Talking staying home while staying home Bill Radke talks the week's news with Monica Nickelsburg of GeekWire, The Stranger's Chase Burns, and Crosscut's David Kroman. Sarah Leibovitz
After Outcry Over Navy Captain Relieved Of Command, Assurances He Won't Be Expelled A highly critical letter from Capt. Brett Crozier that was leaked to the media cost him his command of the coronavirus-infected USS Roosevelt. Now the man who fired him says he's not being discharged. David Welna
Louisiana Governor Relays Latest On COVID-19 Response, As New Orleans Is Hit Hard NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards. New Orleans is an emerging hot spot for cases of coronavirus infection.
Spain Briefly Passes Italy In COVID-19 Cases But Officials See Growth Rate Slowing Despite the increase, Spain's figures suggest the rate of new infections has begun to slow, according to a spokeswoman for the government's health emergency center. Lucia Benavides
Coronavirus Testing Backlogs Continue As Laboratories Struggle To Keep Up With Demand One big commercial testing lab revealed a backlog of at least 115,000 tests, illustrating the scope of the coronavirus testing problems. Rob Stein
Food Shortages? Nope, Too Much Food In The Wrong Places Some Americans, fearing food shortages from COVID-19, have cleaned out supermarket shelves. Yet there's too much food in some places. Farmers are dumping milk and vegetables that they can't sell. Dan Charles
Corpses Lie For Days As Ecuador Struggles To Keep Up With COVID-19 Deaths The epicenter of the country's outbreak is the port city of Guayaquil, where cadavers are lying in the streets and in homes. John Otis
Peru, Panama Limit Movement By Gender In Bid To Slow The Coronavirus The rules unveiled this week allow men and women to leave their homes only on separate days of the week. "We have to get fewer people on the streets every day," said Peru's president, Martín Vizcarra. Colin Dwyer
Cuomo Says New York Has Seen 'Highest Single Increase' In Deaths From Coronavirus The state had 562 coronavirus-related deaths in the past 24 hours. In a bit of "good news," Gov. Andrew Cuomo said 1,452 coronavirus patients have been discharged from hospitals in the past day. Brakkton Booker
FDA Supports Effort To Develop COVID Treatment From Plasma Of Recovered Patients The Food and Drug Administration announced Friday that it will take charge of a program that includes the Mayo Clinic and the American Red Cross with funds from the federal government. Joe Palca
