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News Articles: COVID-19

Officials said Friday that as the country's vaccination rollout picks up speed, most U.S. states are on track to open eligibility to all adults by May 1 or sooner.

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Nearly Half Of States Will Make All Adults COVID-19 Vaccine Eligible By April 15

Officials said Friday that 46 states and Washington, D.C., have announced plans to expand eligibility to all adults by President Biden's May 1 deadline, with many set to do so in the coming weeks.

March 26, 2021
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  • Rachel Treisman
Maxine Toler, who lives near Los Angeles, has been asking neighbors why they do or do not want the vaccine. But it's the health inequities of today, not the infamous "Tuskegee Study," that Toler hears about when she talks to Black friends and neighbors about the COVID-19 vaccine.

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  • Health Care

Stop Blaming Tuskegee, Critics Say. It's Not An 'Excuse' For Current Medical Racism

The Tuskegee syphilis study is often cited as a reason why Black Americans might hesitate on the COVID-19 vaccine. But many say it's current racism in health care and Tuskegee is used as an excuse.

March 26, 2021
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By:
  • April Dembosky
Vials of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine are pictured at Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego in December. Mexicans have gone to California, Florida and other states seeking vaccines as their country has struggled to roll them out.

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  • Latin America

Some Mexicans Travel To U.S. For COVID Vaccines As Their Country's Rollout Stumbles

Some Mexicans with family ties or dual citizenship in the U.S., or who can afford the airfare, head north of the border to get vaccinated faster than the months of waiting for one back home.

March 26, 2021
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By:
  • Carrie Kahn
The relatively empty flights of past months are filling up as more people get vaccinated — and make summer plans. Are there still risks to weigh?

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  • Global Health

Coronavirus FAQ: To Travel Or Not To Travel? Plus, Tattoos And Vaccines Can Mix

Airports are getting busier, but the CDC hasn't issued new guidelines for vaccinated folks. What's a wannabe traveler to do? And is it OK to get a vaccine if you just got tattooed? Or have no spleen?

March 26, 2021
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  • Sheila Mulrooney Eldred
Cubans line up to buy food in Havana on March 3. The island nation is working to develop a vaccine against COVID-19. If successful, the island nation hopes to produce 1 to 2 million doses a month.

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  • Global Health

Cuba's Revolutionary Dream: Making Its Own COVID Vaccine

Cuba is going it alone. No contracts with big drug makers, no support from WHO's vaccine program. If successful, Cuba will be the first producer of a vaccine in Latin America.

March 26, 2021
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  • Jason Beaubien
A county health worker fills a syringe with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in West Chester, Pa., in late December. Rutgers University will require students enrolling for the fall semester to show they have received a COVID-19 vaccine.

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  • Education

Rutgers To Require Vaccine Proof For 'All Students Planning To Attend This Fall'

The New Jersey school says its new COVID-19 requirement will help it make "a full return to our pre-pandemic normal" on campus.

March 25, 2021
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  • Bill Chappell
Multiple news outlets report that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration gave his family members preferential access to coronavirus testing in the early days of the pandemic, including to his brother, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo.

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  • Politics

Reports: Cuomo Administration Gave Special Coronavirus Testing Access To Family, VIPs

Last March, New York was an epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, and testing was hard to come by. New York law prohibits officials from using their positions to secure privileges or exemptions.

March 25, 2021
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  • Laurel Wamsley
A worker prepares to give a COVID-19 vaccine last week at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif.

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  • Technology

Few Facts, Millions Of Clicks: Fearmongering Vaccine Stories Go Viral Online

There's no link between COVID-19 vaccines and death. But a new NPR analysis finds stories implying a connection have gone viral this year at a dramatic rate.

March 25, 2021
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  • Miles Parks
A Walgreens pharmacist prepares a syringe with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

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  • Health

Three Known COVID-19 Variants Found Across Georgia

Hundreds of cases of COVID-19 variants first seen in the United Kingdom have been found in Georgia. Additionally, the state has confirmed variants from South Africa and Brazil.

March 25, 2021
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Peanut farmer Gerue Reliford, Jr. gets checked into the mobile vaccine clinic parked in Preston, Ga. recently. Reliford said he'd been anxious to get vaccinated but had to wait for the age limit to drop to 55+. Even so, it was hard to take time from harrowing peanut fields in the spring to make an appointment. The mobile clinic helped. "I just jumped in my truck and came over," Reliford said.

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  • Health Care

'Go Get It': Vaccines Hit Road To Rural Georgia To Bridge Access Gap

Just because you are eligible to get vaccinated doesn’t mean it’s easy. In rural areas and in cities, there are still obvious, and not so obvious, barriers to vaccine access. So what about taking vaccines on the road?

March 25, 2021
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  • Grant Blankenship
Cara Lestenkof-Mandregan, John Melovidov and their twin daughters, Anna and Mila, go for a walk on St. Paul Island, Alaska.

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  • National

Alaskan Woman Spends Last Months Of Pregnancy In Isolation To Prevent COVID-19 Spread

Women in Alaska's remote areas usually travel long distances to give birth, but the pandemic has made that difficult. Expectant mothers are spending the end of pregnancy alone in hospital-run housing.

March 25, 2021
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By:
  • Claire Stremple
German Chancellor Angela Merkel prepares to announce a reversal of a planned hard lockdown for Easter on Wednesday.

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  • Global Health

In Reversal, Merkel Drops Plan For Lockdown In Germany Ahead Of Easter

German Chancellor Angela Merkel called the planned lockdown "a mistake," and she took the blame for the decision.

March 24, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
The Macon Farmers Market mass vaccination site around 2:30 p.m. Monday Feb. 22, 2021.

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  • Health

Georgia To Open COVID-19 Vaccine Eligibility To All Age 16 And Up

Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday announced all Georgians age 16 and older will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccine as of Thursday.

March 24, 2021
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  • Ellen Eldridge
GPB News NPR

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  • Global Health

Brazil Is Looking Like The Worst Place On Earth For COVID-19

Brazil reported a terrible milestone: over 3,000 deaths in a day. The country is in crisis, with hospitals at capacity, politicians attacked for lockdowns and a controversial president.

March 24, 2021
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  • Philip Reeves
Georgia State Sen. Mike Dugan speaks to legislators in the General Assembly.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Kemp Calls All Adults For Vaccination; Ga. Bills Debated In Session's Final Days

Wednesday on Political Rewind: All adults in Georgia will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations. Gov. Brian Kemp called the dramatic expansion the state’s ticket back to normal. Democrats in the U.S. Senate cite recent shooting sprees in Colorado and Georgia as proof gun reform is needed.

March 24, 2021
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