Anxiety, Depression Increased During Pandemic. Why Not Loneliness? When the pandemic hit, mental health professionals predicted lockdowns and social distancing would result in a wave of loneliness. But researchers who study loneliness say that hasn't happened. Joanne Silberner
More Companies Are Using Technology To Monitor For Coronavirus In The Workplace As businesses reopen, tech firms are offering monitoring systems to screen for the coronavirus. They range from apps that ask about symptoms to software that tracks employees' movements at work. Jason Beaubien
South King County sees rise in Covid-19 cases as flu season approaches ‘Covid-19 is concentrating in lower-income, lower-resource communities.’ Kim Malcolm
Medical Residents Learn To Treat The Growing Health Hazards Of Climate Change From heat-related illness to mosquito-borne infections, physicians are seeing the effects of a warming planet in the exam room. There's a growing push to teach doctors-in-training how to respond. Martha Bebinger
News Brief: SCOTUS Hearing, COVID-19 And Campaigning, Military Advisor On Elections Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court confirmation hearing begins today. Trump continues campaigning after his coronavirus diagnosis. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talks about the election.
Trump Back On Campaign Trail After Coronavirus Diagnosis President Trump was diagnosed with the coronavirus 12 days ago. On Friday, he'll hold a rally in Florida, after physicians announced over the weekend he was no longer a transmission risk to others. Franco Ordoñez
Trump's Doctor Says There's No 'Actively Replicating Virus' — So Is He COVID-19-Free? Doctors say people who have had COVID-19 can test positive but no longer be contagious. Trump's doctor said Trump is "no longer a transmission risk to others" but did not say if Trump tested negative. Matthew S. Schwartz
The Latest On President Trump's Health Status NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Dr. Ashish Jha, director of Harvard Global Health Institute, about President Trump's latest bill of health.
Call For Administration's COVID-19 Vaccine Contracts To Be Disclosed Members of Congress and advocacy groups say Operation Warp Speed should release its contracts with vaccine makers after NPR reporting found the terms of many aren't public. Sydney Lupkin
Coronavirus FAQ: What's The Deal With The '15 Minute Rule'? The conventional wisdom is that it takes 15 minutes of close contact to a contagious person to put you at risk. But even a short exposure could prove problematic. Maria Godoy