Month: March 2020
Your Doctor’s Appointments Have Been Canceled. Are At-Home Tests a Good Solution?
As the COVID-19 outbreak worsens in the U.S., at-home test kits for the virus have been a source of both hope and controversy. Their appeal is clear: sick individuals could get a diagnosis from the comfort of home, without infecting
Read MoreWuhan’s Favorite Noodles Return in Tasty Sign Coronavirus-Crippled City Is Inching Back to Normal
(WUHAN, China) — The reappearance of Wuhan’s favorite breakfast noodles is a tasty sign that life is slowly getting back to normal in the Chinese city at the epicenter of the global cornavirus outbreak. Zhou Guoqiong still isn’t allowed to
Read MoreFrench Government to House Domestic Abuse Victims in Hotels as Cases Rise During Coronavirus Lockdown
Th French government announced on Monday it would put victims of domestic violence in hotel rooms and finance pop-up counselling centres in grocery stores, amid a surge of reported domestic violence cases since the lockdown began on March 17. Around
Read MoreRelatives of Labor party chief among Moroccan Jews to die of COVID-19
MK Amir Peretz says Simone Peretz died in the hospital ‘without knowing about the death of her son’ Ari, a philanthropist and businessman who passed away days earlier
Read MoreWide Open School organizes free educational resources to help parents and teachers homeschool
Nearly 300 million kids are missing school worldwide because of the coronavirus outbreak, including some 54 million in the U.S. alone. That’s left parents scrambling for resources to help continue their children’s education, often while also working from home themselves
Read MoreCoronavirus US deaths exceed China’s
The number of people who have died in the US after testing positive for coronavirus has risen to 3,393, exceeding China’s 3,305 reported fatalities.
Read MoreRefugee Camps Face COVID-19: ‘If We Do Nothing, The Harm Is Going To Be So Extreme’
NPR spoke to humanitarian aid researcher Paul Spiegel about his analysis of conditions in the Rohingya camps in Bangladesh — and the outlook for refugees everywhere as the coronavirus looms. (Image credit: Suzauddin Rubel/AFP via Getty Images)
Read MoreRefugee Camps Face COVID-19: ‘If We Do Nothing, The Harm Is Going To Be So Extreme’
NPR spoke to humanitarian aid researcher Paul Spiegel about his analysis of conditions in the Rohingya camps in Bangladesh — and the outlook for refugees everywhere as the coronavirus looms. (Image credit: Suzauddin Rubel/AFP via Getty Images)
Read MoreFederal Reserve Steps in Again to Try to Smooth Out Lending Markets Battered by Coronavirus
(WASHINGTON) — The Federal Reserve is intervening once again to try to smooth out the world’s lending markets, this time by lending dollars to other central banks in exchange for Treasurys. The Fed’s move Tuesday marks its latest aggressive effort
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