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News Articles: COVID-19

Valerie Boyd is the editor of 'Bigger than Bravery.'

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Black 'joy and resilience' during the pandemic chronicled in 'Bigger than Bravery'

A new anthology includes work by dozens of Black authors reflecting on the pandemic.

March 28, 2023
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By:
  • Peter Biello
These two photos, taken in 2014 by scientist Eddie Holmes, show raccoon dogs and unknown birds caged in the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market. GPS coordinates of these images confirm that the animals were housed in the southwest corner of the market, where researchers found evidence of the coronavirus in January 2020.

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  • Global Health

WHO calls on China to share data on raccoon dog link to pandemic. Here's what we know

Data was released briefly, then rescinded. As NPR reported previously, there is already strong evidence pointing to these animals in the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan.

March 18, 2023
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By:
  • Michaeleen Doucleff and
  • Jason Beaubien
Pedestrians cross Houston Street as students wearing masks leave the New Explorations into Science, Technology and Math (NEST+m) school in the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021, in New York.

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  • Health

People who think they're attractive are less likely to wear masks, a study shows

People's likeliness to wear a mask can depend on how attractive they deem themselves and how important it is to them to make a first impression given certain circumstances.

February 28, 2023
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
The COVID-19 dashboard created by the Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering is displayed during a briefing on Capitol Hill in early March 2020, when only 245 confirmed cases had been reported in the U.S.

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  • Health

As the pandemic ebbs, an influential COVID tracker shuts down

After three years, the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center is ceasing operations. Its data dashboards and maps became go-to sources for information from the early days of the pandemic.

February 10, 2023
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  • Rob Stein
Middle school student Elise Robinson receives a coronavirus vaccination on May 12, 2021, in Decatur, Ga. A bill passed on Wednesday, Feb, 1 2023, by a Georgia Senate committee would ban public schools, local governments or state agencies from requiring people to get the COVID-19 vaccine before they could attend school or receive government services.

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Georgia lawmakers could bar COVID-19 vaccine rules for good

Some Georgia senators want to permanently block schools and most government agencies from requiring people to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Lawmakers put a one-year ban into law in 2022, but it expires June 30 if they don't act.

February 02, 2023
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  • Associated Press
President Joe Biden talks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023, after returning from an event in Baltimore on infrastructure.

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President Biden to end COVID-19 emergencies on May 11

President Joe Biden has informed Congress that he will end the twin national emergencies for addressing COVID-19 on May 11, as most of the world has returned closer to normalcy nearly three years after they were first declared.

January 31, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Door to the Federal Trade Commission building in Washington, D.C.

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Fulton County nurse practitioner fined for allegedly making false COVID-19 claims about supplements

Penalties arose from Zoom webinars that contained what prosecutors described as false advertising.

January 25, 2023
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  • Benjamin Payne
Rapid antigen tests are ubiquitous, but some Americans  have learned the hard way that a negative test result isn't necessarily the final word.

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Is it time for a reality check on rapid COVID tests?

At-home rapid tests have become a staple of COVID-19 precautions, but some experts worry that people are relying too much on these tests and that's creating a false sense of security.

January 21, 2023
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  • Sydney Lupkin
A Healthcare worker closes a plastic bag containing a coronavirus test kit

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Political Rewind: When will it end? Where Georgia stands with COVID three years into the pandemic

Friday on Political Rewind: On Jan. 21, 2020, the first case of COVID-19 was detected in the U.S.. Since then, more than 2 million Georgians contracted the virus and nearly 40,000 have died. As a milder variant goes around this winter, we ask a panel of health experts how to best protect ourselves.

January 20, 2023
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
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kemp stands with doctors

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  • Health

Nearly every Georgia county faces a shortage of primary care providers

Georgia ranks in the top third of states lacking enough primary care physicians to meet the needs of medically underserved areas.

January 17, 2023
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  • Sofi Gratas
Dr. Mayank Amin draws the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster vaccine targeting BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron sub variants at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 8, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah Beier

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  • Health

Why manufacturers are hiking COVID vaccine prices

Since COVID vaccines first became available in the U.S., the federal government has been buying them from manufacturers and distributing them for free. But soon, the manufacturers will be distributing them at higher prices. Jen Kates, senior vice president and director of global health at the Kaiser Family Foundation, joins John Yang to discuss what this means for future vaccination costs.

January 14, 2023
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  • https://gpb.org
U.S. infectious disease experts fear that a winter surge of respiratory illness — like the one that overloaded emergency rooms with COVID-19 patients in January 2021 — could yet materialize this winter, with several circulating viruses wreaking havoc. So far, though, it looks like early peaks of RSV and the flu are receding.

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  • Health

RSV recedes and flu peaks as a new COVID variant shoots 'up like a rocket'

RSV and the flu appear to be receding in the U.S., but COVID is on the rise, new data suggests, driven by holiday gatherings and an even more transmissible omicron subvariant that has become dominant.

January 06, 2023
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  • Rob Stein
Bivalent COVID-19 vaccines are readied for use at a clinic in Richmond, Va., Nov. 2022. Just 15% of eligible Americans have gotten the most recent booster shot, according to the CDC.

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It's not too late to get a COVID booster — especially for older adults

Public health officials want more Americans to get the latest COVID vaccine booster. Only 35% of people over 65 have gotten the shot, though 75% of COVID deaths are among people in this age group.

December 28, 2022
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  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
Passengers prepare to board a flight at the airport in north-central China's Jiangxi province on Nov. 1, 2022.

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China says it will resume issuing passports and visas as virus curbs ease

China says it will resume issuing ordinary visas and passports, setting up a potential flood of millions of Chinese going abroad for next month's Lunar New Year holiday.

December 28, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Inbound travelers wait for hours to board buses to leave for quarantine hotels and facilities from Guangzhou Baiyun Airport in southern China's Guangdong province on Dec. 25 2022.

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  • Asia

Companies welcome end to China quarantines for visitors

Companies welcomed China's decision to end quarantines for travelers from abroad as an important step to revive slumping business activity.

December 27, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
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