Health & Safety

Millions Of Americans Have Lost Health Insurance As Unemployment Soars

5:55am May 13, 2020

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

A report from the Kaiser Family Foundation estimates that 27 million people have recently lost health insurance, which most people get through their jobs. Getting new coverage can be complicated.

What The Coronavirus Numbers Might Mean For The U.S. Moving Forward, Continued

10:25pm May 12, 2020

Dr. Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security, answers listener questions on the infection rates, death toll, and what they mean going forward.

South Korea Postpones School Reopening As The Number Of New Coronavirus Cases Soars

10:20pm May 12, 2020

by Anthony Kuhn

South Korea planned to reopen schools on Wednesday. But with a new spike in cases, the country has had to delay school starting by a week and close down all bars and clubs.

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What The Coronavirus Numbers Might Mean For The U.S. Moving Forward

10:11pm May 12, 2020

Dr. Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security, answers listener questions on the infection rates, death toll, and what they mean going forward.

What Happened Today: Coronavirus Task Force Members Testify, Nursing Homes Questions

10:10pm May 12, 2020

by Ina Jaffe

NPR's correspondent who covers aging and Dr. Jeremy Faust, an emergency physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital, answer listener questions about nursing homes and COVID-19.

Ina Pinkney in 1948 after undergoing her first corrective surgery.

'There Was So Little Information': Polio Survivors Offer Pandemic Perspective

8:13pm May 12, 2020

by Apoorva Mittal

The children and preteens of the U.S. polio epidemic of the 1940s and '50s are once again in a high-risk group, this time for coronavirus. They recall their experiences and the parallels to today.

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A person sprays disinfectant at a high school amid the coronavirus outbreak on Monday, in Seoul, South Korea.

South Korea Delays Reopening Schools As Coronavirus Cases Resurge

7:11pm May 12, 2020

by Se Eun Gong

The country had prepared to welcome students back to classrooms on Wednesday, but dozens of new virus cases linked to nightclubs in Seoul have emerged.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (center) walks past boxes of personal protective equipment that volunteers plan to distribute Tuesday at an event in Richmond. Northam is doing a phased reopening in parts of the state outside the Washington, D.C., suburbs.

Virginia To Reopen Partially This Week, But Not In The Areas Closest To D.C.

5:39pm May 12, 2020

by Sarah McCammon

Gov. Ralph Northam says a higher infection rate in Northern Virginia warrants a delay in the state's gradual reopening plan.

Read The House Bill Calling For $3 Trillion In Coronavirus Relief

5:32pm May 12, 2020

by Alana Wise

The HEROES Act includes aid for state and local governments and hazard pay for front-line workers. The Democratic-controlled House could vote as soon as Friday on the measure.

Many counties in Georgia may not have enough hospital beds to treat a new wave of COVID-19 patients, according to internal federal government documents. Above, a barbershop in Atlanta on April 27.

Health & Safety

As Georgia Lifts Restrictions, Its Hospitals May Be Unready For A COVID-19 Surge

5:11pm May 12, 2020

by Liz Essley Whyte

Internal federal documents warn that too many ICU beds in the state are already full, even as the state leads the move away from lockdown.