U.S. Hits 4 Million Cases Of Coronavirus — Adding A Million New Cases In Just 15 Days No part of the country has been untouched by the virus. Federal health officials have said the actual number of cases is likely 10 times higher than the number of confirmed cases. Laurel Wamsley
Polls: Parents Are Hurting Without Child Care But In No Rush To Reopen Schools In two new polls, a majority of parents say they prefer delaying in-person school reopening, despite the personal and economic toll. Anya Kamenetz
Can Masks Save Us From More Lockdowns? Here's What The Science Says How can communities stop coronavirus case surges without crushing the economy? Some scientists say widespread mask wearing may be more than a helpful precaution — it may be the solution. Nurith Aizenman
News Brief: Federal Agents In Chicago, Virus Relief Bill, COVID-19 In California President Trump announced he will send federal agents to Chicago. The Senate and White House have agreed on key parts of the latest coronavirus relief bill. And, California sets a COVID-19 record.
Dr. Tran Saw COVID-19 Devastate New York. Now, He's Doing It Again In California NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Dr. Louis Tran, an emergency physician in San Bernardino County, California. He spent much of May helping out in New York City ICUs grappling with COVID-19 patients.
NAACP Sues Betsy DeVos Over Federal Aid Money For Private Schools The civil rights organization argues the Department of Education has directed states to unfairly divert relief funds from public to private schools. Anya Kamenetz
U.S. To Get 100 Million Doses of Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine In $1.95 Billion Deal If the company's vaccine candidate pans out, Americans can receive it for free under the deal. The arrangement is part of the U.S. government's push to have a vaccine widely available by January. Sydney Lupkin
Georgia Governor Wants Schools To Reopen. Gwinnett County Will Be Online Due to rising COVID-19 infection rates, public schools in Gwinnett County will start the year fully online. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to the school district's superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks.
U.S. Disaster Response Scrambles To Protect People From Both Hurricanes And COVID-19 Hotel rooms would be "ideal" for housing an overflow of evacuees from shelters practicing social distancing, but few towns have them lined up in the southeast, where coronavirus infections are raging. Abby Wendle
Lines for this Covid-19 testing van stretch for hours in King County, and now it’s running out of money The van was created to remove barriers to testing for vulnerable people and people of color who have the highest rates of Covid-19 in King County Anna Boiko-Weyrauch