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News Articles: COVID-19

Chinese travelers at a railway station in Beijing, China, wear face masks to protect themselves from the new coronavirus on Jan. 21, 2020. The virus was first identified in Wuhan, China, in Dec. 2019, and since then has quickly spread worldwide.

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  • Global Health

From 'Mysterious' Illness To Global Pandemic: COVID-19, By The Numbers

A year ago today, the WHO first learned of a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, China of "unknown" origin. Here's the impact of that fateful day, by the numbers.

December 31, 2020
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  • Nurith Aizenman
Navicent Health Emergency Room

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  • Health

Doctors To Georgians: Please Stay In This New Year's Eve As COVID-19 Cases Surge

With cases of COVID-19 packing hospital ICUs, health experts are begging people to stay home for New Year's Eve.

December 31, 2020
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  • Ellen Eldridge
DPH Commissioner Dr. Kathleen Toomey receives a COVID-19 vaccine.

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  • Health Care

Georgia To Expand Vaccination To Those Over Age 65

Gov. Brian Kemp said Thursday health officials plan to add adults aged 65 and older, law enforcement officers, firefighters and first responders to the current group of individuals eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccination. These vaccinations could take place within the next two weeks as long as supplies remain available.

December 31, 2020
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine must be kept between 36 and  46 degrees Fahrenheit. The vials can remain at room temperature for up to 12 hours.

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  • Health Care

Some 500 Coronavirus Vaccine Doses Intentionally Destroyed, Hospital Says

Officials at the Wisconsin medical center first suspected a now-former employee inadvertently left the Moderna drugs out of cold storage. But an investigation concludes they were deliberately removed.

December 31, 2020
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the first known case of the new coronavirus variant in the nation's most populous state during an online conversation with Dr. Anthony Fauci. The first U.S. case was found in Colorado.

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  • Health

California Identifies A Case Of Coronavirus Variant First Seen In U.K.

Gov. Gavin Newsom made the announcement during an online conversation about the pandemic with Dr. Anthony Fauci, but he offered little additional information about the circumstances of the diagnosis.

December 30, 2020
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
Louisiana's Congressman-elect Luke Letlow announced on Dec. 18 that he had tested positive for COVID-19 and was hospitalized a day later.

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  • Obituaries

Louisiana Congressman-Elect Dies From COVID-19

Republican Luke Letlow, 41, who was elected earlier this month to represent the northeastern 5th District, died Tuesday from complications from the disease.

December 30, 2020
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
Ernestine Mann, here in a family photo, moved into the Arbor Terrace at Cascade assisted living facility in Atlanta in 2019. Mann was one of the residents who died of COVID-19 this year when there was an outbreak at the facility.

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  • Investigations

In Atlanta, A Wave Of Coronavirus Deaths And The Questions Left In Its Wake

At least 17 residents at an assisted living home in Atlanta died of COVID-19 this spring. It is the company's only home in Georgia in a Black neighborhood and the only one to suffer a severe outbreak.

December 29, 2020
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  • Meg Anderson
Dr. James Phillips is no longer working at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, months after criticizing President Trump's flouting of coronavirus safety guidelines. Here, Trump waves to supporters from an SUV in October as he was driven outside the facility in Bethesda, Md.

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  • National

'I Regret Nothing': Doctor Who Criticized Trump Parade Works Last Day At Walter Reed

"I stand by my words," says Dr. James Phillips, the Walter Reed physician who said the president's decision to drive by supporters while being treated for COVID-19 endangered his security detail.

December 28, 2020
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  • Bill Chappell
Health researchers say wearing masks and washing your hands often is more important than wiping down surfaces when it comes to protecting yourself from the coronavirus.

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  • Your Health

Still Disinfecting Surfaces? It Might Not Be Worth It

Early in the pandemic, people were advised to disinfect everything they touched. But now that scientists understand more about how COVID-19 spreads, all that scrubbing down may have been overkill.

December 28, 2020
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  • Patti Neighmond
A nurse holds a vial of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine

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  • Health

Want A COVID-19 Vaccine? Georgians Can Call Hotline To Find Out When

Residents and staff in long-term health care facilities are currently being inoculated with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. While this population makes up only 5% of coronavirus cases in the state, residents in these facilities make up more than 37% of the deaths from COVID-19 in Georgia, according to the state health department.

December 28, 2020
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  • Ellen Eldridge
A worker wearing personal protective equipment disinfects the Holy Redeemer Church in Bangkok after a Christmas Eve mass. Thailand is one of many countries now seeing a surge in cases.

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  • Global Health

Why The World Is Seeing Some Of Its Most Extreme Pandemic Lockdowns

Even as the European Union began vaccine rollouts on Sunday, nations around the globe are instituting severe lockdowns and travel restrictions. Fear of the U.K. variant is a key reason.

December 28, 2020
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  • Jason Beaubien
Researches have learned a lot in 2020 about how the coronavirus spreads through the air.

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  • Science

For Scientists Who Study Virus Transmission, 2020 Was A Watershed Year

The emergence of COVID-19 started scientists on a yearlong crash course to learn how the coronavirus might travel through the air and how to stop it. They learned a lot, and quickly.

December 27, 2020
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  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
Many Americans are visiting Mexico's beaches during the pandemic. Above, fishing boats are docked at a marina in Los Cabos, Mexico, on June 2.

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  • World

'We Feel Safe': Americans Keep Visiting Mexico Despite Pandemic Risks

U.S. tourists aren't welcome in most countries because of the surging coronavirus. But Mexico lets them in, with no quarantine or test requirements.

December 25, 2020
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  • Carrie Kahn
Ulisses Xavier, 52, who has worked for 16 years at Nossa Senhora cemetery in Manaus, Brazil, makes wooden crosses to supplement his income. The cemetery has seen a surge in the number of new graves after the outbreak of COVID-19.

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  • Global Health

The Worst Of COVID-19 Should Be Over For 1 Hard-Hit Brazilian City. But It's Not

The jungle metropolis of Manaus had a terrible pandemic spring. A study estimates 76% of residents were exposed to the coronavirus. Researchers thought there couldn't be another surge. And yet...

December 25, 2020
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  • Catherine Osborn
Pope Francis celebrates Christmas Eve Mass on Thursday at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican as Italy went back into lockdown measures due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • Religion

At The Vatican, A Christmas Eve Mass Shaped By The Pandemic

Only 100 or so people attended the service, and they wore masks and socially distanced. The Mass began two hours early so all could make it home before Italy's virus curfew.

December 24, 2020
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  • Laurel Wamsley
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