Health & Safety

Bronx Councilman Ritchie Torres Experiences COVID-19 Firsthand

7:44am March 31, 2020

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to New York City Councilman Ritchie Torres about testing positive for the coronavirus, and why young people need to take social distancing seriously.

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I Relied On My Macy's Job To Pay My Bills, Furloughed Worker Says

6:23am March 31, 2020

Macy's is furloughing most of its tens-of-thousands of employees. Ro Worrall, a Macy's employee in Portland, Ore., for the past five years, is one of the workers laid off.

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Sign Of The Times: Germany's Top Podcast Deals With Coronavirus

6:22am March 31, 2020

by Rob Schmitz

After two daily episodes, Das Coronavirus Update, a podcast by one of the world's leading virologists, shot to No.1 in Germany. When does a top coronavirus researcher find time to do a podcast?

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Utilities Aim To Keep Specially Trained Employees Healthy And Working

6:20am March 31, 2020

by Clay Masters

Some municipal water utilities are taking emergency measures to sequester some employees to assure that they can keep the water flowing as the coronavirus spreads.

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The Nation's Ballot Measures Fall Victim To COVID-19 Pandemic

6:17am March 31, 2020

by James Dawson

People in the U.S. are being urged to social distance until at least the end of April. Ballot initiatives depend on canvassers gathering signatures in-person in crowded places and during events.

News Brief: COVID-19 Tests, Hospital Capacity, Coronavirus Lockdowns

6:15am March 31, 2020

President Trump says more coronavirus tests will be made available. States ramp up hospitals'capacity as COVID-19 cases multiply. And, Palestinian and Israeli leaders lauded for tight lockdowns.

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Farmworkers, Deemed Essential, Don't Feel Protected From Pandemic

5:06am March 31, 2020

by Danny Hajek

Nearly half of the 850,000 farmworkers in California are undocumented, and labor unions say sometimes they are denied sick leave. Undocumented workers are excluded from the coronavirus relief package.

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National Guardsman Is First Service Member To Die After Testing Positive For COVID-19

11:12pm March 30, 2020

by Hannah Hagemann

The Department of Defense said the New Jersey Army National Guardsman had been hospitalized since March 21 and died on Saturday.

Volunteers from the relief organization Samaritan's Purse set up an emergency field hospital in New York's Central Park on Monday.

Central Park And Home Of Tennis' US Open To House Hospital Beds For New York

10:29pm March 30, 2020

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The East Meadow in Central Park and a training facility at the Billie Jean King Tennis Center in Queens are scheduled to become makeshift hospitals while regular facilities are strained by COVID-19.

Athletes who play NCAA spring sports whose seasons were truncated by the coronavirus outbreak will be eligible for another season. This photo shows Purdue Fort Wayne's Rachel Everson playing softball in March.

NCAA Division 1 Athletes Get Another Shot At Spring Sports

10:09pm March 30, 2020

by Tom Goldman

Schools have been authorized to offer spring sport athletes whose schedule was shut down by the coronavirus an extra year of eligibility so they can play an extra season.