A Whole Foods Worker Feels The Burden Of Essential Work Grocery stores across the country have remained open during the coronavirus pandemic and workers are under stress, especially as thousands of them test positive for Covid-19 and dozens die. Lulu Garcia-Navarro
Science On The Ballot: Coronavirus Brings Culture And Expertise To 2020 Election As COVID-19 takes over the political conversation, Americans' ambivalence about science — and "experts" in general — is likely to come to the forefront. Ron Elving
NYC Poison Control Sees Uptick In Calls After Trump's Disinfectant Comments A higher than usual number of callers reported exposure to disinfectants and cleaners following the president's Thursday briefing. Nationwide, there's been a 20% rise in such cases this year. Jason Slotkin
What It Takes To Be A Contact Tracer NPR's Michel Martin speaks with John Welch, the director of partnerships & operations for Massachusetts' COVID-19 response at Partners In Health, about their contact tracing program and training.
'No Evidence' Yet That Recovered COVID-19 Patients Are Immune, WHO Says The World Health Organization warned against "immunity passports," which allow travel only to recovered patients, saying studies must first confirm whether people are indeed safe from reinfection. Colin Dwyer
A 56-Year-Old Finally Learned To Write His Name — Because Of A Coronavirus Lockdown Pratap Singh Bora is a migrant laborer from Nepal who had to leave his construction job in India and is now living in a relief camp. But there's an upside to this turn of events. Sushmita Pathak
As States Reopen, Health Experts Seek To Understand Coronavirus's Early Silent Spread Medical examiners are now screening for possible coronavirus connections in late January. Emerging evidence suggests it spread far earlier and more widely than initially believed. Nathan Rott
When Is It Safe To Ease Social Distancing? Here's What One Model Says For Each State Some states are moving forward, but many would be wise to wait, according to experts at the University of Washington. Here's their estimate for each state's safe date to reopen. Nurith Aizenman
Congressional Watchdog To Review Federal Coronavirus Response The $2 trillion response legislation Congress approved late last month calls for the Government Accountability Office to monitor the spending and the overall federal response to the pandemic. Brian Naylor
What Happened Today: President Signs Relief Bill, Coronavirus Spread Questions Director of the Harvard Global Health Institute Dr. Ashish Jha and an NPR science correspondent answer listener questions on the spread of the coronavirus and drugs believed to treat it. Joe Palca