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Alaa Daghlas, a physician assistant at a Bronx hospital, grapples with her decision to return to work after recovering from covid-19. And Jon Gerberg reports from an ICU in Brooklyn scrambling to keep up with the influx of coronavirus patients.
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Alaa Daghlas prepares for her first day back on the front lines of a Bronx hospital after contracting covid-19. 
Inside a Brooklyn ICU, health-care workers risk their lives to care for coronavirus patients in critical condition. 
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Chris Mooney reports on the science of why some younger people are getting better, while others are dying of covid-19. Griff Witte reports on how parties and gatherings became clusters. And Annie Gowen on coronavirus deniers. 
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The medical mystery of why some people under age 50 are dying of covid-19.
The coronavirus had already reached the United States, but the parties went on. Experts say the inconsistent manner that social gatherings shut down across states gave the illness a head start.
Some people deny the seriousness of the global pandemic as a plot to get President Trump.  
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Martine Powers and Ishaan Tharoor explore the meaning of borders in a pandemic, and how coronavirus might change travel and migration in the future. And Mary Beth Sheridan walks us through public service announcements from around the world.
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Countries are slamming borders shut.  What will it look like when they reopen? 
From Japan to Uganda, global public service announcements are emerging to help fight coronavirus. 
Check out our episode from December about “sober curiosity,” which one listener said is helping him through social distancing.   
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On today’s Post Reports, Heather Long on how opening up the economy will be less like flipping a switch and more like a slow rehabilitation. Drew Harwell on the privacy complications around Zoom. And author J. Courtney Sullivan on what she’s reading for comfort. 
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The economy came to a grinding halt when the coronavirus hit. The recovery will likely be the opposite. 
More and more people are relying on Zoom video conferencing for work and staying connected with others, but that comes at a risk: Thousands of videos have been left viewable on the open web. 
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The president talks about reopening the U.S. economy, but Lena Sun reports that experts say it would require widespread testing and contact tracing to do that safely. Long lines — and no relaxed restrictions — strain the nation’s food banks, Jenna Johnson reports. And, from Anna Fifield, how New Zealand didn’t just flatten the curve, but squashed it.
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A plan to defeat coronavirus finally emerges, but it’s not from the White House.
Food banks sought relaxed federal rules to minimize contact. The USDA has stalled those requests, officials say.
New Zealand isn’t just flattening the curve. It’s squashing it.
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For your weekend listening pleasure, senior editor Marc Fisher reads his story about the great toilet paper shortage, and what we can learn from it.
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Flushing out the true cause of the global toilet paper shortage amid coronavirus pandemic
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Robert Samuels reports on the stark disparities in how covid-19 affects black Americans. Tracy Jan examines how wearing a face mask in public is different for black men. And Jordan-Marie Smith navigates the politics of hair during a pandemic.
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The coronavirus is ravaging black communities. One Milwaukee neighborhood is trying to fight back.
As the nation is told to wear masks, how black Americans are weighing the risks of racial profiling.
The underlying meaning behind the care of black men and women’s hair during a pandemic.
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Damian Paletta looks ahead and outlines a bleak, new post-pandemic economic reality. Isaac Stanley-Becker reports on what happens when you can’t wash your hands in the midst of a public health crisis. And Emily Rauhala offers a glimpse into Wuhan before and after the lockdown lifts.
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With more than 17 million unemployment claims filed in the past four weeks, economists say the unemployment rate is now the worst since the Great Depression.
We’ve all been told to wash our hands to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. But what do you do when the water is shut off? 
Relief and sorrow as the lockdown in Wuhan is lifted.
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Bernie Sanders ends his White House bid. Sean Sullivan discusses the impact of his campaign. There have been only a few anecdotal studies showing benefits of antimalarial drugs in coronavirus patients, yet the FDA has authorized the widespread use of the drugs. Chris Rowland reports. Phil Rucker on why Trump has been pushing the drug hydroxychloroquine, despite warnings from some public health officials about dangerous side effects and uncertain results. And Style editor Steve Kolowich remembers musician John Prine, who died Tuesday of coronavirus complications. 
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Bernie Sanders drops out of the race.
FDA authorizes widespread use of unproven drugs to treat coronavirus, saying possible benefit outweighs risk.
‘What do you have to lose?’: Inside Trump’s embrace of a risky drug against coronavirus.
John Prine’s lyrical one-liners could take your breath away.
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Wisconsin’s primary is threatening to become a worst-case scenario for elections amid a pandemic. Amber Phillips reports on why it’s still so hard to put vote-by-mail systems in place. Undocumented workers are often ‘essential’ — but afraid of seeking health care, and won’t get government benefits if they’re laid off, says Tracy Jan. And Nantucket island has just three ventilators, and is preparing for the worst as summer residents flock to the island from cities, reports Caroline Kitchener. 
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Wisconsin’s decision to hold its primary is threatening to become a worst-case scenario for elections amid a pandemic.
Undocumented workers among those hit first — and worst — by the coronavirus shutdown.
Nantucket has three ventilators. Year-round residents are asking summer residents to stay away, but people have continued to flock to the island as they flee cities like New York.
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Instructions from the Mayor of Kauai, for how to make “MacGyver ice cream”
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