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News Articles: coronavirus

Poverty and disability are linked to lower vaccination rates in some rural communities. The Vaccination Transportation Initiative sponsored van helps rural residents get the COVID-19 vaccine in rural Mississippi. The effort works to overcome the lack of transportation and access to technology for rural residents.

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  • Health

Rural Communities Fall Further Behind In COVID-19 Vaccination Rates

Cities are leaving rural areas behind in the race to vaccinate against COVID-19, but some states' suburbs are struggling, too. To close the gap experts say, outreach needs to be hyperlocal.

June 11, 2021
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By:
  • Austin Fast

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  • Health

States Scale Back Pandemic Reporting, Stirring Alarm

More than two dozen states have reduced how frequently they report what's happening with the pandemic, raising alarm among some public health experts.

June 11, 2021
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By:
  • Rob Stein
President Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speak during a bilateral meeting ahead of the G-7 summit on Thursday in Carbis Bay, England.

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  • World

G-7 Leaders Are Set To Pledge 1 Billion Coronavirus Vaccines To Other Countries

President Biden pledged the U.S. will donate 500 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine globally. "Our values call on us to do everything that we can to vaccinate the world against COVID-19," he said.

June 11, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
The Delta variant, or B.1.617.2, is now the dominant strain of SARS-CoV-2 in the U.K. and is causing surges of COVID-19 in parts of the country.

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  • Health

The Highly Contagious Delta Variant Is On The Rise In The U.S.

The variant accounts for more than 6% of all infections in the U.S. and in some Western states is responsible for more than 18% of cases.

June 09, 2021
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By:
  • Jane Greenhalgh
Bob Sapp gets vaccinated against COVID-19 in Cochran, Ga. on Monday January 25, 2021.

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  • Health

COVID-19 Variants Could Spread Quickly In Georgia, Health Experts Say

Health experts worry about the delta variant because it appears more transmissible, which means it could lead to more deaths among the unvaccinated. Georgia, with roughly 35% of vaccinated adults, has more unvaccinated people than almost anywhere in the country.  

June 09, 2021
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  • Ellen Eldridge

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  • Politics

There's A Stark Red-Blue Divide When It Comes To States' Vaccination Rates

All of the states with the highest adult vaccination rates went to President Biden in the 2020 election. But the vaccine divide is not just about politics.

June 09, 2021
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
A man holds his vaccination reminder card after having received his first shot at a pop-up vaccination site next to Maximo Gomez Park, also known as Domino Park, on May 3 in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami.

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  • Law

Fake COVID Vaccine Cards Are Being Sold Online. Using One Is A Crime

Officials have pleaded with tech giants to keep the documents off their sites, but Amazon briefly had blank vaccination cards for sale this week. They could land their bearers in prison.

June 08, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
A vial of the experimental Novavax coronavirus vaccine is ready for use in a London study in 2020. Novavax's vaccine candidate contains a noninfectious bit of the virus — the spike protein — with a substance called an adjuvant added that helps the body generate a strong immune response.

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  • Health

A New Type Of COVID-19 Vaccine Could Debut Soon

Instead of putting genetic instructions into people whose cells then make a viral protein, the vaccines from Novavax, Medicago and Sanofi carry a spike protein payload.

June 07, 2021
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  • Joe Palca
Villagers wait to board a bus to head home in the wake of government-imposed restrictions relating to COVID-19 in Kathmandu valley.

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  • Global Health

From Remote Villages To Mt. Everest Base Camp, COVID Hits Nepal Hard

Health workers must overcome great challenges to battle one of the world's most severe COVID-19 outbreaks, which stretch from villages without hospitals to the top of the world's highest mountain.

June 05, 2021
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  • Lauren Frayer
Health staff and patients at an exhibition center in Kuala Lumpur that's been turned into Malaysia's first mega-vaccination center. The government aims to speed up inoculations amid a sharp spike in infections.

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  • World

Malaysia's Recent Surge In COVID Infections Leads To A New Lockdown And New Worries

The country had been seen as a success in handling the pandemic, but a recent surge in cases has made it the third-worst affected country in Southeast Asia. Vietnam is also seeing a rise in cases.

June 04, 2021
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  • Julie McCarthy
Dr. Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, testifies before a House panel on Sept. 25, 2019. In an NPR interview, she says the nation has more work to do to get ready for a future pandemic.

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  • Health

The CDC's No. 2 Official Says The U.S. Isn't Ready For Another Pandemic

The United States wasn't ready for the pandemic "and we have a lot of work to do to get better prepared for the next one," says Dr. Anne Schuchat, who is retiring after 33 years at the agency.

June 04, 2021
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By:
  • Steve Inskeep and
  • Avie Schneider
Thousands of pages of Dr. Anthony Fauci's work emails from January to June 2020 have been released via Freedom of Information Act requests by news organizations. Fauci is seen here before he testifies in front of a Senate committee last June.

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  • Health

5 Things We Learned From Anthony Fauci's Emails

Thousands of pages of Dr. Fauci's emails have been released to reporters. Here's what they tell us about his life and manner during the early months of the pandemic.

June 04, 2021
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
Dwight Howard of the Philadelphia 76ers looks down at a fan who ran onto the court and was tackled by security in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference first-round series against the Washington Wizards on Monday.

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  • Sports

Crowds Are Finally Back At NBA Arenas — Along With A Rash Of Bad Fan Behavior

The NBA playoffs are in full swing — and some of the excitement has spilled over into ugly fan incidents directed at players. Several fans have been ejected and, in some cases, arrested.

June 03, 2021
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By:
  • Tom Goldman
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky

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  • Health

Low Vaccination Rates Put Georgia At Risk Of COVID-19 Spikes, CDC Director Says

Parts of rural Georgia are seeing low rates of vaccination against COVID-19, which could be a problem for the state going forward, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

June 03, 2021
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  • Ellen Eldridge
West Virginians who get the COVID-19 vaccine could get more than stickers and buttons. On Tuesday, Gov. Jim Justice announced a lottery incentive program to encourage more residents to get vaccinated.

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  • National

Guns, Trucks And Trips: West Virginia Expands Prizes For Vaccinated Residents

Several states — including Ohio, California, Colorado and Maryland — have created vaccination incentive programs to get more teens and adults fully immunized against the coronavirus.

June 02, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
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