COVID

Test kits are shown at a United Memorial Medical Center testing site for the coronavirus in Houston on Friday.

Houston Hospitals Seeing Surge In Coronavirus Admissions

7:48pm June 26, 2020

by Christianna Silva

Dr. Marc Boom, the president and CEO of Houston Methodist Hospital, says "the time is now" for people to change their behavior to help reduce the spread of the coronavirus.

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Surrounded by some members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, President Trump speaks at a press conference on COVID-19 in March in the Rose Garden. Of the 27 task force members, two are women, standing to Trump's left: Dr. Deborah Birx and Seema V

Where The Women Aren't: On Coronavirus Task Forces

11:00pm June 24, 2020

by Malaka Gharib

The pandemic is by some measures taking a greater toll on women. Yet women are underrepresented in expert groups that decide how to control the coronavirus and where funds should go.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., holds a bottle of hydroxychloroquine while raising concerns about its use.

NIH Halts Hydroxychloroquine Study; Says 'Unlikely' To Help COVID-19 Patients

4:52pm June 20, 2020

by Christianna Silva

The NIH said that while the anti-malarial drug did not cause harm to patients in the study, testing showed little evidence that it would benefit patients hospitalized with COVID-19.

The St. Mary entrance into Glacier National Park, which borders the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, remained closed on June 5. Park officials and tribal leaders say they are negotiating when it will be safe to reopen the east side of the park.

Montana Is Open, But For Now The Blackfeet Nation Is Closed

7:12pm June 17, 2020

by Aaron Bolton

Montana has one of the country's lowest coronavirus infection rates, and is reopening to tourists. But the Blackfeet Nation, whose reservation borders Glacier National Park, is moving more cautiously.

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PS 126/Manhattan Academy of Technology students Angelo Chen, Nicole Zheng, Kristi Jiang, Becky Liu, Leo Yu, Si Chen Xu and Zoe Jiang on a school field trip.

Education

Coronavirus, Racism And Kindness: How NYC Middle-Schoolers Built A Winning Podcast

4:11pm June 17, 2020

The middle-school top prize for NPR's second annual Student Podcast Challenge goes to ... The Dragon Kids.

Paramedics from the San Antonio Fire Department set up swabbing stations in a suburban nursing home's parking lot as part of the massive state intervention to stop the spread of infections in Texas nursing homes.

National

Texas Calls In A Strike Force To Try To Slow Coronavirus Spread In Nursing Homes

12:44pm June 15, 2020

by John Burnett

More than one-third of all COVID-19 deaths in America have been elderly residents and workers at nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

The latest Los Angeles homeless count found 66,433 people now live on the streets, in shelters and in vehicles around LA County.

Homelessness In Los Angeles County Rises Sharply

8:02pm June 12, 2020

by Anna Scott

Los Angeles County's annual homeless count came out Friday and shows a double-digit increase over last year. The pandemic is also causing future homelessness projections to skyrocket.

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Ashley Robinson, 37, is a clinical supervisor in the emergency room at New Orleans East Hospital.

National

Dear Class Of 2020: Graduation Messages From Frontline Workers

5:00am June 12, 2020

by Barry Gordemer

NPR asked essential workers — who normally would not be asked speak at a commencement ceremony — to offer insight forged by the simple act of showing up every day and doing what needs to be done.

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New York City Fire Department paramedic Elizabeth Bonilla (center) wears personal protective equipment after an emergency call in April in the Bronx borough of New York City. Bonilla is suing the city for allegedly retaliating against her and other EMS wo

New York City EMS Workers Allege Retaliation After Speaking About Pandemic

5:16pm June 11, 2020

by Hansi Lo Wang

A group of first responders who spoke to the news media, including NPR, about their experiences during the COVID-19 outbreak are suing the city after they were suspended or restricted from work.

Luann Thibodeau recently celebrated her 40th anniversary with her husband, Jeff. They ate dinner from Olive Garden while she remained on the other side of his nursing room window. The Thibodeaus have not been in the same room since mid-March when visitors

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Banned From Nursing Homes, Families See Shocking Decline In Their Loved Ones

2:55pm June 09, 2020

by Ina Jaffe

Nursing homes banned all visitors and nonessential workers from their facilities in mid-March to stop the spread of COVID-19. Advocates and families want that ban to end.