Wake Forest Baptist Tests Filtration Quality Of Homemade Masks
Due to a supply shortage, many people have taken to making their own facemasks during the coronavirus pandemic.
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The Coronavirus Epidemic In Birmingham, Ala. Seen Through A Doctor With The Disease
The city of Birmingham, Ala., is now under a shelter-in-place order, as hospitals there are being inundated with COVID-19 patients. A local cardiologist who is now ill with the disease speaks.
How The Federal Government Has Supported Public Health Efforts In States So Far
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, on the federal health response to COVID-19.
How To Make (And Wear) A Face Mask
The federal government is weighing whether to urge all Americans to wear masks when they leave their homes. Here's how to make and wear them.
Louisiana Governor Relays Latest On COVID-19 Response, As New Orleans Is Hit Hard
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards. New Orleans is an emerging hot spot for cases of coronavirus infection.
Pandemic Claims The Lives Of Doctors In The Philippines At Startling Rates
At least 136 people have died of COVID-19 in the Philippines. At least 14 of them, likely more, were doctors.
Coronavirus Updates: Jobs Report, Mask Science
A dismal jobs report, on top of millions of unemployment claims, paints a dire picture of the economic carnage of the coronavirus. NPR correspondents examine that — and take a look at mask science.
NC Counties Take Steps To Keep Homeless Safe During COVID-19 Pandemic
It's hard to shelter in place when you have no place to call home.
Scientists Probe How Coronavirus Might Travel Through The Air
Simply talking could produce tiny particles of mucus and saliva that might carry the coronavirus, experts say. How much these airborne particles matter for the spread of this disease is controversial.
N.J. Governor Wants More Ventilators From Stockpile: 'We Need The Feds To Step Up'
Phil Murphy says he asked for 2,500, but has so far received only 850. And of those, some "were not at the level they needed to be."