A Heavy Lift For The Fitness World As Home Workouts Replace The Gym Swimmers, runners, weight-lifters are getting creative with home exercises. Out-of-work fitness instructors are doing tricky math: whether to offer their hard-earned skills on the Internet for free. Alina Selyukh
Should You Shave Your 'Quarantine Beard'? An infectious disease specialist says there's no evidence that people with facial hair carry a higher risk of infection or transmission of the coronavirus, as long as they practice diligent hygiene. Emma Bowman
Fauci Says U.S. Coronavirus Deaths May Be 'More Like 60,000'; Antibody Tests On Way The predicted death toll has fallen, Dr. Anthony Fauci says, because of Americans' embrace of physical separation and other restrictions. Bill Chappell
Latest Unemployment Numbers Show Millions More Out Of Work Unemployment claims show another dramatic rise. Some 10 million Americans had already filed for unemploymen in the two weeks prior to this one. Jim Zarroli
Our Health Care Workers Have Been Through Hell, De Blasio Says Medical staff have described war-like conditions in New York City hospitals. Mayor Bill de Blasio talks to NPR's David Greene about the city's efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
Medical Aid Group Helps To Relieve Stress On New York's Health Workers International Medical Corps has been deployed to New York to help manage the response to COVID-19. NPR's Noel King talks to Susan Mangicaro, a nurse who is leading the nonprofit's work on the ground.
Guidance Issued For When Critical Employees Can Return To Work The CDC issued a guide for when critical workers exposed to COVID-19 should return to their jobs. It should make it easier for essential workers, who are not in health care, to stay on the job. Nell Greenfieldboyce
Inmates In Washington State Protest After Fellow Prisoners Test Positive For COVID-19 More than 100 prisoners at Monroe Correctional Complex's minimum-security unit set off fire extinguishers in protest after six fellow inmates were diagnosed with COVID-19 in recent days. Scott Neuman
Limited bathroom access, business closures leave Seattle's homeless population vulnerable amid Covid-19 pandemic The situation is desperate for people experiencing homelessness and living outside in the Seattle area. That’s what Seattle city council members heard from service providers during a briefing Wednesday. People who are homeless are currently facing twin threats – the coronavirus outbreak and a surge in hepatitis A cases in the population. Kate Walters
Listener Questions About At-Home Care For Patients Of COVID-19 Dr. Lucy McBride, a doctor of internal medicine, gives advice for what to do if someone is recovering from the coronavirus at home.
