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News Articles: coronavirus

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CDC Takes Action After Study Shows Swine Flu Viruses Have Pandemic Potential

A group of H1N1 swine influenza viruses have essential hallmarks of being highly adapted to infect humans and are of potential pandemic concern, health...

July 10, 2020
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
GPB News NPR

Kemp Reopens Georgia World Congress Center As Temporary Hospital For COVID-19 Patients

With hospitals facing a surge of coronavirus patients, Gov. Brian Kemp on Friday said the Georgia World Congress Center would again be utilized as an...

July 10, 2020
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Testing performed by a private lab in a church parking lot in Macon.

How To Get A Coronavirus Test In Georgia

UPDATE: Augusta University is no longer offering coronavirus testing outside of the Augusta area. Gov. Brian Kemp has said that any Georgian, regardless...

July 10, 2020
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
GPB News NPR

SIAC Becomes First Conference In South To Postpone Fall Sports

The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, a Divison II conference made up of historically Black colleges, has suspended all sporting and...

July 10, 2020
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
GPB News NPR

Georgia Businesses Received $14.5 Billion In Paycheck Protection Program Loans

More than 156,000 Georgia businesses received a loan from the federal government as part of coronavirus relief, according to new data released from the...

July 10, 2020
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler ,
  • Nicole Sadek ,
  • and 2 more
GPB News NPR

Fulton County Schools Superintendent Outlines Reopening Plans

The superintendent of Fulton County Schools, Mike Looney, spoke with NPR’s Morning Edition anchor Rachel Martin about how the district is seeking to...

July 10, 2020
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By:
  • Lars Lonnroth
A colorized scanning electron micrograph of a cell (green) heavily infected with particles (orange) from the virus that causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient sample.

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  • Global Health

WHO: Airborne Transmission Plays Limited Role In Coronavirus Spread

After 239 scientists raised concerns about transmission by aerosolized particles, the World Health Organization has issued a brief on the topic — and called for more research.

July 10, 2020
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By:
  • Pien Huang
GPB News NPR

Coronavirus Infections Delay Removal Of Capsized Cargo Ship

Coronavirus infections among salvage crew members are delaying the removal of a cargo ship that overturned on the Georgia coast 10 months ago. Coast...

July 10, 2020
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  • Associated Press
GPB News NPR

Georgia Sees Dramatic Rise In COVID-19 Patients In Hospitals

With 82% of Georgia's critical care beds now in use, health systems across the state say they're quickly nearing capacity as cases of COVID-19 continue...

July 10, 2020
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By:
  • Associated Press
GPB News NPR

Dog With COVID-19 Did Not Transmit Virus To Second Pet

A dog that tested positive for coronavirus in Georgia last week did not pass the disease to a second dog in the home, state health officials said Thursday.

July 09, 2020
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Virus numbers spike

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: As Virus Numbers Spike, What Is The State Doing?

Thursday on Political Rewind , coronavirus case numbers soar in Georgia and across the country even as some facet of American life has begun to reopen....

July 09, 2020
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By:
  • Bill Nigut and
  • Sam Bermas-Dawes
GPB News NPR

Georgia Power Allowed To Bill Customers For COVID-19 Safety Costs

Georgia Power can recover $7.7 million it spent on COVID-19 safety expenses, but drew criticism over the message that it sends when it sticks customers...

July 09, 2020
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  • Stanley Dunlap/The Georgia Recorder
United Airlines says it plans to furlough up to 36,000 employees as the pandemic continues to batter the travel industry and much of the economy.

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  • Economy

'Devastated': As Layoffs Keep Coming, Hopes Fade That Jobs Will Return Quickly

Applications for jobless benefits are up again. "What we're seeing now is that lots more people who are unemployed are going to be unemployed for a longer period of time," economist Nick Bunker says.

July 09, 2020
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
President Trump participates in a White House event Tuesday on how to reopen schools safely. After insisting that the Republican National Convention should be in person with thousands of people, Trump said he is "flexible" about the format.

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  • Elections

Trump, Long Adamant About Convention Despite Coronavirus, Admits It May Adapt

Trump's campaign has long wanted a sports arena packed to the rafters, but the president concedes in an interview that the worsening Florida outbreak may force those plans to shift.

July 09, 2020
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By:
  • Don Gonyea
GPB News NPR

Atlanta Mayor Defies Governor, Require Masks In City

Atlanta’s mayor has signed an executive order mandating masks, effective immediately, in Georgia’s largest city. Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms signed the...

July 09, 2020
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