Twin Rulings By Federal Judge Block 'Public Charge' Rules For Immigrants The judge cites the coronavirus pandemic in blocking the Trump administration's attempt to widen the criteria for what makes an immigrant a "public charge." David Welna
Laurel Braitman: From Healthcare Workers To The Rest Of Us — How Can We Better Cope? Healthcare jobs are already stressful. Add a pandemic ... and ongoing police brutality? And it's a lot. We hear from physicians of color and TED Fellow Laurel Braitman about taking care of ourselves. NPR/TED Staff
What 6 of the 7 Countries With the Most COVID-19 Cases Have In Common They're up-and-coming nations. They're regional political powers. And they're especially vulnerable to the impact of the pandemic. Jason Beaubien
HBCU President: 'I Slept Better' After Deciding On All Online Classes In The Fall Colette Pierce Burnette of Huston-Tillotson University says keeping students and staff safe was paramount. Black people are dying from COVID-19 at two and a half times the rate of white people. Ailsa Chang
'This Is History': NBA To Hold First Games In 'Bubble' Amid Pandemic Only 22 of the league's 30 teams will play in the truncated season. The NBA is experimenting with keeping players in a so-called "bubble" to try to keep the coronavirus from seeping into its ranks. Alana Wise
NBA Players Share What It's Like To Live In A 'Bubble' The NBA season resumes Thursday night, with teams living and playing at Disney World. The temporary basketball campus is called a "bubble," and NBA players have documented their lives there.
Irregularities in COVID Reporting Contract Award Process Raises New Questions The administration awarded a contract for a COVID-19 database to TeleTracking Technologies using a process reserved for innovative research. Its CEO had links to the New York real estate world. Dina Temple-Raston
More Than 150,000 People Have Died From Coronavirus In The U.S. The U.S. death toll is the worst in the world, by a large measure. Despite having less than 5% of the global population, nearly a quarter of all pandemic deaths have been reported in the U.S. Alana Wise
Why The Novel Coronavirus Has The Power To Launch A Pandemic Many viruses have "pandemic potential" but never reach the tipping point. So what made this one capable of wreaking global havoc? Pien Huang
As COVID-19 Cases Surge, Health Professionals Urge A Shutdown Do-Over NPR's David Greene talks to Dr. Krutika Kuppalli about the campaign led by doctors, health researchers and others to shut down parts of the country again, in order to get the pandemic under control.