COVID-19

A man carrying a brick is confronted by protesters inside the Capitol Hill Organized Protest in Seattle on June 14.

Parties — Not Protests — Are Causing Spikes In Coronavirus

9:12am June 25, 2020

by Christianna Silva

Erika Lautenbach, director of the Whatcom County Health Department in Washington state, says protests against police violence aren't among the catalysts for the spread of COVID-19.

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Sally Beauty's in Salt Lake City is one of many establishments across the country requiring patrons to wear face coverings. Utah Gov. Gary Herbert previously paused the state's reopening, but tweeted on June 22 that he has "no plans to shut down Utah's ec

National

With COVID-19 Cases Rising, Some States Slow Their Reopening Plans

10:47pm June 24, 2020

by Rachel Treisman

Governors in several southern and western states are delaying their timelines, citing increases in cases and hospitalizations.

A coronavirus test kit is handed to a driver in a vehicle at a testing site in Los Angeles on Wednesday.

Trump Administration Moving To Close Federally Funded COVID Testing Sites

8:45pm June 24, 2020

by Vanessa Romo

Federal officials say the sites have been closing or transferring to state or local control because it's more efficient to run testing that way.

An Internet shutdown that began a year ago in parts of Myanmar is keeping some villages completely unaware of the global pandemic. The restrictions apply to multiple townships in the Rakhine and Chin states, site of an ongoing conflict between the country

World News

Parts Of Myanmar Unaware Of COVID-19 Due To Internet Ban, Rights Advocates Say

5:25pm June 24, 2020

by Jason Slotkin

Human Rights Watch says the restrictions, put in place last year on Rakhine and Chin states, are leaving some unaware of the pandemic. The restrictions are said to affect more than 1 million people.

Health & Safety

North Carolina Requires Face Coverings Statewide

3:28pm June 24, 2020

by Jonathan Drew, Associated Press

Passengers have their temperature checked before entering a railway station in the Israeli coastal city of Netanya on June 22.

Israel's Government Wants Spy Agency To Resume COVID-19 Tracing. Spy Chief Objects

3:01pm June 24, 2020

by Daniel Estrin

As the country's coronavirus cases surge, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing for law reform to resume a surveillance program that the Supreme Court halted earlier this month.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, shown here at a news conference earlier this month, said Wednesday the travel advisory would go into effect midnight Thursday.

National

N.Y., N.J., Connecticut Impose Quarantines For Visitors From Coronavirus Hotspots

2:26pm June 24, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

Governors of those three states announced a travel advisory requiring travelers from states with high infection rates to quarantine for 14 days. Those states include Texas, Florida and Arizona.

NC Churches Embrace Innovation And Challenges Amid Pandemic

1:47pm June 24, 2020

by Keri Brown

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A woman passes a lifeguard this week on the beach in Lloret de Mar, Spain. The European Union is considering which countries should be allowed to send tourists to its member nations as travel restrictions begin to ease in the pandemic.

EU Could Bar U.S. Travelers Due To Ongoing Rise In COVID-19 Cases

1:28pm June 24, 2020

Chief among the criteria for easing restrictions on foreign travelers: The epidemiological situation in their home countries "should be as good as or better than in the EU," a spokesperson tells NPR.

A laboratory technician holds a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate ready for a trial in May 2020.

All You Wanted To Know About Coronavirus Vaccine Science But Were Afraid To Ask

10:22am June 24, 2020

by Joe Palca

Some of the technology behind coronavirus vaccine development dates back to the first vaccines; other techniques are much newer. Here are eight top strategies scientists are pursuing.