Past CDC Director Urges Current One To Stand Up To Trump In a private, leaked letter, a former CDC director urges Dr. Robert Redfield to stand up for public health and stop the "slaughter" caused by COVID-19 in the U.S. Pien Huang
Trump Touts Antibody Treatments For COVID-19, But Evidence Is Incomplete Medical researchers have high hopes that the kind of treatment the president received could end up being an important element in the fight against the pandemic. But clinical trials continue. Richard Harris
Trump Still On Steroids: How These Drugs Are Typically Used To Treat COVID-19 President Trump says he's still taking the drug dexamethasone to treat COVID-19. It's a cheap, widely available steroid. But how long should COVID-19 patients take it and what are the side effects? Rhitu Chatterjee
Good News Story: Nigerian Irish Teen Girls Win Prize For Dementia App They faced bias against women in science. They faced racism because their families come from Africa. And they triumphed in a competition to develop a problem-solving app! Nadia Whitehead
Could COVID-19 Be Treated By Drug Trump Is Touting? President Trump continues to tout an experimental treatment he received for COVID-19. NPR discusses if the drug is safe and whether there is enough of it to distribute across the U.S. Richard Harris
In Rare Step, Esteemed Medical Journal Urges Americans To Vote Trump Out Of Office "Our current political leaders have demonstrated that they are dangerously incompetent," the medical journal's editors say in a scathing editorial. Bill Chappell
Trump Calls His COVID-19 Diagnosis A 'Blessing,' Touts Experimental Treatment In a video released on Twitter, the president said, "I want everybody to be given the same treatment as your president," though there are still questions about safety and effectiveness of the drugs. Alana Wise
Latest COVID-19 Vaccine Timetable Doesn't Include Election Day Large-scale safety and efficacy trials of experimental vaccines in tens of thousands of volunteers are underway. Answers about the trials are likely to come late this year. Joe Palca
Trump Back In Oval Office As Doctor Says His Vitals Remain Stable President Trump's doctor said Wednesday that Trump has been fever-free for more than four days and without symptoms for 24 hours. Ayesha Rascoe
Seattle Now: The trauma of Covid If you’ve been really tired lately, or maybe losing track of details you’d normally remember, it's not just "Covid brain." You might have pandemic trauma. Clare McGrane
