COVID-19

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, appears on stage with Vice President Mike Pence in Des Moines on Aug. 13. Ernst is locked in a close race for reelection this fall against Democrat Theresa Greenfield.

Politics & Government

'So Skeptical': As Election Nears, Iowa Senator Under Pressure For COVID-19 Remarks

1:04pm September 13, 2020

by Clay Masters

The race for Joni Ernst's seat could help determine control of the Senate. At a recent campaign event, the GOP lawmaker echoed a debunked conspiracy theory about the pandemic's death toll.

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In interviews with Bob Woodward in February and March, President Trump said he recognized the severity of the novel coronavirus â even though he publicly criticized the World Health Organization for not alerting him to the degree of threat.

Woodward Book Casts New Light On Trump's Fight With WHO

5:10pm September 12, 2020

by Pien Huang

Revelations in Rage lead global health specialists to charge that Trump is scapegoating the World Health Organization.

Open and honest communication is key in relationships, experts say, just as it was before the pandemic.

Health & Safety

Coronavirus FAQs: What Are The New Dating Rules? And What About Hooking Up?

6:11pm September 11, 2020

by Isabella Gomez Sarmiento

Should you go on a date with someone new ... or revisit an ex if you feel safer that way? How do you know if a potential partner is following pandemic safety rules? And is it safe to have sex?

Education

GCS Opens Saturday Internet Hubs For Students

3:51pm September 11, 2020

by Keri Brown

School districts across North Carolina are trying to find ways to help kids who are still struggling with internet access during remote learning.

Left to right: Albert Petrocelli Jr., Mark Petrocelli and Albert Petrocelli Sr., on Father's Day in 1989, at Mark's home in New York.

National

A Father And A Son, Lost To 2 National Tragedies

4:57am September 11, 2020

by Michael Garofalo

Earlier this year, Albert Petrocelli died after contracting the coronavirus. StoryCorps revisits a 2005 interview with Albert and his wife remembering a son who died in the Sept. 11 attacks.

On Jan. 23, workers started building the Huoshenshan hospital for COVID-19 patients in Wuhan, China. The photo above was taken on Jan. 30. Construction was done on Feb. 2, and the 1,000-bed hospital opened on Feb. 3. Today it stands empty of patients.

Health & Safety

Whatever Happened To ... The Instant Hospitals Built For COVID-19 Patients In Wuhan?

11:16am September 10, 2020

by Joanne Lu

Two hospitals were built in a matter of days to house the growing number of patients. Existing facilities were converted to health care centers as well. And now, what happened to them?

Demonstrators in front of the prosecutor's office in Lima, Peru, protest gender violence and femicide on June 20.

Health & Safety

The Women Of Peru Are Suffering From A 'Shadow Pandemic'

6:44am September 10, 2020

by Maria Godoy

That's how the United Nations characterizes the violence against women that, based on past evidence, has been exacerbated by coronavirus lockdowns.

Education

Younger Students In Guilford County Could Head Back To Class Soon

4:06pm September 09, 2020

by Keri Brown

The Guilford County Board of Education is reviewing a reentry plan that would bring back some of the district's youngest students for in-person classes before October 20.

Camp Robin Hood in Freedom, N.H., was one of the few around the country to offer a summer sleepover camp. This fall, it's offering a program where students can live and attend classes remotely.

Class Without Coronavirus: Students Take Schoolwork To Sleepaway Camp

12:05pm September 09, 2020

by Jason Beaubien

Some camps that managed to successfully keep the virus at bay this summer are now offering a refuge from the virus — to those who can afford it — where students can live and attend classes remotely.

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Hector Guerra, right and Juan Carlos Sanchez, from El Mariachi Continental, make their way to a funeral service in Donna, Texas on Aug. 21.

A Priest, An Editor And A Mariachi Player Talk Life In The Rio Grande Amid COVID-19

8:45am September 09, 2020

by John Burnett

Their work and lives have been upended in this region devastated by the coronavirus, and where poverty and preexisting conditions like diabetes, hypertension and obesity are prevalent.

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