Health & Safety

Contact tracing for the coronavirus is the subject of colorful conspiracy theories. In fact, contact tracing is a straightforward process of notifying people if they've been exposed to someone who is sick.

Health & Safety

Conspiracy Theories Aside, Here's What Contact Tracers Really Do

11:43am July 14, 2020

by Julie Appleby

Recently, the idea of contact tracing has triggered some colorful misinformation campaigns. It's actually a tried-and-true public health tool that can curb the spread of the coronavirus.

Masks are required for entry to a shoe store in Glendale, Calif. Most people follow guidelines to wear masks when they enter retail stores and restaurants, but some customers don't comply.

Health & Safety

The Customer Is Always Right. Except When They Won't Wear A Mask

9:02am July 14, 2020

by Jim Zarroli

In the age of COVID-19, most people follow social distancing and mask guidelines when they enter stores and restaurants. But then there are the nightmare customers who won't comply.

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'Unprecedented Demand' Slows Results From Some Coronavirus Labs

7:50am July 14, 2020

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Adm. Brett Giroir, an assistant secretary of health, who's in charge of the federal testing response. People being tested for COVID-19 report delays in getting results.

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Pandemic Forces Famed New Orleans Restaurant To Close

7:31am July 14, 2020

NPR's Noel King talks to Ian McNulty, who covers New Orleans food culture, about K-Paul's Louisiana Kitchen, an iconic restaurant in the city's French Quarter, announcing it will close permanently.

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News Brief: Reopening Setback, Rules For International Students, South China Sea

6:22am July 14, 2020

COVID-19 surge forces California to slow reopening. U.S. court hearing may decide the fate of more than a million international students. And, South China Sea becomes a dangerous military flashpoint.

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Bollywood Star, Big B As He's Known, Contracts Coronavirus

5:58am July 14, 2020

by Lauren Frayer

Temples in India are offering special prayers for Bollywood's most famous actor Amitabh Bachchan. The 77-year-old is hospitalized in Mumbai with COVID-19.

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Arriving travelers walk by a COVID-19 travel advisory sign in the baggage claim area at New York City's LaGuardia Airport. New York state is requiring travelers from states on its quarantine list to show proof that they've completed a form with their cont

New York To Require Contact Info From Air Travelers From States That Must Quarantine

9:37pm July 13, 2020

by Hansi Lo Wang

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the state is deploying teams to check for proof that travelers getting off flights have completed forms before leaving airports across the state.

Florida has reported big jumps in hospitalizations for COVID-19. An ICU doctor at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami says he's seeing more young people than before.

Miami Hospital ICU Doctor: New Influx Of Patients Is Younger Than Before

8:41pm July 13, 2020

by James Doubek

Dr. David J. De La Zerda, the director of medical ICU at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, says that many of the patients he's seeing are people in their 20s, 30s and 40s with no medical history.

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A letter from current CDC staff recently submitted to Director Robert Redfield demands that the agency address structural racism toward Black employees.

CDC Employees Call Out Agency's 'Toxic Culture Of Racial Aggressions'

6:20pm July 13, 2020

Pointing to the pandemic's disproportionate toll on people of color, over 1,200 workers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention call on the agency to declare racism a public health crisis.

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California To Shut Down Indoor Activities Amid New Surge In Coronavirus Cases

6:19pm July 13, 2020

by Marisa Lagos (KQED)

California's governor on Monday has ordered to shut down indoor restaurants, bars and many other businesses, after reopening in late May has led to a surge in coronavirus cases.

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