

The virus is upending burial traditions across cultures, from the washing of the body of a loved one in Iraq to the gathering of mourners in Israel.

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