All Things Considered Data Begins To Provide Some Answers On Pregnancy And The Pandemic There's still much that is unknown. But Dr. Denise Jamieson, chair of the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at Emory Healthcare, says recent findings "should be somewhat reassuring."
United Airlines Says It Will Offer Travelers Coronavirus Tests At The Airport A pilot program on flights from San Francisco to Hawaii would give on-the-spot tests for the virus that causes COVID-19. Travelers who test negative would not be required to quarantine upon arrival.
No Trick Or Treat: Americans Get Creative To Celebrate Halloween Safely The CDC is advising against the door-to-door candy quest during the pandemic. So parents are coming up with alternative ways to bring the spooky season to life. How about sending candy down a chute?
School Attendance In The COVID Era: What Counts As 'Present'? With millions of students logging in from home, the pandemic has disrupted the traditional school function of making sure students are "in school."
'Desperation And Fear' For Millions With Congress Deadlocked Over Pandemic Assistance Federal unemployment money has been cut off for nearly two months. Congress hasn't worked out a deal to send more help, and the fight over a Supreme Court nominee could make that harder.
Morning Edition MoMA Workers Must Decide Whether To Return To Work Amid Pandemic Workers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York are being pressured to return to work, in person. They're afraid of catching the coronavirus but equally scared of losing their jobs.
'No One Can Live Off $240 A Week': Many Americans Struggle To Pay Rent, Bills One in six households reported missing or delaying paying bills just so they could buy food in a new NPR poll. And many are having trouble paying the rent, especially African Americans and Latinos.
As Pandemic Deaths Add Up, Racial Disparities Persist — And In Some Cases Worsen With more complete racial data for COVID-19 available, the trends are impossible to ignore: Minorities are getting sick and dying at disproportionate rates. Here's a state-by-state analysis.
1 in 7 Americans Have Experienced Dangerous Air Quality Due To Wildfires This Year Parts of the West Coast experienced very unhealthy or hazardous air from wildfires for the first time ever recorded. Millions endured that smoke for twice as long as the recent average.
A Tech Powerhouse, U.S. Lags In Using Smartphones For Contact Tracing Google and Apple teamed up on using smartphones to track coronavirus infections. But the systems are only available in a few states, where they're being used by a tiny percentage of the population.
