Cops were called by neighbors complaining of “overwhelming” stench coming from the Brooklyn facility processing bodies of people who succumbed to COVID-19. Source

Country supergroup The Highwomen released a new music video for their song, “Crowded Table.” Group members and country stars Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris and Natalie Hemby spoke to Anthony Mason about what the song, which celebrates togetherness, means to them in this period of isolation. Source

A 13-year-old girl vanishes in 1981. Detectives believe she was murdered. Years later a woman appears and claims to be the missing girl. Is she an imposter? Correspondent Maureen Maher reports in an all-new “48 Hours” airing Saturday, May 2 at 10/9c on CBS. Source

“I felt like every time people got turned away, they called me,” Dr. Stanford told CBS News’ Jericka Duncan. Source

An experimental drug is showing promise in treating the coronavirus. Preliminary results from a clinical trial carried out by the National Institutes of Health found patients taking remdesivir recovered an average of four days sooner than those on a placebo. The FDA may now consider an emergency approval to allow for broad use of the drug, though the findings still need to be peer-reviewed. Dr. Tara Narula spoke to a patient in that study, and a scientist fighting to get more answers. Source

A health official claims Turkey has had success using the controversial drug touted by President Trump on all hospitalized COVID-19 patients. CBS News’ Pinar Sevinclidir has the story from Istanbul. Source

The Houston Food Bank in Texas is the largest in the U.S., and it has seen demand spike after the coronavirus pandemic put many Americans out of work. While they estimate giving out 80 million pounds of food in a normal year, CEO Brian Greene says they now average close to a million pounds per day, and are still not meeting the need. Janet Shamlian visits the food bank to see how severe demand has gotten. Source

A drug that may shorten the recovery time of hospitalized coronavirus patients is being hailed as a potential breakthrough in the fight against the pandemic. Dr. Anthony Fauci lauded the drug remdesivir’s “positive effect in diminishing the time to recovery” for patients in a clinical trial. While the drug is not yet approved, President Trump urged the FDA to get through the process as soon as possible. Ben Tracy reports from the White House, where daily task force briefings have been replaced with economy-focused events. Source

Broadway actor Nick Cordero suffered a setback in his battle against the coronavirus when the 41-year-old Tony nominee went into septic shock after developing a lung infection. Cordero is in a medically induced coma and has been on a ventilator for a month. Gayle King speaks to his wife, fitness instructor Amanda Kloots, who says she is optimistic about his recovery. Source

ER Nurse Pamela Orlando worked to treat coronavirus patients until she became one herself, and then documented her fight with the virus until she died on April 16, 24 days after she fell ill. One of her sons, Reid, said he begged his mother not to go to work, but she continued to fight on the front lines. David Begnaud shares her story. Source