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News Articles: coronavirus

In interviews with Bob Woodward in February and March, President Trump said he recognized the severity of the novel coronavirus — even though he publicly criticized the World Health Organization for not alerting him to the degree of threat.

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  • Global Health

Woodward Book Casts New Light On Trump's Fight With WHO

Revelations in Rage lead global health specialists to charge that Trump is scapegoating the World Health Organization.

September 11, 2020
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  • Pien Huang
Ashley Anders

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  • Health

High School Football Coach In South Georgia Hospitalized With Flu And COVID-19

A football coach at a high school in South Georgia is in the hospital after testing positive for both influenza and COVID-19, according to the school's Facebook page.

September 11, 2020
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Coronavirus testing site at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport

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  • News

Georgia's COVID Testing Drop Blamed On Virus Fatigue, Lost Confidence

Long waits for midsummer testing appointments and results, a recent decline in cases and “pandemic fatigue” have all likely contributed to a steady – and troubling – overall decline in the number of Georgians who want to know whether they carry a virus that has claimed about 6,200 lives in the state.

September 11, 2020
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  • Jill Nolin
A recovered COVID-19 patient donates blood at the Arnulfo Arias Madrid Hospital, in Panama City, Wednesday, May 13, 2020.

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  • Health

Convalescent Plasma Becomes Latest Treatment Touted For COVID-19 Treatment

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the emergency use of convalescent plasma for treatment of COVID-19.

September 11, 2020
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By:
  • Rickey Bevington and
  • Ellen Eldridge

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  • Health

Flu Season: Get Vaccinated Early To Build Immunity, Officials Say

Doctors say with early influenza vaccination and continuing COVID-19 precautions, the U.S. could see less illness this season.

September 11, 2020
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  • Ellen Eldridge
A group of University of Georgia freshmen play basketball behind the high rise dormitories on Baxter Street a few days before the start of the fall 2020 term.

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  • Health

Lack Of Contact Tracing At UGA Poses Threat To Students

The University of Georgia trained contact tracers in the summer. Why aren't they at work on campus now?

September 10, 2020
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  • Grant Blankenship
On Jan. 23, workers started building the Huoshenshan hospital for COVID-19 patients in Wuhan, China. The photo above was taken on Jan. 30. Construction was done on Feb. 2, and the 1,000-bed hospital opened on Feb. 3. Today it stands empty of patients.

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  • Global Health

Whatever Happened To ... The Instant Hospitals Built For COVID-19 Patients In Wuhan?

Two hospitals were built in a matter of days to house the growing number of patients. Existing facilities were converted to health care centers as well. And now, what happened to them?

September 10, 2020
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  • Joanne Lu
UGA students at Tate Student Center on August 15, 2020

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  • Education

COVID Figures Spike At UGA Again As 1,400 Students Infected

The University of Georgia saw a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases for the second week in a row.

September 10, 2020
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  • Andy Miller
A person is injected with a vaccine

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  • Health

Minority Volunteers Needed For COVID-19 Vaccine Trials: 'It's About Trust,' Emory Doctor Says

Black and Latino volunteers are needed in clinical trials for a COVID-19 vaccine.

September 10, 2020
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Demonstrators in front of the prosecutor's office in Lima, Peru, protest gender violence and femicide on June 20.

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  • Global Health

The Women Of Peru Are Suffering From A 'Shadow Pandemic'

That's how the United Nations characterizes the violence against women that, based on past evidence, has been exacerbated by coronavirus lockdowns.

September 10, 2020
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  • Maria Godoy
Shoppers at the Walmart store on Zebulon Road in Macon recently.

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  • Health

White House Task Force: Macon Out Of Coronavirus Red Zone

Macon-Bibb County has moved out of the “red zone” and into the “yellow” for coronavirus spread, according to the new White House Coronavirus Task Force report released on September 6, and shared by the Center for Public Integrity. 

Macon is joined by other regional cities like Warner Robins, Milledgeville, Columbus and even the former worldwide hotspot of Albany as falling out of the zone of highest concern for the virus in the report dated September 6. 

September 09, 2020
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  • Grant Blankenship
Camp Robin Hood in Freedom, N.H., was one of the few around the country to offer a summer sleepover camp. This fall, it's offering a program where students can live and attend classes remotely.

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  • Business

Class Without Coronavirus: Students Take Schoolwork To Sleepaway Camp

Some camps that managed to successfully keep the virus at bay this summer are now offering a refuge from the virus — to those who can afford it — where students can live and attend classes remotely.

September 09, 2020
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  • Jason Beaubien
A woman in the passenger seat of a car is swabbed for a COVID-19 test at a mobile testing site.

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  • Health

Mega-Testing Site At Atlanta Airport To Close As COVID-19 Cases Decline

The mega-testing site at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport will close Friday, Sept. 11, the state health department announced Wednesday.

September 09, 2020
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  • Ellen Eldridge
a covid-19 test kit is taken to the lab.

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  • Health

COVID-19 'Long-Haulers' Face Heart, Lung, Fatigue Issues Linked To Inflammation

Months after clearing the virus that causes COVID-19, patients report extreme fatigue, mental cloudiness and heart and lung damage. They're called "long haulers."

September 09, 2020
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  • Ellen Eldridge
A relative prays at the Mártires 19 de Julio Cemetery on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, on Aug. 20. Peru has one of the world's highest per capita coronavirus-related death tolls, according to Johns Hopkins University.

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  • World

Peru Locked Down Early. Now It Battles One Of The Worst Coronavirus Outbreaks

Peru's per capita COVID-19 death rate is higher than any nation's except for tiny San Marino. The government's awareness campaign slogan is "COVID does not kill by itself. Let's not be accomplices."

September 08, 2020
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  • Philip Reeves
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