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News Articles: COVID

Pharmacists prepare doses of a COVID-19 vaccine last week at the Life Care Center of Kirkland in Kirkland, Wash. The nursing home was an early epicenter for coronavirus outbreaks in the United States.

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  • National

COVID-19 Vaccine May Not Get To Long-Term Care Facilities Quickly Enough

COVID-19 vaccines are reaching more long-term facilities, but many worry they won't come soon enough to stave off more deaths.

January 05, 2021
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By:
  • Will Stone
A family gathers around the television Monday in Liverpool, England, to watch Prime Minister Boris Johnson speak to the nation about the new lockdown.

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  • Europe

Britain Returns To Lockdown To Fight Coronavirus Variant

A new and more transmissible variant is threatening to overwhelm England's health care system, the prime minister said.

January 04, 2021
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By:
  • Reese Oxner
James Harden of the Houston Rockets was fined $50,000 for violating the NBA's health and safety protocols. He's seen on the court during a preseason game against the San Antonio Spurs on Dec. 17.

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  • Sports

How The Rockets-Thunder Delay Could Foreshadow Challenges To This NBA Season

The NBA postponed the Wednesday game after three Rockets players had positive or inconclusive coronavirus tests and four others were in quarantine. It left the team without enough players to play.

December 24, 2020
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By:
  • Brakkton Booker
Contact tracer Toni Parlanti of Stamford, Conn., calls a person identified as having been potentially exposed to the coronavirus this week. States and territories report they have more than 70,000 people working on contact tracing as of December.

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  • Health

For Overwhelmed And Burnt Out COVID-19 Contact Tracers, Help Is (Hopefully) Coming

NPR's latest survey finds the contact tracing workforce now tops 70,000, a dramatic increase in the last two months. But to meet the growing demand, new federal funding will be key.

December 23, 2020
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
East Alabama Medical Center nurse Harvard Graham checks fluids for a COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit this month in Opelika, Ala.

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  • Analysis

What's At Stake With Trump's Threat: COVID-19 Relief And A Government Shutdown

President Trump has introduced a round of Christmas chaos that imperils direct payments to millions of Americans suffering due to the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

December 23, 2020
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro

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  • Global Health

11 Original NPR Comics That Brought Joy, Hope And Help During The Pandemic

In 2020, NPR created and published more than a dozen comics for the pandemic — everything from how to explain it to kids to how to help the older people in your life.

December 23, 2020
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By:
  • Malaka Gharib
Physicians and nurses wear personal protective equipment while they attend to a COVID-19 patient in the ICU at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center in Tarzana, Calif. on December 18, 2020.

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  • National

As COVID-19 Cases Soar, Overwhelmed California Hospitals Worry About Rationing Care

As intensive care units hit capacity, hospitals across the state are being forced to consider that they may not be able to provide critical care for everyone who needs it.

December 20, 2020
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By:
  • Kat Lonsdorf
Housing activists protest evictions in Massachusetts, which recently allowed its sweeping statewide eviction ban to expire. That leaves residents with only a much weaker eviction protection order from the Centers for Disease Control and prevention.

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  • National

Why The CDC Eviction Ban Isn't Really A Ban: 'I Have Nowhere To Go'

Families are getting put out on the street despite an eviction protection order from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Advocates say the order needs to be extended and strengthened.

December 20, 2020
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  • Chris Arnold
Katalin Karikó works at BioNTech, the company that partnered with Pfizer to make the first COVID-19 vaccine to get emergency authorization in the United States.

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  • National

If COVID-19 Vaccines Bring An End To The Pandemic, America Has Immigrants To Thank

Scientists and investors born outside the U.S. played crucial roles in the development of COVID-19 vaccines — a remarkable vindication for the argument that innovation depends on immigration.

December 18, 2020
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  • Joel Rose
Despite recent outbreaks that forced temporary closures, the Bruneau-Grandview school board in Idaho voted down a mask mandate in November.

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  • National

A Rural School Under Pressure To Stay Open: 'People Are Just Rough And Tough'

Despite alarming rises in COVID-19 cases and deaths in rural America, some schools are under pressure to stay open for in-person learning while resisting requiring masks and other measures.

December 18, 2020
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  • Kirk Siegler
Dr. James Black, head of emergency medicine at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany,   Ga, was the first to receive the COVID-19 vaccine Thursday in the city that was once among the most severely affected pandemic hotspots in the world.

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  • Health

Georgia's Early COVID-19 Hotspot Gets First Vaccine Doses

The Georgia city that was once one of the most severely affected COVID-19 hotspots in the world received its first virus vaccinations Thursday. 

 

December 17, 2020
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  • Grant Blankenship
An application for the Paycheck Protection Program is pictured.

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  • Investigations

Most PPP Aid In Georgia Went To Big, Not Small Businesses, Data Show

More than half the funds received by Georgia companies as part of a federal loan program meant to support small businesses during the pandemic went to large companies that received loans of $3 million or more, according to newly released data from the U.S. Small Business Administration.

December 15, 2020
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  • Isaiah Poritz and
  • Georgia News Lab
A worker works inside a lab at the SinoVac vaccine factory in Beijing on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. SinoVac, one of China's pharmaceutical companies behind a leading COVID-19 vaccine candidate says its vaccine will be ready by early 2021 for distribution worldwide, including the U.S.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: What To Know As COVID Vaccines Begins To Roll Out In Ga., Across U.S.

Monday on Political Rewind: The first batch of COVID-19 vaccines is headed to hundreds of distribution centers in all 50 states.

December 14, 2020
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 2 more
A nurse prepares to administer a COVID-19 vaccine at Croydon University Hospital in London.

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  • Technology

'The Perfect Storm': How Vaccine Misinformation Spread To The Mainstream

False claims about COVID-19 vaccines are spreading widely on social media, researchers warn. They could undermine public health efforts to curb the pandemic.

December 10, 2020
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  • Shannon Bond
GPB  NPR

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  • Your Money

Have You Skipped Rent Or Mortgage Payments During the Pandemic?

NPR wants to hear from you if you have lost income and needed a mortgage forbearance or if you tried to get help from your landlord.

December 09, 2020
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  • Chris Arnold
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