Embattled Public Health Workers Leaving At "Steady And Alarming" Rate More than 70 local public health officials have resigned or been fired since the start of the pandemic. They're over-worked and the subject of harassment from community leaders and residents. Anna King
Unemployment Claims Jump For Second Week As Pandemic Rages Claims for state unemployment benefits again rose last week, signaling ongoing weakness in the job market as coronavirus infections continue to soar. Scott Horsley
CDC Likely To Recommend Shortening Coronavirus Quarantine Period Federal health officials could reduce the quarantine from the currently recommended 14 days to as few as seven for people who test negative for the virus. Scott Neuman
Initial Batch Of COVID-19 Vaccines Will Go To States Based On Population, Not Risk Operation Warp Speed is allocating the first batch of 6.4 million COVID vaccines to states, based on population. This circumvents a CDC advisory committee, which proposed allocation based on risk. Pien Huang
Black People Are More Hesitant About A Vaccine. A Leading Nurse Wants To Change That Ernest Grant, the president of the American Nurses Association, says historical abuses have left Black people with a distrust of vaccines. Now he's part of a coronavirus vaccine trial. David Greene
Are More Lockdowns Inevitable, Or Can Other Measures Stop The Surge? The U.S. added more than 1 million cases in the past week. More than 85,000 people are hospitalized. Some states may have no choice but to lock down again. Others are trying a targeted approach. Will Stone
Pfizer's Coronavirus Vaccine Supply Contract Excludes Many Taxpayer Protections The $1.95 billion Operation Warp Speed contract excludes government rights to inventions or production know-how developed in the manufacture of the COVID-19 vaccine. Sydney Lupkin
Epidemiologist Says Restricting Small Gatherings Isn't The Way To Stop The Surge To turn around the current jump in coronavirus cases, epidemiologist Ellie Murray says governments need to focus on the places that are driving the spread, like restaurants and bars. Ailsa Chang
Minneapolis Group Is Growing Food To Protect Members From Effects Of Racism, Disease Access to fresh food in North Minneapolis has been a struggle for decades. Members of one group are growing food to protect themselves from the health effects of both racism and the pandemic. Yuki Noguchi
More Kids Are Getting COVID-19, Kentucky Pediatrician Says Elizabeth Hawse, a pediatrician in Lexington, Ky., says she's seen a big increase in the number of children testing positive for the coronavirus. The governor has shut schools to in-person classes. James Doubek
