Exiting USAID Chief On The Pandemic, Foreign Aid, Trump's Policies
Mark Green talks to NPR about what it's like leaving during a global health crisis — and what the future may hold for the agency.
Health & Safety
Italy Considers Permits For Undocumented Migrants To Fill A Big Farmworker Gap
The country faces a shortfall of up to 350,000 laborers just when it is bracing for deep economic impacts from the novel coronavirus pandemic.
As Governors Urge Businesses To Reopen, Workers May Be Pushed Off Unemployment
Employees who refuse to return to work out of concern for their safety will lose state and federal benefits. It's a predicament millions will soon face as lawmakers set to restart their economies.
Tyson Plant Workers In Wilkesboro Test Positive For COVID-19
Officials have confirmed that an unknown number of workers have tested positive for COVID-19 at a Tyson Foods plant in Wilkesboro.
Coronavirus Takes Unprecended Toll On American Livelihoods
New figures show the economy saw its worst slow down in growth since 2008. And, a NPR poll finds 50% of people surveyed say they or someone in their household lost hours or a job due to the pandemic.
Doctors Find Some Younger COVID-19 Patients Suffer Serious Strokes
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to J. Mocco, the director of Mount Sinai's Cerebrovascular Center, about the association between strokes and coronavirus in patients in their 30s and 40s.
Commuting In A Pandemic: These Health Workers Are Trekking And Canoeing
And a canoe is not the best option when the paddler can't swim. Here's how doctors and nurses are getting to work in Uganda after the government clampdown on traffic to slow the spread of COVID-19.
No Tokyo Olympics Next Year Unless COVID-19 Can Be Contained, Japan's Abe Says
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said it would be "impossible" to hold the already delayed Summer Olympics and Paralympics in 2021 if the disease is not brought under control.
Poll: Half Of Americans Financially Affected By Coronavirus
In an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll, 50% say they or someone in their household has lost hours or a job due to the pandemic. They also say their governor is doing a better job than the president is.
Infectious Disease Expert Takes Questions On Newly Identified COVID-19 Symptoms
Dr. Helen Boucher, chief of the infectious diseases department at Tufts University Medical Center, talks about the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's list of new symptoms for COVID-19.