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News Articles: coronavirus

Medical workers with Delta Health Center prepare to vaccinate people in Leland, Miss., last week. In some places, rural hospital workers have been slow to get the vaccine themselves.

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  • Politics

Why Lagging COVID Vaccine Rate At Rural Hospitals 'Needs To Be Fixed Now'

When it comes to persuading people to get a COVID-19 vaccine, health care professionals are influential. But in some rural communities, hospital staff themselves are hanging back.

May 04, 2021
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By:
  • Tamara Keith
Diverse family in living room

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  • Health

Survey Examines Pandemic-Induced Insomnia Disorder

A recent study from Augusta University Medical Center finds the pandemic triggered a more than 40% increase in insomnia disorder among their health care workers. 

May 03, 2021
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
TSA Screeners

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  • National

TSA Extends Mask Mandate Aboard Flights Through Summer As Travel Increases

Even as COVID-19 cases decrease and more Americans get vaccinated, the Transportation Security Administration is keeping strict regulations on wearing masks when traveling domestically.

May 01, 2021
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By:
  • Elena Moore
Serious cases of COVID-19 have grown in recent weeks in Americans 50 and younger.

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  • Health

COVID 'Doesn't Discriminate By Age': Serious Cases On The Rise In Younger Adults

With older adults vaccinated, doctors say a growing share of their COVID-19 patients are in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s, as more contagious variants circulate among people who are still unvaccinated.

May 01, 2021
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By:
  • Will Stone
Victims of COVID-19 are cremated in funeral pyres this week in New Delhi. Scientists says the real death toll and number of infections are likely much higher than what the Indian government is reporting.

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  • Global Health

India Is Counting Thousands Of Daily COVID Deaths. How Many Is It Missing?

Scientists, funeral directors and survivors say the real numbers of infections and deaths in India may be many times more than the reported figures.

April 30, 2021
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By:
  • Lauren Frayer and
  • Sushmita Pathak
Signs direct people arriving to get COVID-19 vaccines last week at the Mountain America Expo Center in Sandy, Utah.

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  • Global Health

Coronavirus FAQ: Is It A Big Deal If I Skip Or Delay 2nd Dose Of My COVID Vaccine?

Some folks are taking their first vaccine dose in a two-dose regimen, then deciding to skip the second one altogether. Or maybe to delay it longer than suggested. Is this a bad idea?

April 30, 2021
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By:
  • Sheila Mulrooney Eldred
A child sits on his father's shoulder in New York City's Central Park in May 2020. The COVID-19 vaccine isn't presently available to those under 16, raising questions for parents and their kids.

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  • Children's Health

Pediatricians Weigh In On What's Safe And Not Safe For Unvaccinated Children

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with pediatricians Nia Heard-Garris of Northwestern University and Jose Romero, Arkansas secretary of health, about what's safe and not safe to do with unvaccinated children.

April 30, 2021
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By:
  • Audie Cornish
Sylvia Falkner stands in front of her Berlin pub, Metzer Eck, which has been owned by four generations of the same family since 1913. She is one of thousands of small German business owners struggling to keep their businesses open in an extended pandemic lockdown.

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  • World

Germany's Small Business Owners Fight To Survive Amid Fears Of A Wave Of Insolvency

Germany's pandemic lockdowns have pushed thousands of small businesses toward insolvency. With a government freeze on insolvency rules soon expiring, some economists worry about what may happen next.

April 29, 2021
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  • Rob Schmitz
President Biden removes his mask before speaking about the pandemic Tuesday afternoon outside the White House.

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  • Politics

The Trajectory Of The Pandemic, 100 Days Into Biden's Administration

Combating the coronavirus pandemic has been job one for the Biden administration's first 100 days. Here's a quick look back at cases, deaths and vaccinations over that time.

April 28, 2021
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  • Benjamin Swasey
Mercedes-Benz Stadium in downtown Atlanta became one of several vaccine COVID-19 distribution centers in the state. The stadium will reopen to full capacity on May 15.

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  • Sports

Mercedes-Benz Stadium Set To Open At Full Capacity By May 15

After more than a year of restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Mercedes-Benz Stadium will reopen to full capacity on May 15.

April 28, 2021
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By:
  • Sarah Rose
FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2014, file photo, a person walks through a Merck company building, in Kenilworth, N.J.

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  • Health

Drug Discovered By Emory Docs Expected To Help COVID-19 Patients In India

A drug developed at Emory University will now be manufactured by Merck in India. The hope is to stop the rapid spread of COVID-19 in the country, whose health system is on the verge of collapse.

April 28, 2021
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Thomas W. Munson receives his second dose of COVID-19 vaccination from registered nurse Elizabeth Lash at a Sayre Health clinic held at Tablenacle Lutheran Church in West Philadelphia.

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  • Health

Why Black And Latino People Still Lag On COVID Vaccines — And How To Fix It

It's not a matter of vaccine hesitancy, say advocates. Instead, poorly located clinics, lack of flexible appointments and other barriers to access are hampering Philadelphia's hardest-hit communities.

April 27, 2021
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By:
  • Nina Feldman
Reverend James Baker tries to a convince someone he checked into into an energy assistance program to also be vaccinated at St. Paul AME in Macon, Tuesday, April 27. Baker said he hears a lot of people say God will keep them safe from COVID-19. He says some of those who have told him that are dead.

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  • Health

As Georgia Mass Vaccination Sites Close, Grassroots Efforts Try To Fill In The Gaps

Georgia's mass COVID-19 vaccination sites are closing. In their place will come lots of grassroots, community-based efforts.

April 27, 2021
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Macon-Bibb County officials might consider requiring people to wear masks in public soon after Gov. Brian Kemp's weekend order opened some restrictions. Shoppers in a grocery store in July 2020 are shown here with mask-wearing customs.

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  • Health

CDC Says Fully Vaccinated Americans Can Now Go Outside Without A Mask

 U.S. health officials say fully vaccinated Americans don't need to wear masks outdoors anymore unless they are in a big crowd of strangers.

April 27, 2021
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  • Associated Press
A man receives a dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the Rommel Fernández Stadium in Panama City, Panama. In the absence of Food and Drug Administration authorization, the U.S. government has been sitting on a stockpile of doses.

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  • Health

U.S. Will Share 60 Million Doses Of AstraZeneca Vaccine With Other Countries

The administration has faced growing calls to send its stockpile of the AstraZeneca vaccine, which is not yet cleared for use in the U.S., to help countries hit hard by the virus.

April 26, 2021
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan
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