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Airs Friday, April 3, 2020 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS 2 + PBS Video App

The epicenter of the country's outbreak is the port city of Guayaquil, where cadavers are lying in the streets and in homes.

The president and others have criticized 3M, with some officials alleging profiteering during the COVID-19 pandemic. But the company says cutting exports would be a mistake.

As districts hurry to begin an unprecedented transition to distance learning amidst the coronavirus pandemic, experts worry that vulnerable student populations won’t get the state-mandated services they need.

NPR reached out to the public health departments serving some of the largest cities in the U.S. Most did not have their most current pandemic response plan posted publicly and many were out of date.

Henry Paulson, who served during the 2008 financial crisis, says sending money rapidly to people and businesses will be the key to limiting damage to the economy.

A program in the Democratic Republic of Congo has helped survivors mourn the loss of a loved one to Ebola — and may be relevant for families coping with death in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Originally set for July, the convention has been rescheduled for mid-August in Milwaukee because of the coronavirus.

"People don't know what's going on here. Now they will," the engineer allegedly told a California Highway Patrol officer who apprehended him immediately after the incident.

Authorities say a train engineer intentionally drove a speeding locomotive off a track at the Port of Los Angeles because he was suspicious about the presence of a Navy hospital ship docked there amid the coronavirus crisis. The locomotive crashed through a series of barriers before coming to rest more than 250 yards from the U.S. Navy Hospital Ship Mercy on Tuesday.