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Biden, Harris To Visit Atlanta Next Friday To Tout COVID-19 Relief

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Atlanta next Friday to tout the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package

March 11, 2021
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By:
  • Wayne Drash
Dr. Storm Bissict, 35, dives in False Bay along the coast of Cape Town. It's her way of decompressing from her hectic pandemic days.

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  • Global Health

PHOTOS: How 9 Health Workers Stay Strong In A Pandemic Year

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic. We interviewed 9 health workers around the world to learn what's surprised them most — and how they've managed to cope.

March 11, 2021
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  • NPR SPECIAL REPORT
Before there were masks, there were elbow bumps. Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., and Dr. Anthony Fauci greet each other before a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on March 11, 2020.

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  • National

March 11, 2020: The Day Everything Changed

The WHO declared a pandemic. The NBA shut down its season. President Trump banned travel from Europe. Tom Hanks tested positive. On one day a year ago, the coronavirus became very real in America.

March 11, 2021
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
The vaccination operation at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany recently.

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  • Health

Georgia Offers Massive Expansion Of Vaccines

Gov. Kemp announced today that all adults in Georgia over the age of 16 will be eligible for vaccination against COVID-19 beginning April, if supply and data allow. Adults 55 and up will be eligible Monday, March 15, along with people with health conditions. 

March 10, 2021
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
A syringe containing a dose of a Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine sits in a container, during a vaccine clinic at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska. The state has become the first in the nation to offer the COVID-19 vaccine to any resident 16 or older.

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  • National

Alaska Opens Vaccines To Everyone Over 16

Governor Mike Dunleavy announced Tuesday that COVID-19 vaccines are now available to anyone age 16 and older who lives or works in the state.

March 10, 2021
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
Two health care workers prepare syringes with AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine in London Monday. A U.K. study will expose volunteers to the coronavirus and could help development of future vaccines.

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  • Health

Why Scientists Are Infecting Healthy Volunteers With The Coronavirus

Exposing people to a potentially fatal disease could hasten understanding of COVID-19 and development of new vaccines and treatments. But the risks of such studies raise serious ethical questions.

March 08, 2021
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By:
  • Joe Palca
As the U.S. accelerates its rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday released new guidance for individuals who have been fully inoculated.

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  • Health

CDC Says It's Safe For Vaccinated People To Do These Activities

New guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can gather indoors in some circumstances but should keep wearing masks in public.

March 08, 2021
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  • Allison Aubrey and
  • Rachel Treisman
screenshot of admoer website

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  • Health

Health App Beta Testing In Savannah Will Alert Users To Infectious Disease In Public

A new health-monitoring app that could help communities fight contagious diseases will begin beta testing in Savannah this month. It’s accessed via smartphones and wearable fitness devices.

March 08, 2021
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Edith Arangoitia receives a COVID-19 vaccination in Chelsea, Mass., a heavily Hispanic community, on Feb. 16.

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  • National

Misinformation And Mistrust Among The Obstacles Latinos Face In Getting Vaccinated

Vaccination programs work best when as many people as possible get vaccinated, but Latinos are getting inoculated at lower rates. A group that helps immigrant workers is working to change that.

March 07, 2021
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  • Lulu Garcia-Navarro
The Dalai Lama leaves the Zonal Hospital in Dharmsala, India, on Saturday after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.

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  • Global Health

The Dalai Lama Gets A COVID-19 Shot And Urges Others To Get Vaccinated

The 85-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader scrapped plans to receive the injection at home, opting instead to travel to a clinic. "More people should have courage to take this injection," he said.

March 06, 2021
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  • Yuki Noguchi
Genevieve Villamora, 44, says she suffered hair loss after recovering from COVID-19: Her hands would be covered with hair after a shower. It was "traumatic because as a woman so much of my femininity and self-image is linked to my hair," says the Washington, D.C., restaurateur. Her hair loss began to lessen four months out from her recovery from COVID.

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  • Global Health

Coronavirus FAQ: Does It Make Your Hair Fall Out?

The term "hair loss" has been googled a lot during this pandemic. What's going on?

March 06, 2021
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  • Sheila Mulrooney Eldred
A surge in cases and record high daily death tolls have pushed Brazil into a COVID crisis. Above: Health professionals help patients with symptoms of the new coronavirus on a boat ambulance.

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  • Global Health

Brazil In Crisis: 'It Feels Like You Are In Stalingrad, in World War II'

Dr. Miuel Nicolelis, a Duke University neuroscientist originally from Brazil, has been in Sao Paulo for the past year caring for his mother. He says it's like a war zone.

March 05, 2021
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By:
  • Suzette Lohmeyer
Four-year-old Lois Copley-Jones, the photographer's daughter, takes part in a livestreamed broadcast of "PE With Joe" on March 23, 2020, in Newcastle-under-Lyme, England. The popular fitness series ended Friday.

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  • World

As Schools Reopen, Popular 'PE With Joe' Online Exercise Class Goes Bye-Bye

A year ago, as the pandemic began, fitness instructor Joe Wicks started a daily exercise class for kids on YouTube. The videos became popular with kids and their parents. Now the series is ending.

March 05, 2021
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By:
  • Barry Gordemer,
  • Noel King,
  • and 1 more
A nurse holds a vial of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine

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  • Health

FEMA Mass COVID-19 Vaccination Site Coming To Atlanta

The Federal Emergency Management Agency said on Friday a mass vaccination site for COVID-19 is coming to Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The site has capacity to give 6,000 vaccine shots each day.

March 05, 2021
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Clyde and Renee Smith outside their Atlanta home.

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  • Health

As This Atlanta Couple Returned Home A Year Ago, Georgia Marked Its First COVID-19 Death

Roughly a year ago, many Americans watched Wuhan, China, with worry and fear. But not Clyde and Renee Smith of Atlanta. They were blissfully unaware that the novel coronavirus they had recovered from would kill more than 15,000 Georgians and more than half a million Americans. Despite the deaths, we aren’t as afraid now, even though experts say it will take still more vigilance to end COVID-19.

March 05, 2021
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  • Ellen Eldridge
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