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NPR's chief economics correspondent takes listener questions about the state of the U.S. economy during the coronavirus pandemic.

Dr. Elisabeth Poorman, a general internist at the University of Washington School of Medicine, answers listener questions about caring for or being immunocompromised patients themselves.

According to the ruling, the orders were "unlawful, invalid, and unenforceable" and any future statewide restrictions will need to be approved by the Wisconsin legislature.

"Not everybody wants their loved one to be in cyberspace for the rest of eternity and for their last minute on Earth to be public," Chief Art Acevedo said.

Before COVID-19 engulfed the Chinese city of Wuhan, Fang Fang was already an award-winning novelist. But her chronicle of the lockdown of her hometown might be her most lasting work.

Wisconsin's supreme court overturn of the stay-at-home order allows the administration of Gov. Tony Evers to issue orders, but only with legislative approval.

Many Republican secretaries of state are pushing to expand mail-in voting during the pandemic, but they face pushback from some party members who say it invites voter fraud.

Richard Bright, the high-ranking federal scientist turned whistleblower, will testify before a House subcommittee Thursday. He says the "window of opportunity" to fight COVID-19 is closing.

As the pandemic wreaks havoc on the meat industry, hog farmers anticipate they'll soon be forced to euthanize millions of pigs unable to be sent for processing.

Los Angeles County Beaches reopened with some restrictions a six week closure due to the pandemic. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Manhattan Beach Mayor Richard Montgomery on why he supports the move.