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But when COVID-19 drive-thru testing began in the Bristol-Burlington region, school nurses from the local health district stepped up to help staff the specimen collection station. Read More Joe Amon / Connecticut Public Radio Daughter Worried Incarcerated Dad 'Would Not Make It' Through COVID-19 Pandemic With over 500 inmates and staff testing positive for COVID-19 , there’s concern that people in Connecticut prisons are at high risk. One 80-year-old man incarcerated in a medium-security prison had a lawsuit filed on his behalf to get immediate release. Read More Connecticut Health I-Team Nursing Homes Prove To Be Ideal Breeding Ground For The Coronavirus Pandemic Facebook Social Distancing, Lagging Technology Make Choir Rehearsals A Challenge Connecticut Garden Journal: Edible Flowers By Charlie Nardozzi • 1 hour ago Courtesy of Steve Aitken Listen Listening... / 2:00 With spring in full force, many gardeners are planting violas and pansies. It reminds me to plant some edible flowers in our garden this year. Not all flowers are edible and not all flowers are tasty to eat, but there are many that are a delight to the eyes and tongue. In CT And Across The U.S., Black Residents Are More Likely To Die From COVID-19 By Morgan Springer • 3 hours ago Tyler Russell / Connecticut Public/NENC Listen Listening... / 6:42 NEXT's Morgan Springer interviews Tekisha Dwan Everette of Health Equity Solutions. Black Americans are disproportionately contracting and dying from COVID-19 . It’s no different in Connecticut, where about 12 percent of the state’s population is black, but the rates of infections and deaths are higher when compared to white residents, according to data that includes a patient's race or ethnicity. School Bus Driver: I Lost My Job Over The Dispatch Radio By Scott Horsley • 3 hours ago Angelita Wynn has driven a school bus for six years. Wynn was driving the kids back home on her afternoon run in Pittsburgh one day in March when she got word her job was going away. Over the radio. "Our dispatcher came across the radio saying that school was closed, so that's how I found out," Wynn said. "And that's the last time I've been in the bus." Her favorite thing about her job was the sense of freedom it offered, where driving can get you from one place to another. Her least favorite thing: It didn't pay a living wage. Deluge Continues: 26 Million Jobs Lost In Just 5 Weeks By Jim Zarroli & Avie Schneider • 5 hours ago Updated at 8:46 a.m. ET The number of people forced out of work during the coronavirus lockdown continues to soar to historic highs. Another 4.4 million people claimed unemployment benefits last week around the country, the Labor Department said . That brings the total of jobless claims in just five weeks to more than 26 million people. That's more than all the jobs added in the past 10 years since the Great Recession. In New York Nursing Homes, Death Comes To Facilities With More People Of Color By Joseph Shapiro , Huo Jingnan & Robert Benincasa • 7 hours ago There's one thing that distinguishes the nursing homes in New York that have reported patient deaths from COVID-19. According to an NPR analysis, they are far more likely to be made up of people of color. NPR looked at 78 nursing homes in New York in which six or more residents have died of COVID-19. In one facility, 55 people have died as of April 20. Ten others report 30 or more deaths. LISTEN: Front Line Nurse Trains School Nurses To Work COVID-19 Test Site By Diane Orson • 7 hours ago Dave Wurtzel/Connecticut Public When Connecticut schools closed in mid-March to slow the spread of the coronavirus, most school nurses thought they'd be out of work for a while. But when COVID-19 drive-thru testing began in the Bristol-Burlington region, school nurses from the local health district stepped up to help staff the specimen collection station. Social Distancing, Lagging Technology Make Choir Rehearsals A Challenge By Ray Hardman • 7 hours ago Facebook Listen Listening... / 4:52 As the world shifts to online communication during this pandemic, people are finding creative ways to replicate face-to-face situations in the virtual world -- think business meetings, online cocktail hours and livestreaming concerts. But technology hasn’t quite caught up with at least one type of real-life endeavor -- choral singing. Daughter Worried Incarcerated Dad 'Would Not Make It' Through COVID-19 Pandemic By Frankie Graziano • 7 hours ago Joe Amon / Connecticut Public Radio With over 500 inmates and staff testing positive for COVID-19 , there’s concern that people in Connecticut prisons are at high risk. One 80-year-old man incarcerated in a medium-security prison had a lawsuit filed on his behalf to get immediate release. U.S. Pressures China To Close Wet Markets Thought To Be Source Of COVID-19 By Scott Neuman • 8 hours ago The U.S. is calling on China to permanently shut down the country's wet markets, where the deadly coronavirus is thought to have first emerged late last year, as Australia urged an international scientific investigation of the health risks associated with them. Trump Breaks With Georgia Governor On Reopening Plans By Alana Wise • 22 hours ago Updated at 8:10 p.m. ET President Trump on Wednesday said he disagreed with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp's decision to re-open a number of industries in his state, including hair salons and tattoo parlors, saying that he thought the move was premature in the face of the continuing coronavirus pandemic. Trump broke with the Republican governor's call to ease social distancing rules in the state beginning on Friday, despite Trump's own insistence that some states could begin to relax mitigation measures before the beginning of May. Pages 1 2 3 4 … next › last » Latest News From NPR Pandemic Shutdown Is Speeding Up The Collapse Of Coal Mitch McConnell's Calculated Decision To Become Trump's 'Enabler-in Chief,' Explained A Trombonist Wonders When An Audience Will Gather To Hear Music Harvard And Other Universities Turn Down Relief Funds Amid Swell Of Criticism VIDEO: 6 Tips For Staying Safe While Grocery Shopping More From Connecticut Public Radio Courtesy: Athena Health Care Systems As Covid-Positive Nursing Homes Launch, Connecticut Workers Say They Need More Support New state data shows tha...