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News Articles: COVID-19

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued new recommendations for COVID vaccination that require a consultation with a health professional first.

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The CDC says people must consult a health professional before COVID shot

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention accepted a controversial recommendation from outside vaccine advisers to tighten guidelines for the COVID vaccine.

October 06, 2025
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  • Rob Stein and
  • Pien Huang

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  • Movie Reviews

Lou Ye's acclaimed 'An Unfinished Film' remains unfinished

Chinese director Lou Ye's An Unfinished Film is not a masterpiece, but why do so many seem to demand it to be?

October 04, 2025
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  • Yangyang Cheng
The Food and Drug Administration approved the next round of COVID-19 vaccines Wednesday, but imposed new restrictions on who's eligible to get them.

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  • Health

COVID vaccine guidance has changed — again. A doctor tackles your questions

The Food and Drug Administration approved the next round of COVID-19 vaccines, but they come with restrictions. NPR wants to know your questions about the new guidance.

August 29, 2025
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  • NPR Staff
The Food and Drug Administration's approvals for the latest round of COVID-19 shots restrict the shots to people at higher risk of complications from COVID.

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  • Health

The latest COVID vaccines come with new FDA limits

The Food and Drug Administration approved the next round of COVID-19 vaccines, but is restricting them to people at high risk for COVID complications.

August 28, 2025
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By:
  • Rob Stein
Mollie Sussman and Eli Frankel show off his new race car bed. The 5-year-old is one of 3.6 million children born in the U.S. in 2020 who are starting kindergarten this year.

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  • Education

Are 'COVID kindergartners' ready for school?

More than 3.6 million children born in 2020 amid the COVID-19 global pandemic are walking into elementary schools across the country this fall.

August 22, 2025
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
Micheal Ward plays the sole Black character in<em> Eddington. Of course</em> he's a police officer.

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  • Movie Reviews

The problem(s) with Ari Aster's 'Eddington'

This high-anxiety pandemic Western wants to impress you by reproducing the chaos, disinformation, and combativeness of 2020 — but it's less satire than a star-filled documentary reenactment.

July 19, 2025
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  • Aisha Harris
 A COVID-19 vaccination event in Cochran, G.a. in 2021 run by staff from the Georgia Department of Public Health's South Central District.

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  • Health

Georgia's public health department is impacted by cuts to CDC, Health and Human Services

Over $300 million in grants from the federal government to the Georgia Department of Public Health have been terminated, resulting in a reduction of staff and some services related to infectious disease surveillance. 

April 02, 2025
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  • Sofi Gratas
Public health workers manage a COVID-19 vaccination event in Cochran, Ga. on Jan. 25, 2021.

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  • Health

Georgia's public health community warns of fallout from proposed federal funding cuts

In anticipation of cuts from the federal government, the Georgia Department of Public Health had already made plans to tighten the belt around its budget. Grants cut this week were originally issued in response to Covid-19 but have since been used for other programs. 

March 27, 2025
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  • Sofi Gratas
We want to hear from you.

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It's the 5th anniversary of the COVID pandemic and we want to hear your experiences

It's been 5 years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. Ahead of this anniversary, NPR wants to hear from you.

February 28, 2025
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  • NPR Staff
One man talks to another man on March 8, 2020, through a makeshift barricade wall built to control entry and exit to a residential compound in Wuhan, Hubei, China.

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  • Author Interviews

5 years after Fang Fang recorded Wuhan lockdown, 2 of her books are being translated

Chinese author Fang Fang posted notes online while being quarantined in Wuhan. They became Wuhan Diary. She talks with us about two more of her books now coming to English readers.

January 24, 2025
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  • John Ruwitch
Flu shot is advertised at East Arkansas Family Health Center in Lepanto, Arkansas. Photo by Karen Pulfer Focht/REUTERS

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  • Health

Public health leaders say it's STILL not too late to vaccinate against 'big 3' viruses

The Georgia Department of Public Health says flu and COVID numbers are going up quickly as people return to work and school after the holidays.

January 15, 2025
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  • Ellen Eldridge
A mobile medical station in New York City makes it convenient to get an updated COVID-19 vaccine. In the U.S., only 1 in 5 eligible individuals has rolled up their sleeve for this latest vaccine version.

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  • Global Health

Coronavirus FAQ: I didn't get the latest COVID vaccine. Should I? And if so ... when?

If you haven't rolled up your sleeve for the jab, you're not alone. In fact, you're in the majority. Here's why doctors think the shot is important.

December 06, 2024
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  • Fran Kritz
COVID-19 antigen home tests show a positive result. Americans will be able to order four free COVID-19 tests at the end of September that will be delivered to their mailbox.

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  • Health

A new round of free COVID tests is coming soon

Starting in late September, Americans will be able to order up to four free at-home COVID-19 tests that will be delivered to your mailbox. The tests will be able to detect newer variants of the virus.

August 24, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman
A health worker administers a dose of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic at the Reading Area Community College in Reading, Pa., Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021.

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  • Health

What Georgians need to know about rising COVID cases, effective testing and treatment cost

How dangerous is the strain of COVID circulating in Georgia, who should get a vaccine booster and can you go to work or school with a virus?

August 22, 2024
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  • Ellen Eldridge
 Former NPR CEO John Lansing

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  • Media

John Lansing, the steady CEO who led NPR through the pandemic's crises, dies at 67

Lansing tangled with titans, kept the network’s shows on the air even as its offices closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and steered NPR through what he defined as an “existential” financial crisis.

August 16, 2024
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  • David Folkenflik
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