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News Articles: coronavirus

Sam Kendricks competes in the Men's Pole Vault Final at last month's U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials in Eugene, Ore.

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  • Sports

Coronavirus Knocks U.S. Pole Vaulter Sam Kendricks Out Of Tokyo Olympics

The two-time world champion came into the Tokyo Olympics as the gold medal favorite. Instead, he tested positive for the coronavirus and is isolating in Tokyo.

July 29, 2021
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  • Tom Goldman

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  • Health

Do You Need To Wear A Mask Indoors Where You Live? Check This Map

The CDC wants vaccinated people to wear masks indoors if the coronavirus is spreading widely where they live. Find out the level of virus transmission in your county.

July 28, 2021
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
Almost all of the COVID cases and deaths in Georgia in the last seven months have been among the unvaccinated.

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  • Health

Despite 'Breakthrough' COVID, Almost All Georgia Cases And Deaths Are Among Unvaccinated

New numbers from Georgia’s Department of Public Health show nearly all new COVID-19 cases and deaths in the state in the past seven months were among unvaccinated people. 

July 28, 2021
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Britain's Tom Dean celebrates winning gold in the men's 200-meter freestyle swimming event at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday.

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  • Sports

An Olympic Swimmer Who Battled COVID-19 Twice Is Now A Gold Medalist

Great Britain's Tom Dean was diagnosed with COVID for a second time just a few months ahead of the Olympic trials. Now he has two gold medals in Tokyo.

July 28, 2021
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan receives her Johnson & Johnson vaccine against the coronavirus at the statehouse in Dar es Salaam on July 28. Her administration has reversed the government's anti-vaccination stance.

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  • Global Health

Tanzania's Dilemma: It's Not So Easy To Go From Vaccine Denier To Vaccine Embracer

The African country, previously credited for high childhood vaccination rates, was 1 of 4 countries to reject COVID vaccines. Now they've done a 180. It's unclear if its citizens will go along.

July 28, 2021
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  • Syriacus Buguzi
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., wears a face mask as she hosts a visit by King Abdullah II of Jordan, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 22, 2021.

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  • Health

Masks Will Return To The U.S. House And White House After The CDC Changes Guidance

Congress's attending physician announced vaccinated and unvaccinated House members will again have to mask up while in the U.S. Capitol or risk a fine.

July 28, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Map of the United States with delta variant coronavirus cases highlighted

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  • Health

Southeast Georgia County Is One Of 7 In State Leading The Nation In New COVID-19 Cases

Seven counties in Georgia are among the hardest hit in the nation by new cases of COVID-19.

July 27, 2021
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Danielle Howard, principal of Ingram Pye Elementary School in Macon, greets students on their first day back to face to face instruction in November 2020.

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  • Education

COVID Cases Among Children Rising In Many Georgia Counties

As school systems across the state prepare to return to the classroom, a number of Georgia counties are seeing an increase in COVID infections among school-aged children. 

July 27, 2021
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  • Grant Blankenship
Savannah Mayor Van Johnson wearing a mask and washing his hands

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  • Health

Savannah Mandates Masks Again As COVID Transmission Rises

Savannah is once again requiring masks in indoor public places and urging businesses to follow suit, citing rapidly increasing community transmission rates of COVID-19.

July 26, 2021
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By:
  • Emily Jones and
  • Riley Bunch
Medical staff members check on a patient in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston last November. Doctors are now investigating whether people with lingering cognitive symptoms may be at risk for dementia.

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  • Health

Doctors Worry That Memory Problems After COVID-19 May Set The Stage For Alzheimer's

Some patients who have had COVID-19 develop symptoms resembling early Alzheimer's. Researchers are trying to figure out whether these people are more likely to develop the disease itself.

July 26, 2021
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By:
  • Jon Hamilton
U.S. beach volleyball player Jake Gibb, shown here in 2016, is continuing to compete in the Tokyo Olympics after his partner tested positive for the coronavirus.

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  • Sports

After Just 3 Practices, U.S. Beach Volleyballers Notch A Big Win In Tokyo

When a U.S. beach volleyball player tested positive for coronavirus, his teammate needed to find another partner before their first Olympic match. So far, it's working.

July 26, 2021
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  • Merrit Kennedy

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  • Health

Teens Asked, We Answered: The Truth About COVID-19 Vaccines

Nope, they won't put a microchip in you. And the side effects usually aren't that bad. And if you want to get your HPV shot at the same time, that totally works. Read on for these and more answers.

July 24, 2021
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  • Pien Huang
Charles Muro, 13, is inoculated at a mass vaccination center in Hartford, Conn., on May 13.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Pandemic Memories Will Stay With Our Children

NPR's Scott Simon remarks on the continuing pandemic and how today's children might remember this time decades from now.

July 24, 2021
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  • Scott Simon
Life Expectancy

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  • Health

U.S. Life Expectancy Fell By 1.5 Years In 2020, The Biggest Drop Since WWII

The CDC says COVID-19 was the largest factor, along with drug overdoses, homicides, diabetes and chronic liver disease. The decline was even greater for Hispanic men.

July 23, 2021
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  • Jane Greenhalgh
Coronavirus

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  • Health

Overcoming Vaccine Hesitancy Key To Getting Past COVID-19

Georgia and other states with low COVID-19 vaccination rates are in a race against time with fast-replicating variants of the virus, a faculty member at the Morehouse School of Medicine said Thursday.

July 23, 2021
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  • Dave Williams
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