2 Seattle schools closed amid district's first confirmed COVID-19 case Aki Kurose will be closed indefinitely beginning Wednesday, March 11 after an employee tested positive for COVID-19. Cleveland STEM High School will close for one day of cleaning. Liz Brazile
Life During Coronavirus: What Different Countries Are Doing To Stop The Spread From a nationwide "red zone" to travel restrictions to school closures, governments around the globe are taking steps to try to slow the spread of the outbreak. Laurel Wamsley
You Have A Fever And A Dry Cough. Now What? Whether your mild or moderate symptoms mean you have a cold, the flu, or COVID-19 doesn't change the medical advice right now. Stay home, rest, and call or email your doctor if symptoms worsen. Selena Simmons-Duffin
How The Painstaking Work Of Contact Tracing Can Slow The Spread Of An Outbreak It involves making a very long list and a LOT of phone calls. Disease detection is drudgery but it's vital to public health. Keren Landman
Why Taller Grass Can Be Bad News For Grasshoppers Grass on the prairie is growing taller because there's now more carbon dioxide in the air. Paradoxically, though, this might be hurting wildlife, because the grass is less nutritious. Dan Charles
Proactive School Closings Can Stem Disease Spread — But Causes Its Own Worries Closing schools could slow the spread of coronavirus — but school leaders worry closure comes with its own risks, especially for kids who depend on school meals and whose parents can't take off work. Cory Turner
Coronavirus: New York Creates 'Containment Area' Around Cluster In New Rochelle The governor is calling on the National Guard to help maintain the containment area, by delivering food and helping to clean public spaces. Bill Chappell
Coronavirus: Sacramento County Gives Up On Automatic 14-Day Quarantines The California county includes the hospital that treated the first known U.S. case of community spread of COVID-19, which went undiagnosed for days because of problems with the U.S. testing program. Bill Chappell
How A South Korean City Is Changing Tactics To Tamp Down Its COVID-19 Surge Daegu, the center of South Korea's coronavirus outbreak, tries to figure out an effective way to tackle disease. Anthony Kuhn
Is The Economy Coming Down With Something? Planet Money's roundup of a crazy few days in economic news. Bryant Urstadt
