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COVID-19 Updates: Federal Reserve Acts, Deal Eludes Congress, Trump Speaks

8:32pm March 23, 2020

Economics, politics and science correspondents round up new developments in the federal response to the coronavirus crisis, including President Trump's comments during an afternoon press conference.

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Deep Sea Squid May Communicate Through Glowing Pigmentation, Researchers Find

4:13pm March 23, 2020

by Lauren Sommer

Scientists have discovered that deep-sea squid can communicate with glowing patterns on their bodies — basically turning themselves into e-readers.

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'Invisibilia' New Episode: An Unlikely Superpower

5:35am March 23, 2020

by Alix Spiegel

NPR's podcast Invisibilia is back with a new season. A Scottish woman discovers she has a biological gift that allows her to see things that will happen in the future that no one else can see.

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A sign on the Bradley Beach, N.J., oceanfront urges people to practice social distancing even in the outdoors during the coronavirus outbreak. On Saturday, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed an executive order directing all residents to stay at home.

Ohio, Louisiana, Delaware Order Residents To Stay Home As Cases Of COVID-19 Rise

8:56pm March 22, 2020

by Gabriela Saldivia

Announcements in three more states on Sunday brought the number of Americans who are currently under — or soon to be under — orders to stay home to more than 101 million.

Medical workers transport a patient into a newly built temporary hospital on March 16 in Rome. Doctors in Italy are making difficult decisions about who should receive care.

U.S. Hospitals Prepare Guidelines For Who Gets Care Amid Coronavirus Surge

5:25pm March 22, 2020

by Sacha Pfeiffer

Doctors in Italy are overwhelmed by coronavirus cases and prioritizing which patients get care. Many U.S. doctors could soon be making the same life-or-death decisions.

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Increase In Availability Of Coronavirus Tests

5:26pm March 21, 2020

by Joe Palca

The Trump administration suggested that widespread testing is underway but that the country is only in day six of the 15-day plan to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

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'Silent Spreaders' Speed Coronavirus Transmission

7:44am March 21, 2020

by Geoff Brumfiel

A growing body of evidence shows that people without any major signs of illness can spread the coronavirus.

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Gilead Sciences, headquartered in Foster City, Calif., makes remdesivir, one of the experimental drugs now being investigated as a possible treatment for COVID-19.

Might The Experimental Drug Remdesivir Work Against COVID-19?

7:19am March 21, 2020

by Sydney Lupkin

It's too soon to know if the antiviral compound tested in 2014 as a potential Ebola treatment will hobble the coronavirus. Lab tests show promise, but studies in people with COVID-19 have only begun.

A recovered coronavirus patient takes a selfie before being discharged from a hospital in Sri Lanka. Researchers are trying to determine if having a case of COVID-19 will give you immunity.

Do You Get Immunity After Recovering From A Case Of Coronavirus?

6:25pm March 20, 2020

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

The hope is that a person who's recovered from COVID-19 would have some protection against re-infection in the future. Here's what researchers do — and don't — know.

A jogger runs past the Eiffel Tower on Wednesday in Paris.

Coronavirus FAQs: Can I Go Running? Is Food Shopping Too Risky? What's Herd Immunity?

4:51pm March 20, 2020

Each week we're answering pressing questions about the coronavirus pandemic. This week the topics range from outdoor exercise to ibuprofen.