Being a Mom Is Tough. Being A Mom In A Pandemic Is Even Tougher Being a mom is challenging enough. Add the pressures of a pandemic — and how do you cope? Mothers in Jordan, the Netherlands and Wisconsin share their stories and strategies. NPR Staff
Barron Trump Tested Positive For Coronavirus, But Now Negative First lady Melania Trump says she dreaded the diagnosis after she and the president got sick. "Luckily [Barron] is a strong teenager and exhibited no symptoms." Vanessa Romo
Water Or A Sports Drink? These Brain Cells May Decide Which One We Crave Scientists have identified specialized brain cells that create two distinct kinds of thirst. Some of the cells respond to a need for water alone, while others produce a craving for water and salt. Jon Hamilton
Paris Under Curfew: Europe Reacts As Countries See Highest-Ever Coronavirus Numbers President Emmanuel Macron announced nightly curfews for Paris and other cities Wednesday, part of a wave of new coronavirus restrictions in Europe. Bill Chappell
From The Folks Who Brought You Boring Meetings: CEOs Want To Ditch Sterile Zoom Calls Fatigue. Awful. Those are the words being used to describe virtual meetings. "What we as human beings need, want, seek ... is human contact," says Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Pallavi Gogoi
Seattle Now: Should I go to the movies? Theatres are opening in the Seattle region for the first time since March, and restaurants and weddings will have looser restrictions. How should we gauge the risks of these new options? Clare McGrane
How Tobacco Plants May Be Key In Preventing COVID-19 Historically tobacco plants are responsible for their share of illness and death. But two companies are using the plants to produce proteins for a vaccine. One candidate vaccine is in clinical trials. Joe Palca
Americans Are Dying In The Pandemic At Rates Far Higher Than In Other Countries Per capita deaths in the U.S. from COVID-19 and other causes are 85% higher than in countries like Germany and Israel. "The United States really has done remarkably badly," a study author says. Jason Beaubien
Facebook Bans Ads Discouraging Vaccines, In Latest Misinformation Crackdown The move is a reversal of Facebook's longstanding reluctance to block problematic content. Critics say public health misinformation has flourished on the social network. Shannon Bond
Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Trial Paused Due To 'Unexplained Illness' In Participant The company said it had paused further dosing in all of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate clinical trials while it investigated the volunteer's illness. Laurel Wamsley
