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State health officials reported 1,758 new cases of COVID-19, Monday, increasing the statewide total to 77,326 confirmed cases. That number is down slightly from the more than 2,000 new cases reported Sunday and the record setting 2,581 new cases reported Saturday.The Florida Department of Health also reported seven new coronavirus-related deaths, Monday, bringing the statewide death toll to 2,938 fatalities, including 1,546 deaths in long-term care facilities.

Iowa Meat Plants Struggle to Remain Open

As the number of meatpacking workers with COVID-19 rises, Iowa plants struggle with remaining open amid political pressure. Food supply interruption versus worker safety is one of the tradeoffs.

"This is a reminder to all of us that the pandemic continues and that this is a tricky virus," New Zealand Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield said Sunday.

New Zealand Records 1st Suspected COVID-19 Community Case Since November

A 56-year-old woman who had traveled to Spain and the Netherlands for work late last year has tested positive for the coronavirus. It's New Zealand's first probable community transmission in months.

In Ohio And Texas, A Debate Over Whether Abortion Is 'Essential Service'

Abortion rights groups say the coronarvirus crisis is being used as a cover to restrict abortion access statewide.

Military Chaplains Raise Gay Marriage Concerns

Wednesday, the House Armed Services Committee passed its version of a bill designed, in part, to protect military chaplains from coming under pressure to marry service members of the same sex. Host Rachel Martin speaks with retired Army chaplain Douglas E. Lee about the issue.

A University of Wisconsin student gets information about registering to vote from a NextGen America worker in Madison, Wis., in 2018.

Poll: More Than Half Of Young People Lack Resources To Vote By Mail

As the coronavirus pandemic has upended normal balloting, a need for more information about how to navigate voting by mail could be particularly acute among young people of color.

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, pictured here at a February Capitol Hill hearing, has long championed alternatives to public schools.

DeVos Faces Pushback Over Plan To Reroute Aid To Private School Students

The U.S. education secretary has told public K-12 schools they should use their coronavirus relief money to help private school students, too.

Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, attends a media briefing earlier this year at the Pentagon. He told NPR on Thursday that the U.S. military is still considering "a whole series of protocols" when it comes to the coronavirus.

Top U.S. General: Proposed COVID-19 Recruiting Ban 'Has Not Been Approved'

The interim guidance — which recommends disqualifying applicants who have been hospitalized with the disease — is still under review, according to Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced that quarantine-free travel between New Zealand and Australia will start on April 19.

New Zealand, Australia To Create 'Travel Bubble,' Resume Quarantine-Free Travel

The pandemic is under such control in the two countries that people will be able to travel between them for the first time without quarantining since March 2020.

Washington State University head coach Nick Rolovich speaks to his players before an NCAA college football game against Portland State on Sept. 11, 2021, in Pullman, Wash.

Washington State fires its football coach over COVID-19 vaccine mandate

Head football coach Nick Rolovich and four assistants were fired for defying the state's vaccine mandate. School officials said a small number of university workers chose not to get vaccinated.

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