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The Week's Top Stories: Markets Rally Despite Another Employment Disaster
From Wall Street to Silicon Valley, these are the top stories that moved markets and had investors, business leaders, and entrepreneurs talking this week on Cheddar.

NASA, SpaceX Pick May 27 to Resume Astronaut Launches in the U.S.
NASA and SpaceX have chosen May 27 for resuming astronaut launches from the U.S. after nine years. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced the launch date Friday.

Ending Quarantine Means 'Testing, Tracing, and Supportive Isolation,' Says Harvard Researcher
Danielle Allen, director of the center, told Cheddar that ending quarantine will require a robust social effort involving potentially thousands of workers and brand new technology solutions.

Seven Midwest States to Partner on Reopening the Economy
Seven Midwestern governors announced Thursday that they will coordinate on reopening their state economies, after similar pacts were made earlier this week in the Northeast and on the West Coast.

China Didn't Warn Public of Likely Pandemic for Six Key Days
Top Chinese officials secretly determined they were likely facing a pandemic from a new coronavirus in mid-January, ordering preparations even as they downplayed it in public.

NYC Coronavirus-Linked Deaths Pass 10,000 as Officials Adjust Tallying Method
Coronavirus-related deaths in New York City have surged past 10,000 now that officials have revised the tally to include people presumed to have died from the virus, rather than just those with lab-confirmed test results.

Chicago Hospital Designed After 9/11 for Patient Surge Gets First Test Amid Coronavirus
Tatyana Popkova, chief strategy officer for the health system, talked to Cheddar about how the innovative medical center was designed to take on challenges such as a patient surge from a pandemic.

Veteran Paramedic Says 'Have a Plan' Amid Delayed EMS Response Times
Tommy Berges, a veteran paramedic and firefighter out of Washtenaw County, Michigan, said the outbreak has extended emergency response times from the outset.

EXCLUSIVE: How Lockheed Martin Views Space — and Warfare
Kay Sears, VP and GM of Military Space for Lockheed Martin described the final frontier as a "warfighting realm," to Cheddar at Satellite 2020.



