Researchers developing face mask that glows if coronavirus is detected, report says

The team at MIT and Harvard is reportedly designing a face mask that would produce a fluorescent signal when a person with COVID-19 breathes, coughs or sneezes.

Indiana reports 14 more coronavirus deaths, total now 1,765

Fourteen more Indiana residents have died from coronavirus illnesses, pushing the state’s death toll from confirmed or presumed cases of COVID-19 closer to 1,800, state health officials said Monday.

Suburban high school seniors honor elderly seniors in parades by nursing homes

The pandemic has been hard on high school seniors and seniors in nursing homes. That's why some Maine West High School graduates held a parade to cheer up and honor the elderly.

Latest developments on the medical response to COVID-19
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Dr. Jeffrey Kopin from Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital talks about the latest developments in the fight against the coronavirus outbreak.

We Got Us provides care packages, hotline for Chicago's black and brown communities
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Tanya Lozano, organizer for the Healthy Hood Organization, talks about We Got Us a service providing resources during COVID-19 for Chicago's underserved black and brown communities.

Youth Guidance program pivots to help the needs and mental health of students
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Gail Day, director of Working on Womanhood, talks about shifting her program to address the mental health and needs of students during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Naperville reopening survey highlights struggle of local businesses to stay alive
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Kaylin Risvold, president and CEO of the Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce, talks about the findings from their recent survey showing the struggle of local business owners to stay afloat during the COVID-19 shutdown.

New MLB rules: shower at home, don’t spit, and mascots are banned

Major League Baseball will look somewhat like high school ball this year under protocols to deal with the new coronavirus, with showers at ballparks discouraged and players possibly arriving in uniform, like they did when they were teenagers.

Some churches reopen but skip singing after report of mass outbreak after choir practice

Some churches are reopening but will skip the singing for now, especially after a report shows that 87% of the members of a church choir became infected after a single practice in March.