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The space agency is urging people not to travel to go see astronauts embark on their historic launch from Florida, the first time they will do so in nearly a decade.

An Ohio-based research group just got expedited FDA approval of its PPE decontamination system after pleas to the White House from the governor. The system cleans up to 80,000 pieces of PPE at a time.

The new federal benefit is designed to cushion the blow of the pandemic. But some businesses that want to stay open say it's hard to do so when employees can make more money by staying home.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., about the latest deal to expand the Paycheck Protection Program.

NPR's Noel King talks to Dr. Harvey Fineberg of the National Academies Standing Committee on Emerging Infectious Diseases and 21st Century Health Threats. He has advised the White House on COVID-19.

As COVID-19 takes over the political conversation, Americans' ambivalence about science — and "experts" in general — is likely to come to the forefront.

The administration and the states continue to grapple with how to move forward following the disaster.

Smithfield's South Dakota plant, which handles 5% of U.S. pork production, has become a coronavirus hot spot, with 783 workers testing positive for the virus so far and two of them dying.

The White House's pandemic task force spoke Thursday following more reports about record unemployment connected with the disaster.

Some 4,000 National Guard soldiers are the first to return to large-scale training at Fort Irwin, Calif., since the pandemic hit in March. Generals say the troops are regularly monitored for symptoms.