Questions About How Crash Program Is Picking Coronavirus Vaccines To Back As Operation Warp Speed pushes to develop a COVID-19 vaccine in record time, the number of candidates is being narrowed. The factors guiding the decision about which projects to fund is unclear. Sydney Lupkin
EPA Orders Amazon And EBay To Stop Selling Bogus Coronavirus-Fighting Products On Thursday the EPA ordered the e-commerce giants to stop selling a list of unregistered and misbranded products, some of which contained toxic chemicals like methylene chloride and chlorine dioxide. Hannah Hagemann
Florida And S.C. Report New Spikes In Coronavirus Cases Florida reports nearly 1,700 new cases Thursday, its biggest jump since March. South Carolina announces nearly 700 new cases, far outpacing its previous record. Bill Chappell
Public Health Officials Encounter Harassment And Threats For Using Contact Tracing Public health officials have been harassed and threatened for using contact tracing and other strategies to contain the spread of the coronavirus. They say the threats are based on misinformed fears. Will Stone
N.C. Health Secretary Warns Of Surge In Cases, Possible Return Of Stay-At-Home Orders North Carolina recently saw its highest number of new daily coronavirus infections. "If we need to go back to stay-at-home, we will," says Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy Cohen. Christianna Silva
'Racism is a public health crisis' says King County health director And it’s not a new crisis, according to King County Public Health director Patty Hayes. Hayes made the declaration at a special meeting of the Board of Health. Ruby de Luna
Nothing Like SARS: Researchers Warn The Coronavirus Will Not Fade Away Anytime Soon There was early hope that the coronavirus could be contained and eliminated. But researchers now believe the virus is likely to be a continuing threat until a vaccine is developed. Pien Huang
Music Teacher's 'Weekend' Project Turns Into Almost 40,000 Face Shields Working alongside dozens of other volunteers, middle school chorus teacher Jacob Ezzo has made and sent PPE to health care workers and first responders from New Jersey to the Navajo Nation. Anastasia Tsioulcas
News Brief: Biden And Trump Campaign, Amazon Face Recognition, U.S. Student In Iran Biden and Trump are back on the campaign trail. Amazon will no longer let police use its facial recognition software. And, U.S. Student Xiyue Wang discusses his time in prison in Iran.
A Puerto Rican Postal Service Worker's Message To The Class Of 2020 Carlos Rodriguez, a letter carrier in Puerto Rico, wants the class of 2020 to know the importance of resilience, commitment, kindness and balance.
