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Statistics show that older Americans are especially vulnerable to the coronavirus. LaTrenda Lee Jefferson remembers her grandfather and his brother, who both succumbed to COVID-19 a week apart.

"She tried to do her job and it killed her," Dr. Lorna Breen's father said of the 49-year-old doctor, who contracted the coronavirus. His daughter was a hero, Dr. Philip Breen says.

New York is among the biggest coronavirus hotspots in the U.S. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Jean Randolph-Castro, the president of a Queens housing co-op, about the toll it has taken on her neighbors.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dr. Zeke Emanuel, a former health policy adviser to the Obama administration, about health messaging during the pandemic.

The Grammy-winning American cellist had a wide-ranging career that spanned Bach to new music written by Augusta Read Thomas. His colleagues also treasured him as a generous musical collaborator.

Many musicians canceled tours and delayed album releases due to the pandemic. But some are now using home recording setups and streaming services to write and publish songs about the coronavirus.

Researchers looked at healthcare-related actions taken by those 70 years and older during the first month of social distancing.

The COVID-19 pandemic is taking a mental health toll. An NPR science correspondent answers listener questions about the effects of the epidemic on mental health and ways to mitigate them.

NPR's chief economics correspondent updates the situation with federal small business loans and answers listener questions about what to expect after the pandemic is over.

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