Unique Robotic Team Aims To Help Fix Afghanistan's Ventilator Shortage In Afghanistan, there is a shortage of medical personnel and equipment. A girl's robotic team is building a ventilator out of cheap car parts to help their war-torn country cope with the pandemic. Diaa Hadid
Apple Store Shoppers To Have Temperatures Taken, Must Wear Face Coverings About 100 Apple Stores, or about a fifth of the tech giant's worldwide retail locations, are now open, including storefronts in Alabama, Florida, California and Washington state. Bobby Allyn
Germany, France Propose $543 Billion EU Coronavirus Recovery Fund The plan is to raise the money through EU-backed bonds and help the hardest-hit industries and regions. The issue of burden sharing remains controversial among several of the bloc's member states. H.J. Mai
An Epidemiologist Talks About The Risks Of Seeing Others During The Pandemic Dr. Celine Gounder, an epidemiologist and infectious disease specialist, talks through the risks of seeing friends, visiting family and making medical appointments during the coronavirus pandemic.
What Happened Today: Drug Maker Reports Early Success In Vaccine Trial NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Dr. Celine Gounder, an epidemiologist and infectious disease specialist, about what the data tells about the state of the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.
How Hospitals Are Laying Off Workers During The Pandemic NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with reporter Will Stone and emergency room nurse Shawn Reed about hospitals and other health care providers losing money and laying off workers during the pandemic.
How Hospitals Are Laying Off Workers During The Pandemic, Continued NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with reporter Will Stone and emergency room nurse Shawn Reed about hospitals and other health care providers losing money and laying off workers during the pandemic.
I am the nurse manager on the Covid ICU. We have the sad stories, and those who have beaten this Amy Haverland is the nurse manager on the Covid intensive care unit at UW Medical Center. She shared what it was like to have her home base turned into the place for the sickest of the sick with coronavirus. Isolde Raftery
Doctors In Training Learn Hard Lessons During The Pandemic There are some 130,000 medical residents in the U.S., and many are pulling long shifts in emergency departments and ICUs treating patients infected with the coronavirus. Will Stone
Non-urgent health and dental procedures cleared to resume in Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee issued a proclamation on Monday allowing health and dental care providers to move forward with non-urgent procedures, if they can meet certain safety criteria. The measure is effective immediately and will remain in place until further notice. Liz Brazile