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
Despite FDA Caution, Trump Says He Is Taking Hydroxychloroquine As A Preventative The impact of the drug on the virus is being studied, but there is not yet evidence from medical trials – and there have been some warnings about side effects from taking the medicine. Roberta Rampton
World-Wide Travel Restrictions Violate International Health Regulations Countries around the world have imposed various travel bans to fight the pandemic. But those restrictions are contradicting international health regulations and might not be viable long-term. Geoff Brumfiel
Former President Obama Calls Out President Trump In The Commencement Speech President Donald Trump has been criticizing Former President Barack Obama for weeks. And the duel has escalated this weekend, as Obama has leveled some of his sharpest public criticism toward Trump. Domenico Montanaro
Pompeo Blasts WHO And China For Excluding Taiwan From This Week's Health Assembly By not inviting Taiwan to its health assembly, the World Health Organization kept out "scientific expertise on pandemic disease" and "damaged the WHO's credibility," the secretary of state said. John Ruwitch