Health & Safety
Mexico And Argentina Team Up To Produce Coronavirus Vaccine For Latin America
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is concerned Latin America won't be the first in line for a coronavirus vaccine. So he has teamed up with Argentina to produce one.
Los Angeles Schools Plan To Test Students And Employees For The Coronavirus
The Los Angeles Unified School District announced plans for periodic coronavirus testing of students and employees to research the coronavirus and determine whether school reopenings are safe.
Rural Schools Struggle With Road Ahead In Era Of Coronavirus
Some schools across the country are under pressure to reopen for in-person classes, even in states like Idaho where coronavirus cases continue to rise out of control.
New Zealand Postpones Elections As It Scrambles To Contain New Coronavirus Outbreak
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said elections would be delayed from Sept. 19 to Oct. 17. After 102 days without community spread, a new COVID-19 cluster in Auckland has grown to 58 cases.
'She Was So Sick': From COVID-19 Diagnosis To A Double Lung Transplant
After six weeks on a ventilator, she was dying of COVID-19. But doctors took a gamble and gave Mayra Ramirez a double lung transplant. Now she shares what it's like to come back from the brink.
Pandemic Electric Bills Are Searing Hot, As Families Stay Home
With lights out in many offices and millions of people plugging in at home, residential power bills are soaring, even as overall electricity consumption slumps during the recession.
U.S. Deaths Top 170,000 As Coronavirus Pandemic Continues To Take Its Toll
The CDC estimates there could be up to 200,000 deaths in the U.S. from COVID-19 by Labor Day. As schools begin to reopen, there are renewed calls for vigilance in social distancing and masking.
While Responding To The Pandemic, This Funeral Home Lost Its Founder To COVID-19
The founder of a funeral home in Austin, Texas, has died of the coronavirus. The founder's son, the owner, was back at work the next day.
Remembering Bernard Fils-Aimé, Haitian Activist And Entrepreneur Who Died Of COVID-19
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Karl Fils-Aimé, son of Bernard Fils-Aimé, about his father, who recently died after becoming infected with the coronavirus.