Questions About WHO Funding And How Contact Tracing Works An NPR global health and development correspondent answers questions about tracking the coronavirus and President Trump's decision to withhold funding to the World Health Organization. Jason Beaubien
Airlines Reach Agreement With Treasury Department On Share Of Coronavirus Aid To prevent mass layoffs of airline employees, Congress authorized $50 billion in grants and loans for the carriers, as part of the $2.3 trillion economic relief package approved last month. David Schaper
New Survey Highlights Racial Disparities In The Coronavirus Pandemic People of color and lower-income populations are more concerned about contracting coronavirus and spreading it unknowingly to others. Hannah Hagemann
Grocery Workers Should Be Designated First Responders, Supermarkets And Union Say Kroger and Albertsons have joined the food workers union UFCW in urging state and national officials to give grocery staff higher priority for testing and access to masks and other protections. Alina Selyukh
Taiwan Reports No New Coronavirus Cases, Adding To Success In Fighting Pandemic The island, which first acted to prevent the spread of COVID-19 back in December, has won praise for keeping the virus under control despite its close links with China. Bill Chappell
How One City Mayor Forced A Pork Giant To Close Its Virus-Stricken Plant Smithfield Foods didn't want to stop slaughtering hogs at its Sioux Falls pork plant, even after hundreds of workers got sick with the coronavirus. Then the city's mayor forced the company's hand. Dan Charles
Getting Back To Normal: Big Tech's Solution Depends On Public Trust Apple and Google are developing a tool that relies on Bluetooth signals, sent by smartphones, to let people know if they may have been exposed to the coronavirus. Shannon Bond
U.N. Chief Targets 'Dangerous Epidemic Of Misinformation' On Coronavirus "Harmful health advice and snake-oil solutions are proliferating," U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said. "Wild conspiracy theories are infecting the Internet. Hatred is going viral." Bill Chappell
With visits on hold during pandemic, Washington hospitals strain to comfort sickest patients For healthcare workers, the ban on hospital visitors is one of the hardest consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. Amy Radil
Pakistan Has A Plan To Keep Millions From Going Hungry During Shutdown. Will It Work? As incomes dry up for low-paid Pakistanis during the COVID-19 crisis, the government is massively expanding a program that gives cash to the out-of-work. But concerns are being raised about its reach. Diaa Hadid