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News Articles: coronavirus

Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine has been tested for safety and efficacy in more than 44,000 people. Still, stopping viral spread will take more than immunizations, says the CDC. The agency is calling for those who are vaccinated to continue wearing masks and practicing safe physical distancing.

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  • Health

What You Need To Know As The First COVID-19 Vaccine Heads Your Way

States are starting to administer their first doses of Pfizer's newly FDA-authorized COVID-19 vaccine. It marks a new phase in the pandemic, but what's that mean for you?

December 15, 2020
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  • Joanne Silberner
A health care worker administers a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to personal support worker Anita Quidangen at The Michener Institute, in Toronto, Canada, on Monday. Quidangen was one of the first people in Canada to receive the shot.

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  • World

Canada Administers Its 1st COVID-19 Vaccine Shots

Canada joins the United Kingdom and the United States as the first Western countries to provide the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, as the coronavirus pandemic rages toward winter.

December 15, 2020
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  • Emma Jacobs
NCAA announced plans are underway to play the entire women's Division I basketball tournament in one location, San Antonio. The Baylor-Notre Dame title game in Tampa, Fla., last year is pictured.

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  • Sports

NCAA Plans To Hold All Of Women's Basketball Tournament In San Antonio This Spring

"Conducting the championship in one geographic region allows for more planning and execution of safeguards," an NCAA official said on Monday. The NCAA hopes all 64 teams will play in San Antonio.

December 14, 2020
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  • Brakkton Booker
COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer arrives in Coastal Georgia.

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  • Health

First Shipments Of COVID-19 Vaccine Arrive In Coastal Georgia

Shipments of 5,850 doses of the Pfizer vaccine arrived in Coastal Georgia at two public health locations with ultracold freezers required for storage and temperature control of the vaccine. Additional shipments of vaccine are expected later this week at facilities in other parts of the state, including metro Atlanta.

December 14, 2020
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  • Ellen Eldridge
An Asian woman looks at her reflection in the mirror

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  • Children's Health

The Impact Of COVID-19 On Youth Suicide Rates In Georgia

The pandemic brings with it evidence of increasing anxiety and depression in Georgians under the age of 18, but the latest preliminary data from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation show a significant drop in completed youth suicides this year.  

December 14, 2020
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Lisa Taylor got a COVID-19 vaccination in August as part of a vaccine study at Research Centers of America in Hollywood, Fla.

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  • Health

When Might You Expect Your 1st COVID-19 Shot?

In the U.S., front-line health care workers are likely first in line to get immunized with a COVID-19 vaccine, once the FDA says yes. But what about the rest of us? Here's what we know so far.

December 13, 2020
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  • Pien Huang
A nurse holds a vial of the COVID-19 vaccine produced by Pfizer and BioNTech, in London earlier this week. Food and Drug Administration officials in the U.S. sought to reassure the public about the vaccine Saturday after authorizing it for emergency use.

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  • Politics

Warp Speed Official: 1st Shipments Of COVID-19 Vaccine Will Be Delivered On Monday

Army Gen. Gustave Perna told reporters that distribution of the vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech has begun, with shipment to 636 sites scheduled to begin on Monday.

December 12, 2020
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  • Colin Dwyer

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  • Global Health

Global Causes Of Death: Significant Shifts From 2000 To 2019

The No. 1 and 2 causes of death remain the same, but there have been a number of notable changes. And now there's a new disease to assess on the global landscape: COVID-19.

December 11, 2020
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  • Jason Beaubien
Charles Michel, president of the European Council (left); Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission (center); and Angela Merkel, Germany's chancellor, wear protective face masks as they walk to a news conference at a European Union leaders summit Friday in Brussels.

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  • Europe

EU Ends Standoff, Moves Forward With Budget And Coronavirus Relief Fund

Poland and Hungary had blocked the EU budget over a provision requiring each member nation to uphold the bloc's rule-of-law principles. The two nations are under investigation for not doing so.

December 11, 2020
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  • Rob Schmitz
COVID testing in Macon

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  • Health

Another Alarming Daily Record Set As COVID Cases Accelerate In Georgia

A state website showed a record-shattering single-day increase in COVID-19 cases Thursday, with nearly 8,000 new cases.

The total – 7,950 – includes positives from rapid antigen tests. It easily surpassed the previous one-day record of new cases of 6,601 reported Friday.

December 11, 2020
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  • Andy Miller
People hold Chinese and American flags as they wait for President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to participate in a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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  • Education

‘Don’t Invent Any Viruses’: Atlanta-Area Asian Students Face Rise In Hate Speech

Racist encounters have become increasingly common for Asian American and international students in the era of President Donald Trump, with hate speech intensifying ever since the novel coronavirus arrived in the United States in early 2020, students at Emory University in Atlanta told GPB News.

December 11, 2020
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  • Eva Rothenberg
Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., who chairs the House's panel on the coronavirus, warned that if the Department of Health and Human Services failed to produce all missing documents by Dec. 15, the panel "will have no choice but to issue subpoenas to compel production."

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  • National

House Oversight Committee Chair: Testimony Points To Political Interference At CDC

Rep. James Clyburn says the Trump Administration may have deliberately tried to "conceal and destroy evidence that senior political appointees interfered" with the CDC's coronavirus response.

December 10, 2020
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  • Vanessa Romo
A youth basketball game in Winchester, Mass.

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  • Sports

Poll: Majority Of Sports Fans Say Don't Play Indoors As Coronavirus Surges

The NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll found majorities of American sports fans think people should not play team sports indoors. A majority also believes doing so could spread the virus in their community.

December 10, 2020
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  • Tom Goldman
Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani returned home Wednesday evening after treatment for COVID-19.

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  • National

Giuliani Leaves Hospital After COVID-19 Treatment

Leading up to his hospitalization, the president's personal attorney had been traveling the country on behalf of President Trump's failed legal attempts to overturn the 2020 election results.

December 10, 2020
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
A nurse holds a vial of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine

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  • Health

Augusta University Set To Vaccinate Employees Next Week If Pzifer Wins FDA Approval

Augusta University Health System is making plans distribution plans for two COVID-19 vaccines ahead of the FDA’s approval for emergency use authorization. A panel will consider Pfizer's vaccine on Thursday. If approved, distribution will begin next week.

December 10, 2020
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  • Ellen Eldridge
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