California Gov. Newsom On His State's Ongoing Pandemic Preparations NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with California Gov. Gavin Newsom about how his state is addressing the coronavirus pandemic.
Health Care Workers Confront Equipment Shortages, Infection Threat, Emotional Stress Nurses and residents are confronting shortages of personal protective equipment and are being told to return to work soon after falling ill themselves. They worry they could make their patients sick. Leila Fadel
China Reports Its First Day With No New COVID-19 Deaths The milestone comes a day before the government is set to lift outbound travel restrictions on people in Wuhan, the country's hardest-hit city. John Ruwitch
Meat Processing Plants Suspend Operations After Workers Fall Ill Several processing plants in the U.S. are sitting idle this week because workers are sick with the coronavirus. Other facilities are still operating, but fewer workers are showing up. Dan Charles
4 Of 5 Workers Are Affected By COVID-19 Worldwide, U.N. Agency Says The COVID-19 pandemic is taking a terrible toll on the world's economy, with various lockdown measures now affecting the livelihood of almost 2.7 billion workers, according to a new report. Bill Chappell
For Some Essential Workers, Jobs Are Still Insecure When the coronavirus interrupted China's global shipping lines, fewer containers arrived at ports in the United States. For a truck driver in San Bernardino, Calif., that meant a reduction in income.
Have masks leftover from wildfires, or a home project? The Seattle Mask Brigade will pick them up The Seattle Mask Brigade is one new group working to fill the needs of healthcare workers and others on the front line grappling with shortages of personal protective equipment. Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Why Some COVID-19 Patients Crash: The Body's Immune System Might Be To Blame An overblown immune response could be killing a portion of the sick, and some doctors think that new treatments being tested could help at least some of those patients. Geoff Brumfiel
States, Hospitals, Say They're Still Not Getting Vital Supplies To Fight COVID-19 President Trump says the government's procurement and distribution system is "a fine-tuned machine," but many hospitals and state governors say they're still struggling to get what they need. Eric Westervelt
Sen. Bill Cassidy On His State's Racial Disparites In Coronavirus Deaths NPR's David Greene talks to GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, a state with an already staggering number of COVID-19 cases, about how hospitals and residents there are preparing for grim days ahead.