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Medical Aid Group Helps To Relieve Stress On New York's Health Workers
International Medical Corps has been deployed to New York to help manage the response to COVID-19. NPR's Noel King talks to Susan Mangicaro, a nurse who is leading the nonprofit's work on the ground.
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Guidance Issued For When Critical Employees Can Return To Work
The CDC issued a guide for when critical workers exposed to COVID-19 should return to their jobs. It should make it easier for essential workers, who are not in health care, to stay on the job.
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Police In Czech Republic Tell Nudists To Wear Face Masks
Police in one town found 75 people violating coronavirus rules by not covering their mouths in public. Police told them that they didn't need to get dressed, they just had to wear face masks.
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Georgia Restaurant's $1 Bills Will Be Divided Among Employees
Customers at the Sand Bar on Tybee Island for years stapled dollar bills to walls. After it closed because of COVID-19 restrictions, the bills were taken off the wall. Staff will divide the $3,700.
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Colombia's Pacific Port City Of Tumaco Is Home To Currulao Music
On the Pacific Coast of Colombia, there is a notorious shipping point used for the cocaine trade. But in this gang-ridden, impoverished port, lies a hidden musical treasure.
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Bernie Sanders Suspends Presidential Campaign
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is ending his presidential bid, leaving former Vice President Joe Biden victorious in the Democratic primary.
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Despite Coronavirus Worries, Poll Workers Greet Voters In Wisconsin
Katherine Wilson says many voters at her polling place requested absentee ballots that never came. National guardsmen made voters stand at a proper distance and poll workers got some protective gear.
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Hydroxychloroquine Is Being Studied As A Way To Treat Coronavirus
NPR's Noel King talks to medicinal chemist Katherine Seley-Radtke about hydroxychloroquine, a malaria and arthritis drug touted by the president as a COVID-19 remedy with limited clinical evidence.
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How Is The Coronavirus Affecting Black Americans?
Numbers emerging from a few cities and states suggest higher death rates for African-Americans from COVID-19. The findings also reveal deeper disparities.
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After Nearly 40 Years And A Song, Stevie Nicks Hears Dove's Call
Stevie Nicks wrote these words in the song "Edge of Seventeen": Just like the white winged dove, sings a song sounds like she's singing. Nicks had never heard a dove's call until a few days ago.
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Pulley System Expands On Contactless Pizza Delivery
A TikTok video shows a way to retrieve a pizza from the delivery person. Using a pulley system, a box was lowered out of a second-story window. It was then hoisted back up, pizza inside.
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Party On, Online: Virtual Beer Pong Becomes An Emotional Lifeline For Workers
The virtual happy hour has taken on huge importance at a time when life is otherwise in lockdown. Workers are learning a lot more about their colleagues in the process.