COVID-19

South Korean soldiers wearing protective masks sit at a temperature screening point at Incheon International Airport, South Korea, on March 9.

South Korean Study Shows No Evidence Recovered COVID-19 Patients Can Infect Others

5:40pm May 22, 2020

by Richard Harris

A study of patients who initially tested negative for the virus, but weeks later tested positive again, has found they do not appear to pass the disease to personal contacts such as family members.

Health & Safety

Phase Two Presents Restaurant Owners With New Challenges

5:09pm May 22, 2020

by David Ford

Restaurants are now allowed to open at 50% capacity under the state's phase two guidance.

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Economy

North Carolina Jobless Rate Increases To 12% Amid COVID-19

4:11pm May 22, 2020

by Associated Press

North Carolina's unemployment rate ballooned to just over 12% in April as the state dealt with a coronavirus-related economic slowdown, state officials said Friday.

Alabama opened public beaches on May 1. Gov. Kay Ivey is letting casinos, museums, zoos and amusement parks open Friday afternoon.

Alabama Opening Theaters, Zoos And Water Parks Despite Recent Rise In Cases

3:35pm May 22, 2020

by Bill Chappell

Gov. Kay Ivey is relaxing restrictions on schools, water parks and other elements of normal life. Since early March, Alabama has received more than 501,000 jobless claims.

Dr. Jonas Salk, the scientist who created the polio vaccine, administers an injection to an unidentified boy at Arsenal Elementary School in Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1954.

The Race For A Polio Vaccine Differed From The Quest To Prevent Coronavirus

3:14pm May 22, 2020

by Joe Palca

In the 1950s, as Dr. Jonas Salk and virologist Albert Sabin worked to create a vaccine to prevent infantile paralysis, the threat from polio was already long familiar to Americans.

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Cabling and telecommunications equipment is damaged after a fire in April in Huddersfield, England. The fire came as other cellphone towers burned amid conspiracy theories linking 5G mobile technologies to the coronavirus.

1 In 5 Adults In England Think The Coronavirus Is A Hoax

2:42pm May 22, 2020

by Frank Langfitt

Oxford research has found conspiracy theories about the virus gaining ground.

U.S. flags will fly at half-staff on federal and military posts through Sunday as President Trump orders a remembrance of the nearly 100,000 people who have died from COVID-19 in the U.S. Earlier this month, flags in the hard-hit state of New York flew at

President Trump Orders Flags To Fly At Half-Staff As U.S. Mourns Nearly 100,000 Dead

11:40am May 22, 2020

by Bill Chappell

Flags will be lowered from Friday through Sunday's sunset in a show of national mourning and remembrance.

People load their vehicles with boxes of food at a Los Angeles Regional Food Bank earlier this month in Los Angeles. Food banks across the United States are seeing numbers and people they have never seen before amid unprecedented unemployment from the COV

Health & Safety

Food Banks Get The Love, But SNAP Does More To Fight Hunger

10:39am May 22, 2020

by Dan Charles

The charitable organizations called food banks are getting a lot of attention and donations right now. But they aren't nearly as important or effective as SNAP, formerly known as food stamps.

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Fall High Point Market To Have New Format, Rules For Distancing

7:58am May 22, 2020

by Paul Garber

The High Point Market Authority says changes are coming to the fall international furniture market to limit the threat from COVID-19.

President Trump listens as Scott Turner, executive director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council, speaks during a meeting with African American leaders in Michigan on Thursday.

White House Looks At 'Opportunity Zone' Extension In Wake Of COVID-19

5:51am May 22, 2020

by Ayesha Rascoe

The White House says it might extend "opportunity zone" tax breaks to help struggling neighborhoods after the pandemic. But critics say the program mostly helps wealthy investors.

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