Why The Novel Coronavirus Is So 'Superspready' That's the word that one disease researcher uses to describe COVID-19. And now scientists are discovering the reasons that this virus is readily transmitted at "superspreader events." Pien Huang
Pandemic Demonstrates The Importance Of This Year's Flu Shot As coronavirus cases climb, doctors warn the health system may be pushed to its limit when flu season begins. Some worry fewer people will get a flu shot during the pandemic, and urge more to be done. Will Stone
The surprising ways people with OCD responded to coronavirus: 'I've been training for this my whole life' As the pandemic stretches on, everyone is tired of staying at home and anxious about catching the virus. But for those with obsessive-compulsive disorder, the novel coronavirus brings extra challenges. Eilís O'Neill
German Experiment Tests How The Coronavirus Spreads At A Concert Researchers hope it can provide insight as to how COVID-19 spreads in large stadiums — and how to prevent it. Samantha Raphelson
A Filipina Nurse On Working On The Front Lines Of The Pandemic Nurses are among the Philippines' most sought-after exports. One front-liner in New York City has won over colleagues with a morale-boosting performance and has mentored health care workers back home. Julie McCarthy
Seattle Now: 'Phase 2 wasn't a big success' If we ever hope to get back to school, and the movies and all the other things we want to do we need to take steps now to slow COVID-19 transmission. Because flu season is coming. Patricia Murphy
Another COVID-19 Medical Mystery: Patients Come Off Ventilator But Linger In A Coma Doctors are researching why some patients remain unconscious for days or weeks, even after sedating drugs are withdrawn. They also worry that these patients aren't being given time to recover. Martha Bebinger
1,000 More Coronavirus Deaths In The Past Day, CDC Says The number of deaths has been slowly ticking down, but remains well above the totals seen in the early months of the pandemic. More than 175,000 in the U.S. have now died, according to the CDC. Matthew S. Schwartz
More People Of Color Needed In COVID-19 Vaccine Trials NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Renee Mahaffey Harris, president of The Center for Closing the Health Gap, about why Blacks and Latinos are not well-represented in clinical vaccine trials.
New Research Suggests In-Person Voting May Be Less Risky Than Previously Thought The report concludes Wisconsin voters who braved the pandemic and went to the polls in April did not see a surge in COVID-19 infections, although another study reaches the opposite conclusion. David Welna