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Essential worker Andrea Skorheim, a nanny in Everett, Wash., talks through her daily routines during the coronavirus outbreak.

Nurse Maria Lim works in a rehabilitation facility in Orange County, Calif. She is an essential worker who gives us her aural journal this week.

Dr. Sachita Shah of Seattle’s Harborview Medical Center updates NPR’s Ari Shapiro about how her hospital is dealing with the COVID-19 outbreak.

NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to psychiatrist and loneliness expert Sue Varma about coping while self-isolating.

States are recruiting medical students and retired doctors to help fight COVID-19. Dr. Nan Cochran shares her advice and worries with her daughter, Josie Fisher, who is beginning her residency.

NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with CEO and physician Takeisha Davis, who works at New Orleans East Hospital, about how her community is holding up during the pandemic.

After weeks of social distancing and self-quarantine, listen to participants from NPR’s Outbreak Diaries project about how they’re spending their time and preserving their sanity.

Stanford is testing for coronavirus antibodies so they can determine who has been exposed and who could potentially go back to school or work. NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Dr. Jay Bhattacharya.

States are competing against one another — and the federal government — for medical supplies to deal with the coronavirus crisis.

Anne Caprara is part of the effort in Illinois to secure medical supplies during the pandemic. She tells NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Eric Westervelt that the market is haphazard.