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Every weekday for over three decades, NPR's Morning Edition has taken listeners around the country and the world with multi-faceted stories and commentaries that inform challenge and occasionally amuse.  Morning Edition is the most listened-to news radio program in the country. Eric Hodge and the WUNC News team bring you regional updates through the morning.

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Gov. Hogan Says He's Taken Unprecedented Action To Try To Flatten COVID-19 Curve

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The Difficulties When Coronavirus Cases Flood U.S. Hospitals

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British Police Alarmed Comedy Club Patrons Weren't Social Distancing

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Health Care Workers Say They Are Punished For Speaking Out

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As states scramble to deal with coronavirus surges at hospitals, some health care workers say they are also being reprimanded for bringing their own personal protective equipment from home.

The Nation's Ballot Measures Fall Victim To COVID-19 Pandemic

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Coronavirus Spreads Through Israeli, Palestinian Communities

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Farmworkers, Deemed Essential, Don't Feel Protected From Pandemic

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How New Yorkers Are Stepping Up To Take On Coronavirus Challenges

By editor • Mar 30, 2020

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Poultry Supplier Says Baby Chick Sales Are Way Up

By editor • Mar 30, 2020

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With Strict Social Distancing, U.S. COVID-19 Deaths May Total 100,000

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Well, we better get used to social distancing.

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New York Shop Uses Dr. Anthony Fauci's Face To Adorn Doughnuts

By editor • Mar 30, 2020

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Coronavirus Hits Texas Living Center For Disabled Persons

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Despite Trump's Claims, U.S. Falls Behind In Coronavirus Testing

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U.S. Continues To Point Out That China Is Where Coronavirus Began

By editor • Mar 30, 2020

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China, of course, is the place where the coronavirus first struck in large numbers, and the Trump administration has been eager to point that out, pinning the blame on China for the spread of the disease. Here is Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

Coronavirus Patient Urges Young People To Socially Distance

By editor • Mar 30, 2020

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So there have been some stories, some suggestions that only the elderly and only those with underlying health conditions are at real risk from the coronavirus. Well, here's the story of one college student who shows that that is simply not the case.

Pregnant Women Could Give Birth In Hospitals Filled With COVID-19 Patients

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COVID-19 Affects New York City Schools, Nation's Largest District

By editor • Mar 27, 2020

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How is the nation's largest school district managing this crisis? Richard Carranza is on the line. He is chancellor of the New York City schools - joins us from home. Good morning, sir.

Trump Administration Plans To Offer New COVID-19 Guidelines

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British Prime Minister Tests Positive For COVID-19

By • Mar 27, 2020

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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for the coronavirus. Here he is.

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Survey: Working From Home Has Rewards The Office Can't Offer

By editor • Mar 27, 2020

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Crosswalk On Beatles Album Cover Gets A Touch Up

By editor • Mar 27, 2020

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By Age 85, She'd Given 23 Gallons Of Blood: 'Because I Can'

By • Mar 27, 2020

Lillian Bloodworth lives up to her name, so to speak.

Over the course of nearly five decades, the 92-year-old has donated 23 gallons of blood, starting in the 1960s. (The average person's body contains about 1.5 gallons.)

"When I first started, I would have donors read my name tag and ask if that was really my name or was that a gimmick for the blood bank," she said.

During a StoryCorps conversation recorded in January 2010 in Gulf Breeze, Fla., Lillian told her late husband, John, about why it was important for her to give blood as often as she can.

Unprecedented COVID-19 Pandemic Tests Governors' Mettle

By editor • Mar 27, 2020

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Doctor To The Homeless Practices What She Calls Street Medicine

By editor • Mar 27, 2020

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All this week, we've been hearing the voices of doctors and nurses putting their health at great risk. For some health care workers, the front line for the pandemic is a hospital or a clinic. But for Dr. Catherine Crosland, it's the street.

Can Amazon Meet Customer Demand And Keep Its Workforce Safe?

By editor • Mar 27, 2020

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DOJ Charges Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro With Drug Trafficking

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The U.S. government has charged Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro with drug trafficking. Attorney General Bill Barr announced the charges earlier this morning. Here he is.

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Brookings' David Wessel: Analyzing The New Unemployment Numbers

By editor • Mar 26, 2020

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I want to bring in David Wessel now. He's the director of the Hutchins Center at the Brookings Institution, and he wrote a book called "In FED We Trust" about the Great Recession. David, good morning.

DAVID WESSEL: Good morning.

Coronavirus Guidance Across Texas Is Not Consistent

By editor • Mar 26, 2020

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Dr. Anthony Fauci Discusses The Latest Coronavirus Facts

By editor • Mar 26, 2020

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5-Year-Old Illinois Girl Has Coronavirus-Safe Birthday Party

By editor • Mar 26, 2020

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