Restaurants Employ New Rules To Ensure The Safety Of Dine-In Customers Restaurants around the country are beginning to reopen and welcome back dine-in customers. To ensure everyone's safety, they had to adjust their rules on engagement for customers and staff.
Contact Tracing Helps Scientists To Study The Ways The Coronavirus Spreads NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Muge Cevik, an infectious disease specialist at the University of St. Andrews in the U.K., about scientists using contact tracing to learn how the coronavirus spreads.
Senators Clash Over How Soon To Reopen The Economy Lawmakers squabbled over how quickly the economy can rebound from the coronavirus shutdown and whether the government is doing enough to support struggling families and businesses. Scott Horsley
For Cancer Patients, Anguish Grows Over Deferred Surgery As Risk Rises With states starting to reopen, bans on "nonessential" surgeries are beginning to lift, too. But there's a huge backlog of cases that have only gotten more urgent and heartbreaking for many patients. Yuki Noguchi
Trump Says Cuts To WHO Funding Will Be Final If It Doesn't Commit To 'Major' Changes "The World Health Organization has repeatedly made claims about the coronavirus that were either grossly inaccurate or misleading," President Trump says. Bill Chappell
Seattle Now: Vashon takes on Covid So far in the pandemic, cities have been hit first and hardest. But rural areas are bracing for their own battles, and one island community has come up with a game plan to head off the virus. Clare McGrane
U.S. Economy Hit Hard By Coronavirus Fallout NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to White House adviser Kevin Hassett ahead of a Senate panel hearing on the CARES Act which assists individuals, businesses and local governments affected by COVID-19.
Are There Zombie Viruses — Like The 1918 Flu — Thawing In The Permafrost? As if the pandemic weren't enough, people are wondering whether climate change will cause pathogens buried in frozen ground to come back to life as the Arctic warms. How worried should we be? Michaeleen Doucleff
What Is The Future Of Cities? As COVID-19 makes density a danger, we look at what's in store for cities. Greg Rosalsky
Community Health Centers Struggling As Fewer People Seek Care During Pandemic Many immigrants and people with low incomes already saw preventive care as a luxury. Now, the coronavirus pandemic has created another barrier to their seeking and receiving health care. Marisa Peñaloza
