Teachers, Parents To Protest School Reopenings Without Adequate Funding More school districts are reopening with in-person classes or under a hybrid model this week. But are schools reopening safely? What does the science say? Anya Kamenetz
UNC-Chapel Hill Faculty To Students: We Can't Safely Return To Campus NPR's David Folkenflik talks with Michael Palm, professor at the University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill, about a faculty letter asking undergraduates to consider remote learning this fall.
Birx Warns U.S. Coronavirus Epidemic Is In 'New Phase' As Cases And Deaths Climb Dr. Deborah Birx said on Sunday that infections are widespread in both urban and rural areas. Adm. Brett Giroir said it is time to "move on" from hydroxychloroquine and focus on effective treatments. Rachel Treisman
Not Flying This Summer? Many Americans Are Hitting The Road — In RVs The summer vacation, an annual rite for so many, is not an easy thing to give up, even during a pandemic. Melanie Peeples
Public Health Expert Calls To Repair Distrust In A COVID-19 Vaccine Public health officials say a promising coronavirus vaccine is on it's way in 2021. But does that matter if only half of Americans say they're willing to get such a vaccination? Emma Bowman
Online Memorial Honors Filipino Health Care Workers Who Have Died Of COVID-19 NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Jollene Levid about her efforts to gather data and memorialize Filipino heath care workers around the world.
One Man's COVID-19 Death Raises The Worst Fears Of Many People With Disabilities The hospital said it made a humane decision to end treatment. Michael Hickson's widow says doctors ended his care because they underestimated the life of a man with significant disabilities. Joseph Shapiro
Fauci 'Optimistic' Americans Will Get Coronavirus Vaccine Next Year Animal and human trials are promising, Dr. Anthony Fauci told lawmakers Friday, and the government is preparing for widespread distribution once a vaccine is shown to be safe and effective. Matthew S. Schwartz
U.S. Reaches $2.1 Billion Deal With Sanofi, GlaxoSmithKline For COVID-19 Vaccine Push This is the sixth vaccine candidate to join Operation Warp Speed's portfolio, and the largest vaccine deal to date. Sydney Lupkin
Federal Push For Faster, Cheaper Coronavirus Tests Focuses On 7 New Technologies The National Institutes of Health is giving $248.7 million dollars to seven companies developing new technologies for testing, including use of the revolutionary gene-editing technique CRISPR. Rob Stein