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Coronavirus World Map: We've Now Passed The 100 Million Mark For Infections

A map of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths around the world. The respiratory disease has spread rapidly across six continents and has killed at least 2 million globally.

March 16, 2021
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By:
  • Daniel Wood,
  • Stephanie Adeline,
  • and 2 more

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  • Health

How Severe Is Your State's Coronavirus Outbreak?

View NPR's maps and graphics to see where COVID-19 is hitting hardest in the U.S., which state outbreaks are growing and which are leveling off.

March 16, 2021
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By:
  • Stephanie Adeline,
  • Connie Hanzhang Jin,
  • and 4 more
Bamboo rats are among the wild animals farmed for food in China and other parts of Asia. A member of the World Health Organization team investigating the coronavirus pandemic says its report will conclude that such animal farms are likely the place where the pandemic began. Above, a live rat is on sale at a food market in Myanmar.

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  • Global Health

WHO Points To Wildlife Farms In Southern China As Likely Source Of Pandemic

Peter Daszak of the investigative team sent to Wuhan says the farms were probably where the coronavirus first jumped from bats to another animal before infecting humans.

March 15, 2021
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By:
  • Michaeleen Doucleff
Two first grade students talk in the back of class at the Green Mountain School last month in Woodland, Wash. The CDC's current guidance for schools recommends seating or desks be "at least 6 feet apart when feasible."

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  • Education

CDC Looks At Whether 3 Feet — Instead Of 6 — Is Safe For Schools' Social Distancing

A new study found no difference in infection rates between schools in Massachusetts that required 3 feet of distance and those requiring 6 feet, so long as everyone wore masks.

March 15, 2021
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
Rohingya refugees at a work training center in Indonesia's Aceh province. Dr. Paul Spiegel of Johns Hopkins University's Center for Humanitarian Health is looking at the data that have been collected on refugees and other vulnerable populations. It's far from complete, he says, but he has been surprised by the impact of COVID-19 among Rohingya.

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  • Global Health

COVID-19 Data Miss A Lot Of People — Raising Questions

Dr. Paul Spiegel talks about the gaps — and raises the possibility that the coronavirus pandemic could lead to huge changes in humanitarian responses.

March 15, 2021
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By:
  • Suzette Lohmeyer
A pharmacist prepares to administer the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at a community vaccination center in London on Friday.

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  • World

France And Germany Pause Use Of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 Vaccine

The two countries joined a number of other European nations that have temporarily suspended the shot after several people reportedly developed blood clots after receiving it.

March 15, 2021
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By:
  • Jon Hamilton,
  • Jaclyn Diaz,
  • and 1 more
Audrey (right) and Kelsey Ellis were twin sisters born March 17, 1991, in California. To celebrate their 29th birthday, they drove to Multnomah Falls, outside Portland, Ore. That evening, Audrey was incorrectly diagnosed with pneumonia. She died of multiple organ failure five days after.

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  • National

A Story Of Youth, Hope And Loss — And The Mystery Of COVID-19

Audrey and Kelsey Ellis, twins born exactly 10 minutes apart, always made sure to spend their birthday together. Last year, on their 29th birthday, the celebration would be overwhelmed by illness.

March 14, 2021
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By:
  • Dustin Jones
In a February visit to Pfizer's Kalamazoo, Mich., manufacturing complex, President Biden said the administration had "used the Defense Production Act to speed up the supply chain for ... key equipment, like fill pumps and filters, which has already helped increase vaccine production."

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  • Health

Defense Production Act Speeds Up Vaccine Production

A 1950 law allows the government to award contracts that take priority over all others for national defense. During the pandemic, the law has been used to defend the country against the coronavirus.

March 14, 2021
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By:
  • Sydney Lupkin
A farmer in a pasture circa 1945 appears to get his cow cuddles for free. These days, it could cost him.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: The Comfort of Cow Cuddles

Americans are paying $75 an hour to hug a cow. The bovine cuddles can boost oxytocin levels in humans.

March 13, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Simon
Steve and Neiva Magaña's baby is now 8 months old. Steve has still not met his son in person.

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  • National

When The Pandemic Closed Prisons To Visitors Loved Ones Picked Up Pen And Paper

In the year since the pandemic caused most prisons to shut their gates to visitors, people have not been able to see their incarcerated friends and family. So, some turned to letter writing.

March 13, 2021
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By:
  • Ninna Gaensler-Debs
People are wondering if alcohol in between vaccine doses might have an impact on your body's reaction to the vaccination.

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  • Global Health

Coronavirus FAQs: Can I Drink Between Vaccine Doses? What Is 'Vaccine Efficacy'?

People who've had dose 1 are wondering ... can I have a few drinks before dose 2 or will that muck things up? Also: Do you really understand the concept of "vaccine efficacy"? It's complicated!

March 12, 2021
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By:
  • Sheila Mulrooney Eldred
The Aldaco family of Phoenix suffered multiple losses in this year of unfathomable pain. Three brothers perished in the pandemic: Jose (left) in July, Heriberto Jr. (right) in December and Gonzalo (holding guitar) in February. They appear in this undated family photo with their father (second from left).

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  • Health

In The Pandemic's First Year, Three Huge Losses in One Family

The Aldaco family of Phoenix suffered more than most in this year of unfathomable losses. Three brothers perished in the pandemic: Jose in July, Heriberto in December and Gonzalo in February.

March 12, 2021
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By:
  • Will Stone
Don Dykes gets vaccinated against COVID-19 in Cochran, Ga. on Monday January 25, 2021. The South Central Health District which includes Cochran was on pace to vaccinate as many as 300 people at the six hour vaccination event, including Betty Smith, 84, in the back seat. "I felt proud," Smith said when asked how the shot felt.

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  • Health

Georgia Today: Behind Georgia's Sluggish Vaccine Rollout

When will you be eligible for the coronavirus vaccine? On Georgia Today, Andy Miller of Georgia Health News explains why the state is so far behind on its vaccine rollout.

March 12, 2021
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By:
  • Steve Fennessy ,
  • Jess Mador ,
  • and 1 more
President Biden inspects COVID-19 vaccine freezers at a Pfizer plant in Kalamazoo, Mich., with White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Jeffrey Zients, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla on Feb. 19.

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  • Health

Moderna And Pfizer On Track To Hit Vaccine Production Goals

Pfizer and Moderna each agreed to supply 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to the U.S. by the end of March. With just under three weeks left, both companies have their work cut out for them.

March 11, 2021
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By:
  • Sydney Lupkin
Joe Biden signing

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  • Politics

Biden, Harris To Visit Atlanta Next Friday To Tout COVID-19 Relief

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Atlanta next Friday to tout the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package

March 11, 2021
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By:
  • Wayne Drash
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