A daily news podcast about the coronavirus pandemic, covering all dimensions of the story from science to economics and politics as well as society and culture. Hosted by Kelly McEvers from Embedded. Approximately 10 minutes in length. Publishing weekday afternoons. Includes stories and interviews from NPR's Science, International, National, Business and Washington reporting teams, as well as station reporters, and the crews at Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
A trader works on the floor of the Dow Industrial Average at the New York Stock Exchange in March. That month, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit record lows as the economic toll mounted from the rapid near-shutdown of key industrial and services sectors. BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
US President Donald Trump takes questions from reporters during a Coronavirus Task Force press briefing last month in the Rose Garden of the White House. MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Response coordinator for White House Coronavirus Task Force, Dr. Deborah Birx, speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House on Friday. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
"The antibody tests are developed, there are several out there," Dr. Anthony Fauci, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director said on Thursday. "We are told by the people, the companies that make them, that very soon — when they say soon, they're talking days to weeks — that we'd be able to have a large number of these tests available." Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Shoppers social distance themselves as they wait in line to get into Costco in Washington, D.C. Dr. Anthony Fauci urged all Americans to continue mitigation strategies like social distancing to fight the pandemic. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A temporary field hospital was set up at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans to prepare to start accepting thousands of coronavirus patients. Louisiana Health Department Nursing Staff wait to check IDs and take temperatures of people wishing to enter. CLAIRE BANGSER/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Leticia Bartelle Lorenzoni makes face masks in Los Angeles for her friends. APU GOMES/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
In New York, the epicenter of the US outbreak, Mayor Bill de Blasio urged residents to cover their faces when outside. Vice President Mike Pence said there would be a recommendation on the use of masks by the general public in the next few days. ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A State of Michigan Unemployment Agency office that is currently closed because of coronavirus. The number of new people claiming unemployment totaled 6.6 million, doubling the record set a week earlier according to the Labor Department. Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
