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Guatemalan officials say dozens of recent deportees from the U.S. have tested positive for the coronavirus. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Molly O'Toole of the Los Angeles Times.

When the coronavirus hit Dover, N.H., sending students home, special education teacher Matt LeBlanc decided to run a marathon in his backyard to raise spirits and some cash for his local food bank.

Over 1,000 people have died from COVID-19 in Wayne County, Mich., home to Detroit. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Michigan Advance reporter Ken Coleman about how the community is coping with the loss.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Gov. Tom Wolf of Pennsylvania about unemployment and the coronavirus in his state.

Former NPR journalist Lulu Miller was inspired by a scientist who started again when his life's work was destroyed. Now, she writes about what she can take from his story, even when it's not all good.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Scott Greer, political scientist at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, about how states are reinventing federalism amid an absence of federal leadership.

"Right now," he says, "there's a lot of anxiety and fear concerning this working environment because this virus we don't see, we don't hear, we can't touch, we can't feel it."

Last week, Michael Kevin Rathel got a transfusion of convalescent plasma: a blood donation from someone who has recovered from COVID-19. A week after the plasma, he got discharged out of Orlando Regional Medical Center’s intensive care unit to a regular unit.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is facing mounting pressure over his refusal to identify nursing homes where residents have tested positive for the coronavirus.

On Friday, Governor Ron DeSantis met with his newly-formed task force to discuss how to reopen the state. This meeting comes as he faces growing criticism over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.