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Coronavirus antibody test kits are key to plans for proposed
NPR
Health

‘No evidence’ that recovered COVID-19 patients are immune, WHO says

The World Health Organization warned against "immunity passports," which allow travel only to recovered patients, saying studies must confirm whether people are indeed safe.

6 years ago

Capt. Brett Crozier, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), addresses the crew  Jan. 17, 2020. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Alexander Williams)
Politics & Policy

Navy recommends reinstatement of fired carrier captain

An aircraft carrier captain fired for sending an email to commanders pleading for faster action to help his crew amid the pandemic has been reinstated.

6 years ago

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Politics & Policy

FDA warns of risks with Trump-promoted malaria drug

The FDA is warning doctors against prescribing a malaria drug widely touted by President Donald Trump for treating the coronavirus outside of hospitals or research settings.

6 years ago

A masked worker at this state WIN job center in Pearl, Miss., holds an unemployment benefit application form as she waits for a client, Tuesday, April 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Money

26 million have sought U.S. jobless aid since virus hit

About one in six American workers have now lost their jobs since mid-March, by far the worst string of layoffs on record.

6 years ago

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters stands in Atlanta. CDC director Dr. Robert Redfield says the agency will double the current number of positions to aid local health departments in quashing new outbreaks. (Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
NPR
Health

CDC to fund 650 health experts to help states trace, stop COVID-19

CDC director Dr. Robert Redfield says the agency will double the current number of positions to aid local health departments in quashing new outbreaks.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump
Politics & Policy

Trump immigration ban halts green cards, not temporary visas

He said the executive order he plans to sign as soon as Wednesday would apply only to those seeking permanent residency and not temporary workers.

6 years ago

Emergency medical technicians wheel a patient into the ER of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. (Stan Grossfeld/Boston Globe via Getty Images)
NPR
Health

In fine print, HHS seems to have banned surprise medical bills during the pandemic

U.S. officials have included this stipulation to hospitals and clinics: They are not permitted to foist surprise medical bills on COVID-19 patients.

6 years ago

Former U.S. first lady Michelle Obama waves as she attends an event for Obama Foundation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in December 2019. Obama and actress Julia Roberts attended the inaugural Gathering of Rising Leaders in the Asia Pacific organized by the Obama Foundation. (Vincent Thian/AP Photo)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Michelle Obama may stay ‘above the fray’ as she returns to political life

Her husband has now endorsed his former vice president, Joe Biden. But former first lady Michelle Obama is making a return to politics in 2020 on her own terms.

6 years ago

Peck's Food owner Theodore Peck touches hands with a customer through window glass while closing his storefront due to the coronavirus outbreak, Wednesday, March 18, 2020, (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Radio Times
Health

Productivity and physical touch during coronavirus

We dive into why you're not feeling very productive right now and why we miss human touch so much.

Air Date: April 16, 2020

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NPR
Politics & Policy

Fact check: Trump doesn’t have the authority to order states to ‘reopen’

Trump said there were "numerous provisions" in the Constitution that give him that power but he didn't name any.

6 years ago

In this March 21, 2020 file photo, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Politics & Policy

Fauci: ‘We’re not there yet’ on key steps to reopen economy

“We have to have something in place that is efficient and that we can rely on, and we’re not there yet,” Fauci said in an interview with The Associated Press.

6 years ago

Vice President Joe Biden, left, watches President Barack Obama, center, sitting with Defense Secretary Ash Carter, right, as they listen to Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford talk about Obama during an Armed Forces Full Honor Farewell Review, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, at Conmy Hall, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va. (Susan Walsh/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Obama endorses Biden, says former VP has ‘qualities we need’

That would give the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee a boost from the party’s biggest fundraiser and one of its most popular figures.

6 years ago

Former Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., right, greet one another before they participate in a Democratic presidential primary debate at CNN Studios in Washington, Sunday, March 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Politics & Policy

Bernie Sanders endorses former Democratic rival Joe Biden for president

Bernie Sanders endorses former Democratic rival Joe Biden for president.

6 years ago

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Money

Americans start to see relief payments; some face a wait

Americans are beginning to see the first economic impact payments hit their bank accounts.

6 years ago

Apple and Google launched a major joint effort, Friday, April 10, 2020,  to leverage smartphone technology contain the COVID-19 pandemic. (Patrick Semansky/AP Photo)
Health

Apple, Google to harness phones for virus infection tracking

New phone software the companies plan to add would make it easier to use wireless technology to track down people for who may have been infected by coronavirus carriers.

6 years ago

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