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News Articles: coronavirus

A nurse prepares syringes for a coronavirus vaccination drill in Kawasaki on Jan. 27.

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  • Global Health

Short On Special Syringes, Japan May Waste Millions Of Pfizer Vaccine Doses

Japan had purchased doses to vaccinate 72 million people, but without the appropriate syringes, it will fall 12 million people short.

February 11, 2021
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By:
  • Anthony Kuhn
A store in Boston displays a sign noting its Black ownership on June 24, 2020. Black-owned businesses struggled to get coronavirus emergency loans last year, until community lenders stepped in to help.

Tagged as: 

  • Economy

Small Local Banks Make A Big Difference For Black-Owned Businesses Trying To Hang On

Black-owned businesses were often at the back of the line when the first coronavirus relief loans were doled out. Now, some are turning to banks that specialize in minority firms for help.

February 11, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
Workers at an urgent care facility in Woodbridge, Va., check health records while testing patients for COVID-19 on April 15, 2020.

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  • Health Care

Electronic Health Records May Be Delaying COVID-19 Vaccinations

The same electronic systems used to record when patients get a physical or go to the ER are also used to log data when coronavirus vaccines are given. But the systems don't share information easily.

February 10, 2021
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By:
  • Simone Popperl,
  • Lisa Weiner,
  • and 1 more
An older woman receives a shot of the COVID vaccine.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Confronting COVID Variants, Vaccine Rollouts And (Lack Of) Equity

Monday on Political Rewind: A sobering anniversary came over the weekend. One year ago, the first coronavirus-related death was reported in the United States. Our panel weighed in on where we stand now in putting this pandemic behind us. When will more vaccine reach Georgia? What is being done to safety open schools? Our guests offered answers to some of the most common questions you are been asking.

February 08, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
Mayor Lori Lightfoot (left) and Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson (second from left) visit a preschool classroom at Dawes Elementary School in Chicago on Jan. 11.

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  • Education

Chicago Reports Tentative Deal With Teachers Union To Reopen Schools

The teachers union said "there is no agreement yet" but a framework its members must review. The city said it's planning for pre-K and special education programs to resume in person this week.

February 07, 2021
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By:
  • Matthew S. Schwartz and
  • Avie Schneider
The Supreme Court said California can no longer continue with a ban on indoor church services put in place amid the pandemic.

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  • Law

Supreme Court Rules Against Calif., Doubles Down On Religious Rights Amid Pandemic

The court sided with two churches that said a ban on indoor church services violated their rights to free exercise of religion. But the justices let stand restrictions that cap attendance at 25%.

February 07, 2021
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By:
  • Jason Breslow and
  • Nina Totenberg
A guide to county risk level tiers on California's COVID-19 site.

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  • Art & Design

Purple Is The New Red: How Alert Maps Show When We Are Royally ... Hued

Traditionally, red is the color associated with alarm, but in California, Colorado and Ohio the worst COVID-19 tiers are purple. So how did purple become the cautionary color of the pandemic?

February 05, 2021
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
Betty Smith, 84, left, got her first dose of the Moderna vaccine at a drive thru event in Cochran recently. "I felt proud," Smith said when asked how the shot felt. "I hope it helps."

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  • Health

How To Start Talking With The 'Vaccine Hesitant'

You may be ready for the coronavirus vaccine. You may know someone who decidedly is not ready. How do you begin a meaningful conversation about that?

February 04, 2021
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
People wear face masks on a shopping street in Gaza City in January.

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  • World

In Gaza, Pandemic Forces Tough Choices And Health Care System Hangs By A Thread

Vaccines have yet to arrive. Residents, fearing loss of income, continue to work while infected. And medical professionals including one of Gaza's few remaining heart surgeons have died from COVID-19.

February 04, 2021
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin and
  • Anas Baba
A health care worker administers the COVID-19 vaccine to a resident in Tampa, Fla., on Jan. 10. Seniors in Florida's Leon County have had trouble signing up for the vaccine and a local reporter tried to help them.

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  • National

Vaccination Confusion: How A Florida Reporter Helped Anxious Seniors Get Their Shots

Sudden demand flooded a county website and its phone lines. So CD Davidson-Hiers found herself in the middle of the chaos, fielding calls from residents eager to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

February 03, 2021
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By:
  • Noel King and
  • Avie Schneider
Patient's COVID-19 sample waiting to be tested

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  • Health

More COVID-19 Variants Found In Georgia, Likely 'Widespread' Statewide

More cases of a highly contagious COVID-19 variant originating from Europe have been identified in Georgia, leading public health officials to reason the strain is likely spreading fast.

February 03, 2021
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By:
  • Beau Evans
Chinese workers wait to receive a COVID-19 vaccine jab at a mass vaccination center in Beijing on Jan. 5. Even with at least 5 homegrown vaccines nearing approval, China is setting a modest initial goal: 50 million people vaccinated by mid-February — about 3.5% of the total population.

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  • Global Health

China's Vaccine Campaign Hits A Few Bumps

Their vaccine rollout in this nation of 1.4 billion citizens is happening more slowly than anticipated. Why the delays?

February 03, 2021
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By:
  • Emily Feng
Above: N., a sex worker at a bar in Pattaya, Thailand. The sex trade has offered good-paying jobs for many people from rural areas who were facing a life of tending rice paddies and digging up cassava roots.

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  • Global Health

How The Pandemic Has Upended The Lives Of Thailand's Sex Workers

Many of them left rural areas to earn their living in the sex trade — and send money home to help their families. COVID-19 restrictions have changed all that.

February 03, 2021
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By:
  • Aurora Amendral and
  • Photos by Allison Joyce

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  • Global Health

What's Going On With All These Coronavirus Variants? An Illustrated Guide

One day you're worrying about the regular old coronavirus. Then — seemingly out of the blue — there are variants. Worrisome variants! How did they come to be? And why are they likely more contagious?

February 02, 2021
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By:
  • Michaeleen Doucleff and
  • Meredith Rizzo
Israelis receive a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from medical professionals at a vaccination center set up on a mall parking lot in Givataim, Israel, during a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the virus, on Jan. 20.

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  • World

Vaccines For Data: Israel's Pfizer Deal Drives Quick Rollout — And Privacy Worries

Israel paid a premium, locked in an early supply of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines and agreed to share data from Israel's centralized trove of medical statistics. Privacy advocates have some misgivings.

February 02, 2021
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin
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