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Since COVID-19 has much of the Navajo Nation stuck at home, farmer Tyrone Thompson says it's the perfect time for them to return to their agricultural roots. Tommy Greyeyes /Courtesy Hundred Storms Creative hide caption
Members of the Miami Marlins celebrate a 5-2 win Friday against the Philadelphia Phillies. The Marlins' home opener Monday against the Baltimore Orioles has been postponed. Chris Szagola/AP hide caption
White House national security adviser Robert O'Brien is the highest-ranking member of the Trump administration known to have contracted the virus. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
Andy Slavitt, former acting administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
Distrust Hurts U.S. Efforts To Stop Coronavirus, Former Obama Health Official Says
A health worker puts a nasal swab sample into a tube in a tent at a COVID-19 testing site at St. John's Well Child and Family Center in Los Angeles. Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Last month, Nia Cosby, left, and her mother Chalana McFarland spent their first weekend together in 15 years at McFarland's home in Marietta, Ga., after she was released from a Florida prison. Michael Reese/Courtesy of StoryCorps hide caption
After 15 Years In Prison, A Mother Gets To Know Her Daughter Again
Medical personnel from Riverside University Health Systems hospitals administer a coronavirus test to an individual during drive-through testing in the parking lot of Diamond Stadium on March 22 in Lake Elsinore, Calif. Bob Riha Jr/Getty Images hide caption
ER Doctor Saw COVID-19 Devastate New York. Now, He's Doing It Again In California
Candles burn in front of a memorial for Lena Nunez, 10, on June 29 in Chicago. The child was shot and killed by a stray bullet while watching TV with her brother in her grandmother's home, reports say. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
Crime Has Declined Overall During The Pandemic, But Shootings And Killings Are Up
Research suggests that kids tend to get infected with the coronavirus less often, and have milder symptoms than adults. There's less consensus on how much kids can spread the illness. Dan Kenyon/Getty Images hide caption
During their patrol of the Bear Creek Greenway, Jackson County Sheriff's deputies walk through a years-old encampment that deputies call "the Hobbit House." April Ehrlich/JPR News hide caption
'Your Help Doesn't Help Me.' Unsheltered In Oregon Tire Of Being Shuffled Around
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'Your Help Doesn't Help Me.' Unsheltered In Oregon Tire Of Being Shuffled Around
A fish-plant worker processes seafood at Blue Harvest Fisheries in New Bedford, Mass. Workers were provided face shields to prevent the spread of the coronavirus on the plant floor. Josh Souza/Special to The Public's Radio hide caption
This City's Coronavirus Safety Measures Could Become Best Practices
The Public's Radio
This City's Coronavirus Safety Measures Could Become Best Practices
An investigation found that D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser's administration made several mistakes the contributed to the disproportionate number pf COVID-19 cases among Black people in the city. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A letter from current CDC staff recently submitted to Director Robert Redfield demands that the agency address structural racism toward Black employees. Graeme Jennings/Getty Images hide caption
CDC Employees Call Out Agency's 'Toxic Culture Of Racial Aggressions'
Left: Tech entrepreneur Ruchit Garg is helping farmers connect to customers in India. Center: A mariachi band brings music and joy to the streets of Colombia during lockdown. Right: Designer Rhea Shah created an affordable cardboard bed for health facilities in India. Rohit Garg; Jorge Calle; Pritesh Prajapati hide caption
Lt. Travis Stokes, a firefighter in Richmond, Va., is helping to lead an effort to distribute protective equipment to residents of low-income and minority neighborhoods. Sarah McCammon/NPR hide caption
In Minority Neighborhoods, Knocking On Doors To Stop The Spread Of The Coronavirus
This photo from a trip last November shows the friends and family members whom Danielle Zonis (third from right) has chosen to quarantine with during the coronavirus pandemic. She started a Facebook group for others to discuss the choices they're making to stay safe. Courtesy of Danielle Zonis hide caption
Coronavirus Etiquette: Conflicts About What's Safe Are Straining Relationships
Lauren Moran, a pastry chef who owns a bakery and café, taste-tests Cornwall's new coffee drinks with her husband, Cornwall's general manager Billy Moran (left), and Speedwell Coffee Co. owner Derek Anderson. Tovia Smith/NPR hide caption
A hallway leads to a makeshift isolation ward for COVID-19 patients. Kirk Siegler/NPR hide caption
A sign at Newark Liberty International Airport warns airline passengers about a travel advisory that applies to people arriving in New Jersey from certain states. Visitors from Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Utah should self-quarantine for two weeks. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption
Some States To Out-Of-Towners: If You Come Visit, Plan To Quarantine For 2 Weeks
Demonstrators stand along the road in front of the La Palma Correctional Center in Eloy on April 10, 2020. The event was one of several car rallies calling for the release of immigrants detained at the ICE facility during COVID-19. Alisa Reznick / Arizona Public Media hide caption
'You Can Either Be A Survivor Or Die': COVID-19 Cases Surge In ICE Detention
Arizona Public Media
A medical worker walks past a row of ambulances parked outside Houston Methodist Hospital on June 22. The hospital is treating a current surge of COVID-19 cases. Callaghan O'Hare/Reuters hide caption
'Each Day It's More And More': Houston Hospital Makes Room For COVID-19 Surge Cases
A health worker in personal protective equipment stands in a COVID-19 intensive care unit in Taiz, Yemen. Ahmad Al-Basha /AFP via Getty Images hide caption
(L to R): Sen. Heherson Alvarez, an environmental lawmaker from the Philippines; Durdana Rizvi, a doctor from Pakistan; Colombian actor Antonio Bolívar; 'Nanī' Nabi, a grandmother from Kashmir; Rocio Choque, a soup kitchen volunteer from Argentina. Eduardo Munoz/Reuters; Andaleeb Rizvi; Lucas Jackson/Reuters; Javaid Iqbal; Anita Pouchard Serra for NPR hide caption