U.K. Surpasses Italy In Recorded Coronavirus Deaths, Now Leads Europe In Fatalities The reports of over 32,000 deaths surpassed Italy. The U.S. has the world's highest death toll. Hannah Hagemann
Rick Bright, Former Top Vaccine Scientist, Files Whistleblower Complaint Bright says he was removed from his post as a high-ranking federal scientist focused on vaccines because of his reluctance to promote drugs such as hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 patients. Laurel Wamsley
Coronavirus Update: Cruise Ships Are Sitting Empty At U.S. Ports NPR's health policy and national correspondents update on the latest coronavirus news. Selena Simmons-Duffin
Hospital ICUs Are Adapting To COVID-19 At 'Light Speed' With COVID-19 becoming a critical focus in hospital intensive care units, nurses, doctors and other caregivers have had to shift gears to protect staff and save patients. Jon Hamilton
Family Charged In Security Guard's Death After Mask Dispute The security guard, 43-year-old Calvin Munerlyn, was shot shortly after telling a woman that her daughter could not enter the store because she wasn't wearing a mask. Austin Horn
Fact Check: Trump Administration Document And Its 3,000 Deaths A Day Scenario A forecast of 3,000 deaths a day appeared in an internal document first obtained by The New York Times. But the epidemiologist who authored the analysis tells NPR the work is incomplete. Nurith Aizenman
Pfizer Begins Coronavirus Vaccine Trial In U.S. The vaccine, developed in a partnership between the pharmaceutical giant and a German biotech company, began trials on Monday with 360 volunteer subjects. Joe Palca
Trump Administration Rejects Government Report On COVID-19 Death Toll The administration pushed back against an internal government report, obtained by The New York Times, predicting the daily coronavirus death toll could nearly double in the U.S. by early June. Nurith Aizenman
Virologist Spends His Days 'Hunting The Thing That Wants To Hunt Us' Christopher Mores is among those trying to unlock secrets of the novel coronavirus. He spends 14-hour days with his team throwing everything they have at this pathogen, looking for ways to defeat it. Melissa Block
Optimizing Your Pandemic Charity Running the numbers on giving in the time of coronavirus Darian Woods
