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States are releasing “Crisis Standards of Care” guidelines, aimed at helping desperate hospitals discern how to allocate scarce resources. But the guidance doesn’t factor in health care inequalities.

Global health expert Dr. Abraar Karan and NPR’s Pien Huang answer the most common listener questions on the spread of the coronavirus, its symptoms, testing and treatment.

Global health expert Dr. Abraar Karan and NPR’s Pien Huang answer the most common listener questions on the spread of the coronavirus, its symptoms, testing and treatment.

“Any plan to start to reopen the economy has to be based on data and testing, and we have to make sure our antibody and diagnostic testing is up to the scale we need,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.

The majority of people recover from COVID-19, but some who have been in intensive care still have a variety of health problems, both physical and cognitive, after they leave the hospital.

Coronavirus testing in the U.S. military is as limited as it is among civilians. Even if testing availability increases, it would be enough only for critical jobs, like cyber or nuclear forces.

After promising on April 7 that data on how COVID-19 is affecting people of different races would be available in a few days, the Trump administration now says it won’t happen until early May.

The federal government has waived a law that required an in-person doctor’s visit before patients could be prescribed drugs that quell withdrawal symptoms. That’s a boon for patients, counselors say.

New York and New Jersey want nursing homes to accept recovering hospital patients, regardless of their COVID-19 status, to free up space in hospitals. What’s to keep the virus from spreading?

The federal government “will require nursing homes to inform residents, their families and their representatives of COVID-19 cases in their facilities.” Notification must be given within 12 hours.