Trump And WHO: How Much Does The U.S. Give? What's The Impact Of A Halt In Funding? Citing undue influence from China on the World Health Organization among other reasons, the president has said he wants to suspend U.S. funding for the World Health Organization pending a review. Pien Huang
WHO Sets 6 Conditions For Ending A Coronavirus Lockdown The easing of shutdowns is a hot topic, as economic output is now stalled in many countries – including the U.S. But ending a shutdown too soon could backfire, the World Health Organization says. Bill Chappell
Trump Call To Governors Will Talk About Path To Reopening The U.S. When it comes to restarting the economy, President Trump said he had the power to override governors. But governors say they will set their states' pace, and they are not looking for a fight on this. Tamara Keith
Pending Review, President Trump Moves To Halt Funding To WHO At Tuesday's briefing, Trump criticized the World Health Organization and said he wants to end U.S. funding. He accused the WHO of "severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus." Jason Beaubien
Denmark Reopens Some Schools But Not Everyone Is Pleased The Danish government's decision to allow children up to 12 years old to go back to school on Wednesday has split public opinion in the country. Sidsel Overgaard
Utah Is Ready To Move Into 2nd Phase Of COVID-19 Response Utah is one of the first states able to advance beyond mitigation and into a containment strategy for COVID-19. What does that look like for public health and the state's economy?
Sen. Scott On How Pandemic Response Can Better Serve Poor People NPR's Rachel Martin talks to South Carolina Republican Sen. Tim Scott about his thoughts on the federal response to COVID-19, and how the health crisis is affecting people living in poverty.
San Francisco Lawmakers Order Mayor To Lease Hotel Rooms For Homeless The San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance giving the mayor 12 days to secure thousands of rooms to house and protect the city's homeless population during the COVID-19 crisis. Adrian Florido
Amazon fires 2 tech employees who raised coronavirus, climate concerns A few months ago, it might’ve been hard to imagine a scenario where someone would be fired in front of her 13-year-old son. But that just happened to Amazon employee Maren Costa while working from home in Seattle. John Ryan
Trump Falsely Claimed 'Total' Authority Over States — Now He's Backpedaling President Donald Trump on Tuesday attempted to soften remarks made earlier this week in which he declared his authority to reopen states' economies "total," superseding even governor's powers. Alana Wise
