Category: NPR

On her visit to Cowlitz County in Washington state, NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with 26-year-old caretaker, Duayne Royston, about the political issues that matter to him this election year.

Seattle-area physician Brandon Fainstad tells NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro about being a healthcare worker at the American epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak.

First responders in the Seattle area are figuring out how best to do their jobs given the possibility they might be called into a coronavirus outbreak. One fire crew is on self-quarantine.

Have years of U.S. sanctions and efforts to isolate Iran affected the ability to get information about –- or aid to help control –- the coronavirus, as it continues to spread?

Scientists are racing to create a vaccine to protect people against the new strain of the coronavirus. But while researchers are making fast progress, a vaccine is probably more than a year away.

Local ambulance and emergency medical service agencies were already on tight budgets before coronavirus. A local ambulance crew and the head of a national EMS organization tell us their concerns.

President Trump and Congress Friday authorized a package of emergency funding to help and treat and slow the spread of COVID-19. About $950 million is designated for state and local response.

Many of the deaths from coronavirus have been at a nursing home in Kirkland, Wash. Nursing homes face numerous problems controlling infection.

Most people with the coronavirus get only mild symptoms, but some need intensive care. If the wave of infections is big enough, the very sick patients could swamp hospital intensive care units.

The coronavirus funding bill just signed into law by the president puts over $8 billion dollars into the epidemic response. We break down what that money is actually for, and what might be missing.