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NPR science, national and White House correspondents relay the latest updates in the United States response to the coronavirus epidemic.
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Technology To Clean And Reuse PPE Is Being Deployed To Hotspot Hospitals
An Ohio-based research group just got expedited FDA approval of its PPE decontamination system after pleas to the White House from the governor. The system cleans up to 80,000 pieces of PPE at a time.
COVID-19 Has Brought Rapid Change To A Brooklyn Hospital
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.
Cuomo Makes Plea To Medical Workers Nationwide: 'Please Come Help Us In New York'
Cuomo said more than 66,000 people have tested positive in the state for coronavirus, accounting for nearly half of all cases in the U.S. About 36,000 of those cases are in New York City.
Pregnant Women Worry About Pandemic's Impact On Labor, Delivery And Babies
As pregnant women and their doctors consider how the COVID-19 crisis is affecting pregnancy and care, maternity wards across the country are reconsidering policies on deliveries and visitors.
Hospital Ship USNS Comfort Arrives In New York To Ease Coronavirus Pressure
The Comfort will use its roughly 1,000 beds to treat patients who do not have the coronavirus disease COVID-19 but who urgently need other care.
Facebook Pledges $100 Million To Aid News Outlets Hit Hard By Pandemic
Facebook says it will give $25 million to help smaller U.S. newsrooms cover the coronavirus. It's pledging $75 million to buy ads in publications in the U.S. and pandemic hot spots in Europe.
FACT CHECK: U.S. Lags On Testing, Despite Trump's Claims
The president repeated his claim that the U.S. is surpassing all other countries in coronavirus testing. But measured on a per capita basis, the U.S. is far behind other countries.
How New Yorkers Are Stepping Up To Take On Coronavirus Challenges
NPR'S David Greene talks to Kathryn Garcia, New York City's sanitation commissioner and COVID-19 food czar, about how hungry people can get food, and how trash pick-up is changing during the crisis.
Despite Trump's Claims, U.S. Falls Behind In Coronavirus Testing
President Trump said guidelines urging social distancing to slow the spread of the coronavirus will remain in place for at least another month. He also stated testing is ramping up, but is it?