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News Articles: COVID-19

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  • Health

Atlanta-area Girl Scouts work with CDC to create new public health patch

The David J. Sencer CDC Museum Public Health Academy partnered with Girl Scout Troop 14567 to produce a public health fun patch.

March 11, 2024
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
The CDC has overhauled its COVID-19 isolation guidelines, saying the virus no longer represents the same threat to public health as it did several years ago.

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  • Health

Got COVID? CDC says stay home while you're sick, but drops its 5-day isolation rule

The agency is replacing its COVID-specific guidance with general guidance for respiratory viruses that says people should stay home when they are sick.

March 04, 2024
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By:
  • Pien Huang and
  • Will Stone
Comirnaty, a new Pfizer/BioNTech vaccination booster for COVID-19, is displayed at a pharmacy in Orlando, Fla., on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023.

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  • Health

Older U.S. adults should get another COVID-19 shot, health officials recommend

The CDC said Americans 65 and older should get another dose of the updated vaccine that became available in September — if at least four months has passed since their last shot.

February 29, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB News NPR

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  • Global Health

Coronavirus FAQ: I'm immunocompromised. Will pills, gargles and sprays fend off COVID?

People who are immunocompromised continue to worry about COVID. A raft of products promise protection. Is there any evidence they can protect from infection or lessen severity of disease?

February 12, 2024
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By:
  • Jonathan Lambert

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  • Global Health

Coronavirus FAQ: How long does my post-COVID protection last? When is it booster time?

How long does immunity last after an infection? Are rapid tests always accurate? How often is a booster in order? In this installment of our FAQ series, we look into questions about "COVID time."

January 30, 2024
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By:
  • Max Barnhart
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that up to 86% of new COVID-19 cases stem from the latest mutation, JN.1. The most recent COVID vaccines are expected to help lower chances of serious illness or hospitalization from JN.1.

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  • Health

JN.1 takes over as the most prevalent COVID-19 variant. Here's what you need to know

The CDC estimates that up to 86% of new COVID-19 cases stem from the latest mutation. The virus continues to evolve so rapidly that "our immune systems have not been able to keep up," an expert says.

January 25, 2024
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
After holiday shopping and celebrations, cases of respiratory illness are on the rise across the United States.

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  • Health

Flu and COVID are on the rise, but there are fewer severe COVID cases than last year

Flu is rising, and COVID levels are higher than last season's peak. But COVID hospitalizations and deaths are down. Nonetheless, COVID is still the most dangerous virus circulating.

January 05, 2024
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  • Pien Huang
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  • News

Flu and COVID cases are rising. Here's what you can do to protect yourself.

Flu and COVID-19 infections have been increasing for weeks across the U.S., and health officials predict infections will continue to grow. 

January 05, 2024
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  • Peter Biello
GPB News NPR

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  • National

States are trashing troves of masks and protective gear as costly stockpiles expire

As a deadline to allocate federal COVID-19 cash approaches next year, states must decide how much to invest in maintaining warehouses and supply stockpiles after panic buying during the pandemic.

December 20, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
A worker inspects disposable gloves at a factory in Malaysia, a country that has been the top supplier of medical gloves to the U. S. and which is facing increasing competition from China.

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  • Health

A new normal? 6 stories about the evolving U.S. COVID response in 2023

This was the year a lot people finally exhaled. The pandemic was declared no longer an emergency. But viral threats are still with us and there are lessons we still haven't learned.

December 19, 2023
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By:
  • Pien Huang
Zone G in a quarantine center turned housing units. The complex is divided into nine zones, named after letters from A to L, a design that was meant to make quarantine management convenient. Inside each window of the building is a 190-square-foot studio, equipped with a bed, a sofa and a bathroom.

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  • Asia

A year after lifting COVID rules, China is turning quarantine centers into apartments

Dozens of makeshift centers were built and now stand empty. Now authorities want to revive a stagnating economy and attract young workers to cities by turning the structures into affordable housing.

December 09, 2023
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  • Emily Feng
School districts across the country will be able to order free COVID-19 tests from the federal government starting in early December.

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  • Health

Free COVID tests headed to nation's schools

Starting in early December, about 19,000 school districts will have the chance to order free rapid COVID tests from the federal stockpile for their students, staff and others in the community.

November 29, 2023
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By:
  • Will Stone
Back in 2020, even Sasquatch Pilgrim wore a mask on his way to Thanksgiving dinner. Vaccines and immunity make things better this year, but a mask during holiday travel is still a good idea.

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  • Health

Get used to it: COVID is a part of the holidays. Here's how to think about risks now

As the country enters its fourth holiday season with COVID-19, experts offer advice about how Americans should navigate the risks and what precautions still make sense.

November 22, 2023
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By:
  • Will Stone
A shipping container, part of The Medical Center's temporary medical unit, gets prepared for transport to Atlanta.

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  • Health

Shipping containers at Macon’s Medical Center depart for downtown Atlanta housing project

Over the weekend, Central Georgia’s largest hospital said goodbye to a flock of shipping containers used to treat overflow patients during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

November 20, 2023
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
A worker inspects disposable gloves at a factory in Malaysia, a country that has been the top supplier of medical gloves to the U. S. and which is facing increasing competition from China.

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  • Science

More medical gloves are coming from China, as U.S. makers of protective gear struggle

The federal government has invested hundreds of millions of dollars to boost American production of medical gloves, but some companies say it's not enough when imported gloves have gotten cheaper.

November 03, 2023
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  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
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