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  • Global Health

New Data Leads To Rethinking (Once More) Where The Pandemic Actually Began

One of the scientists who signed a recent letter calling for more investigation of the lab-leak origin theory says new data has come to light. And that information has changed his thinking.

July 20, 2021
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By:
  • Michaeleen Doucleff
Dr. Jerome Adams, then the U.S. surgeon general, talks to reporters at the White House in December.

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  • Health

The CDC Must Rethink Its Mask Guidance, Says Former U.S. Surgeon General

Dr. Jerome Adams, who served under President Trump, once advised against mask wearing. Now, cases are rising, fueled by the delta variant, and Adams says even the vaccinated may need to mask up.

July 20, 2021
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By:
  • A Martínez
Traffic enters Canada from the United States at the Peace Arch Border Crossing in Blaine, Wash., in 2019. Vaccinated Americans will be able to travel to Canada, starting Aug. 9.

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  • National

Americans Will Soon Be Able To Go To Their 2nd Most Popular Travel Destination

After 16 months of closure, the Canadian government announced that vaccinated Americans will be able to travel north of the border, starting Aug. 9.

July 20, 2021
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks to a state House committee in Atlanta on Monday, July 19, 2021. Kemp says he will ask lawmakers to consider new laws to combat crime in Atlanta during a special legislative session this fall.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Addressing Crime, An Uptick In Coronavirus Cases, And The Election Law In Georgia

Tuesday on Political Rewind: Gov. Brian Kemp says he’ll ask the General Assembly to pass laws to fight crime during a special session of the legislature later this year. The session’s primary mission will be to redraw political maps based on new census data. But Kemp has the power to add measures to combat violent crime, especially in Atlanta, to the agenda.

Plus, we look at the outcome of the U.S. Senate field hearing examining Georgia’s new voting law.

July 20, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
Wyatt Gary Gibson

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  • Health

'I Lost My Best Friend': Georgia Deputy's Son, 5, Dies From COVID-19

A 5-year-old Northwest Georgia boy died Friday after contracting COVID-19. Gordon County and the surrounding area hovers about 31% vaccinated, which health experts say puts residents at high risk of serious illness and death. Economic recovery from the pandemic will also take longer in areas where fewer people are vaccinated.

July 20, 2021
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
The women representing Team USA, including six team members and four alternates, pose last month after the U.S. Gymnastics Olympic trials in St. Louis. Kara Eaker, an alternate, has tested positive for the coronavirus, her gym says.

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  • Sports

An Alternate For U.S. Olympic Women's Gymnastics Tests Positive For Coronavirus

Kara Eaker is the athlete who tested positive, her mother and her gym in Missouri confirmed on Monday. The women's team is continuing to prepare for the Games, according to USA Gymnastics.

July 19, 2021
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By:
  • Merrit Kennedy and
  • Bill Chappell
People dance at Egg London nightclub early Monday in the British capital.

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  • Europe

England Has Lifted Most Of Its COVID-19 Restrictions, Even As U.K. Cases Are Up 41%

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in self-isolation following close contact with the UK health secretary, who announced he had tested positive for the coronavirus. Cases in the U.K. are rising fast.

July 19, 2021
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
Pooja Sharma (center) and her two daughters, Lata, 14, and Yukti, 12, sit in front of a portrait of Sharma's late husband and the girls' father, Manmohan. He died from COVID-19 in April, leaving Sharma to fend for her family by herself.

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  • Global Health

'He Left Me All Alone In The World': India's COVID Widows Struggle To Survive

These are women who have lost a spouse — often the sole breadwinner of the family — during the pandemic. Now they are faced with hospitals bills and daily living expenses. Who will help them?

July 19, 2021
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By:
  • Agnee Ghosh
A flight attendant walks by a large display of Tokyo 2020 Olympics at Narita International Airport on Thursday in Narita, east of Tokyo.

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  • World

What It Takes To Get To Tokyo To Cover The Olympics

NPR's team of journalists has arrived in Tokyo. Their journey shows the challenges of just getting to the largest event in sports in the middle of a global pandemic.

July 19, 2021
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By:
  • Merrit Kennedy
A man rides a bike near the village for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. On Saturday, officials announced the first case of COVID-19 found at the center housing thousands of athletes.

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  • Sports

A Week Before The Opening Ceremony, Coronavirus Turns Up At Tokyo's Olympic Village

The latest infection highlights the challenge for Olympic organizers to keep the virus at bay as tens of thousands of athletes and other participants convene during an ongoing pandemic.

July 18, 2021
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By:
  • Amy Held
People enjoy an outdoor art exhibition in downtown Los Angeles in early July. Los Angeles County public health authorities are now urging unvaccinated and vaccinated people alike to wear face coverings in public indoor spaces because of the growing threat posed by the more contagious delta variant.

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  • Health

With The Delta Variant Spreading Fast, Is It Time To Mask Up Again?

The highly contagious delta variant is causing a surge in new cases. Here's what you need to know about how to keep yourself and your family safe.

July 17, 2021
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By:
  • Allison Aubrey and
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
U.K. Health Secretary Sajid Javid, pictured in 2015, tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday. The nation is poised to lift sweeping restrictions, despite a spike in cases led by the delta variant.

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  • Europe

Vaccinated U.K. Health Secretary Tests Positive For COVID-19

Sajid Javid tested positive two days before the United Kingdom is set to reopen following months of lockdowns. Cases, driven by the delta variant, are up sharply in the U.K.

July 17, 2021
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By:
  • Amy Held
Free COVID-19 vaccines are offered in May before a baseball game between the Rochester Red Wings and the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders in Rochester, N.Y.

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  • Health

U.S. COVID Deaths Are Rising Again. Experts Call It A 'Pandemic Of The Unvaccinated'

Reversing a months-long downward trend, deaths from COVID-19 have begun rising steadily this week. More than 99% of the recent fatalities were among people who had not been vaccinated.

July 17, 2021
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan
Zambian neurosurgeon, John Baptist Mukasa, passed away on TKTK.

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  • Global Health

Pandemic Loss: Pioneering Ugandan Neurosurgeon Was A 'Servant Of The People'

John Baptist Mukasa is one of the 4 million-plus people around the globe who have died because of this pandemic. His death is a reminder of the devastating toll of COVID-19.

July 17, 2021
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By:
  • Adela Wu
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, who has helped the U.S. through other crises like the Zika outbreak, is now taking on health misinformation around COVID-19, which he says continues to jeopardize the country's efforts to beat back the virus.

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  • Health

The U.S. Surgeon General Is Calling COVID-19 Misinformation An 'Urgent Threat'

The nation's top doctor, Vivek Murthy, says misinformation will keep sowing mistrust and endangering lives unless all Americans do their part to fight it.

July 15, 2021
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel
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