Senate Reaches Historic Deal On $2T Coronavirus Economic Rescue Package Congressional leaders announced an agreement to fund cash payments to Americans, bailouts for key industries and aid to the healthcare industry. Claudia Grisales
Seattle Now: Nurses get creative If you planned on seeing a doctor in the next month or so, chances are you'll need to wait. Clare McGrane
Gov. Beshear Receives Praise For His Handling Of Coronavirus Pandemic Kentuckians are loving Gov. Andy Beshear's leadership on the COVID-19 crisis. The fandom has produced a deluge of memes and videos online that are helping the state cope with these uncertain times.
After Urging Social Distancing, Trump Offers A Different Message NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Dr. Tom Inglesby, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, about the call from some U.S. officials to begin ending social distancing policies.
After Days Of Negotiations, Deal Reached On Emergency Aid Measure The Senate and White House worked through an agreement on a $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package early Wednesday morning. The agreement means Congress could be close to passing a deal. Claudia Grisales
Balancing Justice, Public Safety: Virus Brings Changes To Courts, Jails, Arrests People in jail are being released early, arrests are down and some court cases are being postponed as members of the criminal justice system grapple with the coronavirus threat. Cheryl Corley
States Get Creative To Find And Deploy More Health Workers In COVID-19 Fight To stop COVID-19, retired doctors are signing up to take clinical shifts. Specialists, including dentists, could move to front line care. And med students are fielding calls in overwhelmed clinics. Selena Simmons-Duffin
My 71-year-old mom is a nurse on the front lines of Covid-19. I’m worried. She’s not. I asked her if she feels scared going to work since the coronavirus outbreak. She said if nurses are afraid, they won't be able to do their jobs. Kristin Leong
ER Doctor In Seattle, An Early COVID-19 Epicenter, On The Challenges Ahead NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Dr. Sachita Shah, an emergency physician at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, about the challenges of the coronavirus response for hospitals and doctors.
Nurses Are Facing Coronavirus Without Enough Protective Gear In many places, a shortage of personal protective equipment means that that nurses must reuse masks or improvise gear. Some of them are worried. Laurel Wamsley