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News Articles: COVID-19

A firefighter administers the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center near Paris on Monday. The European Union has signed a deal to buy as many as 1.8 billion doses.

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  • World

Ramping Up Its COVID Response, EU Will Buy Up To 1.8B Doses Of Pfizer Vaccine

The agreement provides a significant boost to the European Union's goal of getting 70% of adults vaccinated. Currently, around a quarter of the bloc's population is vaccinated.

May 08, 2021
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By:
  • Amy Held
Wearing a mask and a face shield to curb the spread of the coronavirus, 10-year-old Jade Chan Puc writes in her workbook during the first day of class in Hecelchakán, Campeche state, Mexico, on April 19. On average, schools in Latin America and the Caribbean were closed longer than any in any other region, according to UNICEF.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: How Latin America's Kids Suffer From World's Longest COVID School Closings

Education was already a problem area in much of Latin America. But the coronavirus made a bad situation worse, writes journalist Alejandro Tarre.

May 08, 2021
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By:
  • Alejandro Tarre
Aziz Abdul Alim, a 103-year-old man from a remote valley in Upper Chitral of northern Pakistan, is both a COVID survivor and a proud supporter of the COVID vaccine.

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  • Global Health

103-Year-Old COVID Survivor Has Advice For The Unvaccinated

Aziz Abdul Alim, from a remote part of northern Pakistan, urges people to get their COVID shot: 'Everyone should have the courage to take it.'

May 08, 2021
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By:
  • Benazir Samad
Nardo Samson posing with granddaughter Kiara Bautista, May 2017.

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  • Global Health

Looking For A Bed For Daddy Lolo: Inside The Philippines' COVID Crisis

In Manila, a family unites to secure care and treatment for Daddy Lolo, their beloved grandfather. Along the way, they witness just how ill-equipped the country is to manage COVID.

May 07, 2021
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By:
  • Julie McCarthy
Tybee Island, Georgia

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  • Economy

Georgia Tourism Industry Bouncing Back From Pandemic Heading Into Summer

As the second Memorial Day of the COVID-19 era approaches, and with it the start of the summer vacation season, the signs point to a tourism recovery.

May 07, 2021
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By:
  • Dave Williams

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  • Global Health

VIDEO: An Easy Way To Understand Coronavirus Variants — Using Puzzle Pieces

If you imagine viruses as pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, that can help explain what happens when a coronavirus variant comes into contact with human cells.

May 06, 2021
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By:
  • Michaeleen Doucleff
New Zealand Minister for COVID-19 Response Chris Hipkins looks on during a news conference at Parliament last month where he and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced plans for a quarantine-free "travel bubble" between New Zealand and Australia.

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  • World

New Zealand Pauses 'Travel Bubble' With Australia Amid Coronavirus Outbreak In Sydney

Less than three weeks after launching quarantine-free travel between the two countries, New Zealand is suspending flights from Australia after new cases were found there.

May 06, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
COVID-19 patients in the emergency ward of an unidentified hospital on Monday in New Delhi. Dr. Sumit Ray, a hospital critical care chief in the city, says India's health care system is collapsing.

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  • Global Health

Doctor In India: Emergency Room Is So Crowded, 'It's Nearly Impossible To Walk'

Dr. Sumit Ray, critical care chief at a New Delhi hospital, is on the front lines of India's growing COVID-19 crisis. "As a system in different parts of the country, we have collapsed," he says.

May 06, 2021
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By:
  • Steve Inskeep
The last Olympic torch relay runner for the Osaka leg concludes the event in Suita, north of Osaka, western Japan, last month.

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  • Sports

Pfizer To Vaccinate Olympic Athletes As Japan Mulls Extending Pandemic Restrictions

With the Tokyo Games weeks away, the pharmaceutical company and its German partner, BioNTech, have agreed to donate the necessary doses.

May 06, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
High school student working on computer

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  • Education

State Education Department Seeks Ideas For Spending Billions In COVID-19 Relief

The Georgia Department of Education is asking the public to weigh in with suggestions for spending money from the latest $3.8 billion installment of federal COVID-19 relief assistance.

May 06, 2021
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By:
  • Ross Williams
Feelings of exhaustion, irritability and mental fogginess are our bodies' normal response to an abnormal year of pandemic life.

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  • Mental Health

If Your Brain Feels Foggy And You're Tired All The Time, You're Not Alone

The pandemic has done a number on us, in too many ways to count. Our bodies are responding with feelings of fatigue and lack of focus, experts say. Here are some tips to help you feel better.

May 06, 2021
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By:
  • Rhitu Chatterjee
Linn County Emergency Manager Neva Anderson and her husband, Erik Anderson, say they've never wasted a shot, but it's getting harder to find people who want a COVID-19 vaccination.

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  • Health

Oregon Public Health Workers Race To Vaccinate 'Extreme Risk' Counties

Fifteen Oregon counties are designated "extreme risk" for COVID-19 due to high infection rates. Linn County's public health office is working to convince residents to get their shots.

May 06, 2021
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By:
  • Katia Riddle
A patient breathes with the help of oxygen provided at a tent installed at a gurdwara, a place of worship for Sikhs, in Ghaziabad, India, on May 2.

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  • Global Health

Why Is India Running Out Of Oxygen?

Hospitals don't have enough oxygen for patients on ventilators. There are delivery bottlenecks. Families are sometimes told to get their own supplies. Health experts say it didn't have to be this way.

May 05, 2021
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By:
  • Lauren Frayer and
  • Sushmita Pathak
Mixing different kinds of COVID-19 vaccines might help boost immune responses, but the idea has been slow to catch on.

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  • Health

Giving 2 Doses Of Different COVID-19 Vaccines Could Boost Immune Response

Using two different COVID-19 vaccines is a bit like giving the immune system two pictures of the virus, maybe one face-on and one in profile.

May 05, 2021
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By:
  • Joe Palca
Tents of mountaineers are pictured Monday at the Everest Base Camp in Nepal.

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  • Asia

COVID-19 Reaches Mount Everest As Nepal Struggles With Record Infections

Climbers are reporting an outbreak at Everest Base Camp in Nepal, where hundreds of climbers assemble as they prepare for summiting the world's tallest peak.

May 05, 2021
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  • Scott Neuman
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