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CDC Director Redfield Speaks On U.S. Readiness And Latest Guidance For Coronavirus

5:59pm March 30, 2020

by Sam Whitehead

Dr. Robert Redfield, head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, recently spoke with Sam Whitehead of member station WABE. Whitehead speaks with NPR's Ailsa Chang.

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Ford To Build 50,000 Ventilators At Michigan Auto Parts Plant

5:29pm March 30, 2020

by Camila Domonoske

The automaker is working with GE Health to build a simple ventilator licensed from a small medical technology firm. The government has been pushing automakers to help make the vital medical equipment.

U.S. Marine Corps recruits at Parris Island shown in 2018. The Marine Corps announced Monday that it was suspending shipments of marines for basic training to Parris Island over concerns about coronavirus infections there.

Marines Halt Recruits Going To Basic Training At Parris Island, S.C.

5:12pm March 30, 2020

by David Welna

The U.S. Marine Corps won't be shipping new recruits this week to one of its two U.S. training centers. Last week four people at the Parris Island, S.C. installation tested positive for COVID-19.

The Food and Drug Administration has authorized two malaria — chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine — to be added to the national emergency stockpile for use in responding to COVID-19.

FDA OK's Addition To Stockpile Of Malaria Drugs For COVID-19

4:53pm March 30, 2020

by Sydney Lupkin

Chloroquine and hydroxycloroquine got the Food and Drug Administration's go-ahead to be put in the nation's strategic storehouses. But the drugs haven't been approved to treat coronavirus patients.

World Health Organization Antimicrobial Expert Explains Transmission Of Coronavirus

4:43pm March 30, 2020

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Dr. Hanan Balkhy, assistant director-general for antimicrobial resistance at the World Health Organization, about the transmissibility of the coronavirus.

Coronavirus Updates: Social Distancing Guidelines Extended, Washington State News

4:43pm March 30, 2020

NPR science, national and White House correspondents relay the latest updates in the United States response to the coronavirus epidemic.

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Cone Health Asks For Medical Supply Donations

4:30pm March 30, 2020

by April Laissle

Cone Health is asking for donations of personal protective equipment for its medical workers.

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Doctor: 2 Weeks For North Carolina Order To Slow Cases

4:23pm March 30, 2020

by Associated Press, Gary D. Robertson

COVID-19 Has Brought Rapid Change To A Brooklyn Hospital

4:23pm March 30, 2020

by Gwynne Hogan

New York City has more than 36,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus infection. A look inside a Brooklyn hospital shows it has been rapidly transformed to handle COVID-19 patients.

WHO Official Defends Guidance: 'We're Not Seeing' Airborne Transmission

4:23pm March 30, 2020

by James Doubek

Dr. Hanan Balkhy of the World Health Organization says the evidence so far is that the coronavirus doesn't seem to linger in the air. Some virus transmission experts have criticized this guidance.