How To Celebrate July 4th Safely During The Coronavirus Pandemic COVID-19 can't stop the July Fourth holiday. But how can you have fun and stay safe at the same time? Also, as new hot spots emerge, how best to assess the risk in your community. Allison Aubrey
Universal Health Care Supports Thailand's Coronavirus Strategy Thailand has been relatively successful at containing the spread of the coronavirus. Many say it's due in no small part to Thailand's universal health care system. Malaka Gharib
Global COVID-19 Deaths Top 500,000 The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide surpassed 10 million on Sunday while deaths topped half a million. Health officials estimate the actual case count could be much higher. Rachel Treisman
How One Maryland Nursing Home Avoided COVID-19 Nursing homes have been hit hard by COVID-19, but one Maryland facility has had no deaths or infections. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to director Dr. Derrick DeWitt about how he kept everyone safe.
After Pushing Lies, Former Cigna Executive Praises Canada's Health Care System NPR'S Michel Martin speaks with former health insurance executive Wendell Potter about the differences between U.S. and Canadian health systems highlighted by the coronavirus pandemic.
Washington's new mask requirement is here. What does that mean for you? Short answer: if you're already using your mask correctly, not much. Esmy Jimenez
Coronavirus FAQs: Is There A Polite Way To Remind Someone To Follow Pandemic Rules? Also: if you're headed back to a physical workplace, how do you keep safe? And do you need to have a mask on all the time at work? Pranav Baskar
Lockdown In Lockup: A Prisoner At Sing Sing On Life During The COVID-19 Crisis Mohammed Monsuri, who is incarcerated at the New York prison, describes how he learned about the pandemic and the challenges of staying safe. The coronavirus has hit prisons across the U.S. hard. Daniel A. Gross
Houston Hospitals Seeing Surge In Coronavirus Admissions Dr. Marc Boom, the president and CEO of Houston Methodist Hospital, says "the time is now" for people to change their behavior to help reduce the spread of the coronavirus. Christianna Silva
A Look At Where The U.S. Is In The Pandemic NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Ed Yong, a staff writer for The Atlantic, about why the U.S. is seeing a spike in coronavirus cases after months of fighting the pandemic.