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Malachi Stewart, with the Washington D.C. health department, works full-time as a contact tracer for the COVID-19 response. D.C. plans to increase its contract tracing workforce in the near future. Ryan Kellman/NPR hide caption toggle caption Ryan Kellman/NPR States are eager to open up and get people back to work, but how do they do…

ImageHelping customers from behind a plastic barrier in a convenience store in Gap Mills, W.Va., this month.Credit...Jenny Harnish/The Register-Herald, via Associated PressDemocrats and Republicans differ on attitudes toward coronavirus risks and in workplace behaviors meant to reduce them, according to a new survey. This partisanship has the potential to hurt efforts to stop the spread…

live updates on the current COVID-19 outbreak and visit our coronavirus hub for more advice on prevention and treatment.Coronaviruses are a family of viruses that comprise RNA enclosed within an envelope of protein and fat molecules. They commonly infect the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts of their mammalian and bird hosts.The coronavirus that causes COVID-19, known…