French Drug Giant Sanofi Takes Heat After Suggesting U.S. May Get 1st Vaccine Access An uproar followed comments by Sanofi's CEO that if the company develops a vaccine, doses would likely go to Americans first. The board president later insisted, "Any vaccine will be a public good." Eleanor Beardsley
Are you a loud talker? You might be a superspreader A new study into how loud talking can spread viruses could shed light on a major outbreak at a choir practice in Skagit County. John Ryan
New Evidence Suggests COVID-19 Patients On Ventilators Usually Survive Early reports suggested death rates as high as 90% for COVID-19 patients on ventilators. But some hospitals are now reporting mortality lower than 30%. Jon Hamilton
Replace Trump And Bolster The CDC, A Leading Medical Journal Urges The Trump administration has mounted an "inconsistent and incoherent national response" to the COVID-19 pandemic by injecting politics into public health policy, The Lancet says. Bill Chappell
Tennessee's Secret To Plentiful Coronavirus Testing? Picking Up The Tab As states move on from social distancing, they need plenty of coronavirus testing to prevent future outbreaks. But many communities face testing bottlenecks. Tennessee has a solution. Blake Farmer
How Madison, WI Is Responding After State Supreme Court Strikes Down Stay Home Order NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Madison, WI Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway about the state's supreme ruling against the governor's stay-at-home order and how her city is keeping its people safe.
California Reopening Looks Vastly Different In Urban And Rural Areas The federal government has put the onus of reopening on states. Many state and local leaders say responses reopening their economies have been fractured and chaotic, including in rural California. Eric Westervelt
FDA Worries COVID-19 Test Misses Too Many People Who Are Infected The Food And Drug Administration is raising concerns about the accuracy of the Abbott ID Now Coronavirus test, which returns results within 15 minutes. The FDA worries about false negative results. Rob Stein
FDA Cautions About Accuracy Of Widely Used Abbott Coronavirus Test The test has been promoted by the Trump administration as a key factor in controlling the epidemic in the U.S. and is used for daily testing at the White House. Joe Neel
CDC Releases New Reopening Guidelines The CDC has released new guidelines for businesses and schools to help them decide whether they are ready to reopen. Allison Aubrey