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President Trump admitted that it will be up to governors when to lift quarantine measures. NPR correspondents discuss what lies ahead for the states as they slowly reopen businesses.

China's gross domestic product shrank by 6.8% in the first three months of 2020 as closures due to the coronavirus hit the world's second largest economy.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with community activist Taneeza Islam about workers at a Smithfield Foods meatpacking plant in Sioux Falls, S.D., where hundreds have tested positive for the coronavirus.

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.

The president still hopes to see some states begin easing social distancing measures before May 1, but health care authorities warn of a long road to recovery for the United States.

NASA has set a date for the launch of SpaceX’s capsule designed to fly humans from Kennedy Space Center – carrying two NASA astronauts. The launch aims to end a nearly decade-long gap of human-crewed launches from the U.S. since the end of the space shuttle program.

Well-known artists and designers are taking over billboards (donated gratis) to brighten the landscape in an emptier-than-usual Times Square. One work simply reads: "Hopefully no one will see this."

President Trump laid out new guidelines to states to start retracting their restrictions as early as Friday. But there are still a lot of questions to consider.

The latest coronavirus news for 4/17.

The carmaker will be able to manufacture 50,000 ventilators by July 4, a Ford official tells Morning Edition. It is retooling a plant in Michigan, which is scheduled to begin operations Monday.