Medical technology companies — sometimes working with carmakers — have been massively increasing production of ventilators. For two weeks, they’ve been working without government contracts in hand.
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Hospital Workers: Tell Us Your Coronavirus Experience
NPR is seeking healthcare providers working in hospitals to document their personal experiences working during the coronavirus pandemic
Hospital Workers: Tell Us Your Coronavirus Experience
NPR is seeking healthcare providers working in hospitals to document their personal experiences working during the coronavirus pandemic
28 College Students Who Chartered A Spring Break Plane To Mexico Now Have Coronavirus
All of the people who have tested positive are students at the University of Texas at Austin. Some of the group returned on separate commercial flights — widening the potential spread of infection.
28 College Students Who Chartered A Spring Break Plane To Mexico Now Have Coronavirus
All of the people who have tested positive are students at the University of Texas at Austin. Some of the group returned on separate commercial flights — widening the potential spread of infection.
Questions For An Emergency Medicine Doctor And An Epidemiologist About COVID-19
NPR’s Ari Shapiro speaks with emergency medicine physician Dr. Megan Ranney about treating COVID-19 patients, and UCLA epidemiologist Anne Rimoin answers questions about the spread of the virus.
Models Of Epidemic Predict Huge U.S. Death Toll; Scientists Hope For Better Outcome
Computer models predict that between 100,000 and 200,000 Americans will die from COVID-19 in the months ahead. Administration officials said public health interventions could still lower the toll.
To Stop The Pandemic, Seema Verma Is ‘Getting Rid Of A Lot Of Regulations’
As head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Verma says she’s working to ease safety rules and lighten licensing requirements, to expand the number of hospital beds and health workers.
Medicare And Medicaid Administrator Addresses U.S. Health Care Response To COVID-19
NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Seema Verma, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, about the administration’s ongoing response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Refugee Camps Face COVID-19: ‘If We Do Nothing, The Harm Is Going To Be So Extreme’
NPR spoke to humanitarian aid researcher Paul Spiegel about his analysis of conditions in the Rohingya camps in Bangladesh — and the outlook for refugees everywhere as the coronavirus looms.
