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News Articles: coronavirus

Safeway pharmacist Ashley McGee fills a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 booster vaccination at a vaccination booster shot clinic on Oct. 1, in San Rafael, Calif.

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  • Health

The U.S. is ready to roll out the COVID vaccine once it's approved for kids age 5-11

The White House says the U.S. has enough doses for the country's 28 million kids age 5 to 11 and has laid out a plan to get them inoculated as soon as the vaccine is authorized for the age group.

October 20, 2021
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
Diana Callahan

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  • Health Care

How misinformation about vaccines is killing Georgians

Families across Georgia are navigating the COVID-19 pandemic. Some staunchly believe inaccurate information shared on social media. And they refuse to get vaccinated, even after surviving the disease. 

October 20, 2021
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
A pedestrian is seen through a cutout of a leaf on a gated entrance to Piedmont Park in Atlanta.

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  • Mental Health

Georgia improves its mental health rating — on data collected before COVID. But challenges remain

The latest Mental Health America report likely underreports the current prevalence of mental illnesses in the population, both among children and adults, but nothing in the pandemic by itself would suggest that the relative rankings of the states would have changed solely because of the pandemic.

October 19, 2021
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Pediatricians and parents are preparing for an expansion of the COVID-19 vaccine for Georgia children between five and 11.

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  • Children's Health

About 1 million children ages 5 to 11 to become eligible for COVID vaccine soon

On Oct. 7, vaccine maker Pfizer asked the Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization of its pediatric vaccine — which contains a smaller dose than the adult version.

October 19, 2021
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By:
  • Ross Williams
President Biden told Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta that the U.S. would donate 17 million COVID vaccine doses to the African Union. The U.S. is also working to boost production on the continent.

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  • Politics

The world needs more COVID vaccines, so the U.S. is helping finance overseas plants

The Biden administration has been criticized for hoarding COVID vaccines when millions of people around the world are unvaccinated. Now they're looking at how to help finance plants overseas.

October 18, 2021
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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez
In this Oct. 14, 2020 file photo, United Airlines employees work at ticket counters in Terminal 1 at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.

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  • Business

United Airlines must delay its vaccine mandate for workers seeking an exemption

A federal judge ordered United Airlines to temporarily halt its plan to remove unvaccinated employees seeking a religious or medical exemption from the company payroll.

October 14, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks during a news conference on the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak in Geneva, in March 2020.

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  • World

WHO launches a new group to study the origins of the coronavirus

The World Health Organization advisory group will include scientists from the U.S., China and two dozen other countries and will study various hypotheses, including the possibility of a lab leak.

October 13, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
A nurse prepares a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a San Antonio senior center in March. A panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration will meet Thursday to review Moderna's booster shot.

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  • Health

Moderna and J&J say their data supports COVID vaccine boosters

The Food and Drug Administration released briefing documents Tuesday on booster shots for the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccines ahead of a two-day advisory meeting that starts Thursday.

October 12, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Hensley
Dr. Anthony Fauci said this weekend that children can go trick-or-treating safely this year.

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  • Family

Get the candy bowl ready. Dr. Fauci says Halloween is a go this year

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, tells CNN that young children should be able to go trick-or-treating outdoors for Halloween this year.

October 12, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
A Health worker administers vaccinations at a pop-up drive-in clinic Monday, Oct. 11, 2021, in Auckland, New Zealand. New Zealand's doctors and teachers are among those who must soon be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus to continue working in their professions, the government announced Monday.

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  • World

New Zealand's doctors and teachers must soon be vaccinated

The new mandate compels health care workers, including doctors and pharmacists, to be fully vaccinated by December. Teachers and other education workers must be fully vaccinated by January.

October 11, 2021
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  • The Associated Press

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  • Education

Kids are losing school days to quarantines. Here's a way to keep them in classrooms

Test-to-stay policies could help keep students in in-person school. But amid a national shortage, rapid tests can be hard to come by, and the practice isn't common.

October 08, 2021
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By:
  • Anya Kamenetz
Molnupiravir pills

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  • Health

Georgia Today: The Emory University lab behind what could be a gamechanging COVID-19 pill

Drug company Merck is awaiting word on its emergency use authorization application for its recently announced drug molnupiravir. If approved, the anti-viral drug developed at a lab at Emory University could become the first-ever pill to treat COVID-19. The latest Georgia Today podcast examines the journey that led to this potential breakthrough and its connection to Emory. 

October 08, 2021
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By:
  • Steve Fennessy and
  • Jess Mador
Margaret Applegate (in yellow scarf), a United Airlines customer service agent, is accompanied by Lori Augustine, vice president of United's San Francisco hub, as Applegate gets a COVID-19 vaccine in September ahead of United's mandated deadline.

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  • Business

Faced with losing their jobs, even the most hesitant are getting vaccinated

Workplaces with vaccine mandates are seeing vaccination rates of 90% or higher. A complex mix of factors, including job security, is driving most workers to get the shots.

October 07, 2021
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
Ahmaud Arbery protest

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  • News

As the Arbery case looms, here's what Glynn County's doing to prep amid the COVID-19 pandemic

It will be more than 600 days since the killing of Ahmaud Arbery when those accused of his murder finally go to trial, which is now set to start on Oct. 18, following a lengthy delay brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. The court and Glynn County is prepping for the national attention, even as the pandemic endures.

October 07, 2021
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By:
  • Riley Bunch
Above, a child walks by a Christmas display in New York City last year. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, says it's "too soon to tell" whether Americans will be able to gather during the winter holidays.

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  • Your Health

Get a fan and get vaccinated, the CDC says in its safety tips for the holidays

"When you have something spread by aerosol, you absolutely want more ventilation," Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Biden, said in an interview with CBS.

October 05, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
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