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Moose, an eight-year-old Lab, received an honorary degree in veterinary medicine from Virginia Tech last week. He earned the "dog-torate" after six years of service as a therapy dog at the university.

As if the pandemic weren't enough, people are wondering whether climate change will cause pathogens buried in frozen ground to come back to life as the Arctic warms. How worried should we be?

Edward Snowden handpicked Barton Gellman as one of three journalists he would work with to reveal government secrets. Gellman's book is an in-depth look at where he agreed and disagreed with Snowden.

Coroners and medical examiners are starting to test for COVID-19 among those who die unexpectedly, including people who die at home. The process could help communities contain their outbreaks.

Mixed economic messages are coming from the White House today. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell is expressing concern and urging Congress to pass another stimulus package, while Treasury Secretary Stephen Mnuchin forecasts a full recovery to 2019 levels by next year. Economic analyst Hank Fishkind weighs in on who he thinks is right, and what it means for Central Florida.

The Senate Banking Committee is taking its first look at spending under the massive CARES Act, which Congress approved in March.

The global search for a treatment targeting the coronavirus has led to an unlikely potential savior: a cocoa-colored llama named Winter, whose blood could hold a weapon to blunt the virus.

NPR's Noel King talks to Dr. Tim Lahey, an infectious disease physician and vaccine researcher, about a vaccine trial, and President Trump's taking of a drug as a preventive measure against COVID-19.

Brazil has become a coronavirus hot spot and the mayor of Sao Paulo warns the health care system is near collapse. Meanwhile, the country's president continues to flout social distancing requests.

NPR's Noel King talks to Pennsylvania's health secretary Dr. Rachel Levine about statewide testing in long-term care facilities and nursing homes in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus.