Category: NPR

Optimizing Your Pandemic Charity

Running the numbers on giving in the time of coronavirus

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.

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 Dying Fast, And Far From Family, Challenge Practice of Palliative Care

For one family who lost both mother and father to the coronavirus, palliative care clinicians helped them face “the awful, awful truth.”

Coronavirus Conundrum: How To Cover Millions Who Lost Their Jobs And Health Insurance

Over 9 million Americans have lost both their job and health coverage. To help them, COBRA is an option, but it could cost buyers more than if subsidies were increased for Affordable Care Act plans.

California’s Coronavirus Testing Still A Frustrating Patchwork Of Haves And Have-Nots

Access to testing is still uneven in the nation’s largest state. Even as some urban counties offer tests to anyone who wants one, a rural county is testing raw sewage to track the virus.

California’s Coronavirus Testing Still A Frustrating Patchwork Of Haves And Have-Nots

Access to testing is still uneven in the nation’s largest state. Even as some urban counties offer tests to anyone who wants one, a rural county is testing raw sewage to track the virus.

Tell Your Story: Have You Lost Health Insurance During The Coronavirus Crisis?

Millions have likely lost their health insurance. If you’re one of them, we want to hear about the decisions you’re making. Go without? Find a new plan? Tell us what you’re thinking.

Protesters Swarm Michigan Capitol Amid Showdown Over Governor’s Emergency Powers

As hundreds of demonstrators, some armed, amassed Thursday, Republican lawmakers declined to extend a state of emergency, instead voting to sue Gov. Gretchen Whitmer over her response to COVID-19.

An English Brewery Offers Free Beer In Exchange For Donating To Health Workers

The company in Alnwick, northeastern England, gives away beer on Fridays, so far raising close to $600 for the National Health Service.