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NPR politics and science correspondents round up the latest news in the federal response to the coronavirus epidemic in the United States, including of the passage of the emergency rescue bill.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Bloombergagriculture editor Millie Munshi about how the coronavirus pandemic could disrupt the global food supply chain.

India is on lockdown. While Europe has become the epicenter of coronavirus, Germany's death rate of COVID-19 is the lowest in the world.

The Senate unanimously passes a coronavirus aid package. Online gaming slows under an increased record numbers of users.

Governors and mayors in some parts of the country are requiring them to close like many other businesses. Other officials are letting gun sales continue. Gun rights groups are on the defensive.

The coronavirus relief package includes a number of provisions to help low-income Americans. But advocates for the poor say it's only a first step.

Among the questions this week: Can you get COVID-19 more than once? What's the maximum surface area that can be treated with one disinfecting wipe?

People fleeing COVID-19 hotspots will get a chilly reception and a forced quarantine in Florida and Rhode Island

The president said the automaker was taking too long to negotiate what he called an urgent contract under which it and health manufacturer Ventec would build the machines.

NPR's business correspondent addresses listener concerns about retail workers and talks about about best practices for consumers as the coronavirus epidemic worsens.