1 in 5 Child Care Jobs Were Lost Since Pandemic Started. Women Are Affected Most The economic toll of the pandemic has led to the loss of nearly a quarter million jobs for child care providers, nearly all of whom are women and disproportionately Black or Latina. David Welna
Yep, Masks And Protective Gear Are Still Hard To Get — Especially For Small Buyers Just like in March, when coronavirus cases spiked for the first time, some workers and employers across the country face PPE shortages. Masks, gloves, gowns and other equipment are scarce. Joel Rose
UNC Experience Should Be A Lesson To Other Universities, Says Faculty Chair UNC-Chapel Hill had to cancel in-person classes after a surge in coronavirus cases. Mimi Chapman tells NPR that "should give every other large public university in the country pause." Rachel Treisman
WHO Chief Urges Nations To Join In Preventing 'Vaccine Nationalism' The World Health Organization's Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says he fears that without global cooperation ensuring equal access to COVID-19 vaccines, some countries could resort to hoarding. Scott Neuman
Trump's Claim Of A New Zealand Surge Is 'Patently Wrong,' Ardern Says President Trump claimed New Zealand is seeing a "big surge" in coronavirus cases, on the same day New Zealand reported nine new cases, and the U.S. added nearly 42,000. Bill Chappell
How Bars Are Fueling COVID-19 Outbreaks To owners of bars and nightclubs, pandemic restrictions on the industry can feel punitive. But there are important differences, virus hunters say, between a bar and a restaurant that serves alcohol. Will Stone
CDC Study Finds Hispanics Hit Disproportionately Hard By Workplace Outbreaks A study out Monday found that Hispanic and nonwhite workers made up 73% of cases associated with workplace outbreaks in certain industries, despite representing 24% of the workforce in those sectors. Rachel Treisman
King County has confirmed 24 Covid-19 outbreaks at child care centers since March Public health officials confirmed 20 Covid-19 outbreaks involving two or more people at child care facilities in King County between March and the end of July. Ann Dornfeld
U.S. Deaths Top 170,000 As Coronavirus Pandemic Continues To Take Its Toll The CDC estimates there could be up to 200,000 deaths in the U.S. from COVID-19 by Labor Day. As schools begin to reopen, there are renewed calls for vigilance in social distancing and masking. Allison Aubrey
How The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Deepening Economic Inequality In The U.S NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Heather Boushey, President and CEO of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, about how the pandemic is compounding economic inequality in the United States.
