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What The Coronavirus Numbers Might Mean For The U.S. Moving Forward

Dr. Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security, answers listener questions on the infection rates, death toll, and what they mean going forward.

What The Coronavirus Numbers Might Mean For The U.S. Moving Forward, Continued

Dr. Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security, answers listener questions on the infection rates, death toll, and what they mean going forward.

What Happened Today: States Keep Reopening, Safety Questions

Dr. Helen Boucher, chief of the infectious diseases department at Tufts University Medical Center, answers listener questions about states reopening and when it will be safe to visit loved ones.

Pulmonary Doctor Shares His Experience Of Surviving COVID-19

A New Orleans physician Dr. Jay Miller is weakened by a case of COVID-19. Meanwhile, his wife is pregnant with the couple’s first child and had to leave town to stay with her mother.

What Happened Today: Health Care System Crumbles, Testing Questions

Marc Lipsitch, a professor of epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health, answers questions about access to testing for COVID-19, false-negative results and the challenges of mass testing.

Patients Who Recovered From COVID-19 Share Their Experiences Of Returning To Work

NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with patients who have recovered from COVID-19 and Dr. Lucy McBride, a physician in Washington, D.C., about the challenges of ending isolation and returning to work.

Patients Who Recovered From COVID-19 Share Their Experiences Of Ending An Isolation

NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with patients who have recovered from COVID-19 and Dr. Lucy McBride, a physician in Washington, D.C., about the challenges of ending isolation and returning to work.

Doctor Shares His Experience Of Working In One Of The Hardest-Hit Michigan Hospitals

Dr. Irfan Omar, head of nephrology at the DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital in Detroit, talks about working in one of the hardest-hit hospitals in Michigan and answers listener questions about the coronavirus.

Black Mississippians Are Being Hit Especially Hard By The Coronavirus

Shalondra Rollins tested positive for COVID-19 and died three days later. NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks with reporter Anna Wolfe of Mississippi Today about lessons to learn from Rollins’ story.

Kansas City Nurses Mourn A Colleague’s Death From COVID-19

Health care workers are working relentlessly to save Americans from the coronavirus, putting themselves at risk. Kansas City nurses mourn a colleague’s death and call for better protection.