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What It's Like To Negotiate For Coronavirus Medical Supplies

1:17pm April 12, 2020

Anne Caprara is part of the effort in Illinois to secure medical supplies during the pandemic. She tells NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Eric Westervelt that the market is haphazard.

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A Mother Prepares Her Daughter For Working In Medicine Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

10:12am April 12, 2020

States are recruiting medical students and retired doctors to help fight COVID-19. Dr. Nan Cochran shares her advice and worries with her daughter, Josie Fisher, who is beginning her residency.

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Like The 'Wild West': The Fight For Tools To Stop Coronavirus

7:20am April 12, 2020

States are competing against one another — and the federal government — for medical supplies to deal with the coronavirus crisis.

How Americans Are Dealing With New Coronavirus Normal

7:20am April 12, 2020

After weeks of social distancing and self-quarantine, listen to participants from NPR's Outbreak Diaries project about how they're spending their time and preserving their sanity.

7 Out Of 10 Patients Killed By COVID-19 In Louisiana Were African American

7:20am April 12, 2020

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with CEO and physician Takeisha Davis, who works at New Orleans East Hospital, about how her community is holding up during the pandemic.

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Coronavirus Quarantines: What It Means To Face Trauma In A Household of One

7:20am April 12, 2020

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to psychiatrist and loneliness expert Sue Varma about coping while self-isolating.

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A sign of the times, reminding joggers and dog walkers on Boston's Charles River Esplanade to stay six feet apart to avoid transmitting the coronavirus.

Special Report: Coronavirus — The Week's Best from NPR News

7:18pm April 11, 2020

When will the worst of the pandemic pass? What's next in the government response? What can you do for your mental well-being during the crisis? NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro has some answers.

Dr. Michael Saag, seen at his clinic at the University of Alabama, Birmingham.

'Everything Broke Loose': A Doctor And COVID-19 Survivor Recalls His Ordeal

3:58pm April 11, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

"I didn't know if each night I would deteriorate and have to go in the hospital, or whether I would survive the night," says Michael Saag, an epidemiologist at the University of Alabama, Birmingham.

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COVID-19 Survivor Who's Also An Epidemiologist Reflects On His Illness

7:21am April 11, 2020

"It felt a lot like Groundhog Day," Dr. Michael Saag told NPR's Scott Simon, describing daily recurrences of the symptoms. He also tried a controversial treatment that he said he now regrets.

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The Million Mask Challenge

7:21am April 11, 2020

Before the CDC suggested Americans wear cloth masks in public, people were busy sewing masks for first responders. Vanessa Fulton talks about the effort she helped to launch in the D.C. area.

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