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News Articles: COVID-19

According to the CDC using a brace or mask fitter over a disposable mask or a cloth mask is a good way to make your mask more secure and prevent leaks.

Tagged as: 

  • Global Health

Coronavirus FAQs: What Are Mask Braces? What If I Get COVID After 1 Vaccine Dose?

Double masking earns praise as a way to keep safe from more contagious variants. Are there other mask hacks? And vaccines are prompting some queries.

February 27, 2021
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By:
  • Pranav Baskar and
  • Sheila Mulrooney Eldred
A British Airways plane comes in to land behind a tail fin at Heathrow Airport in London. On Friday, the head of the group that owns BA called for instituting an electronic health pass for passengers as the company announced steep losses due to COVID-19.

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  • Business

British Airways Owner Calls For Digital Health Passes For Passengers

Luis Gallego, the CEO of International Airlines Group, wants "common testing standards and the introduction of digital health passes."

February 26, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
Restrictions on public gatherings and indoor dining, as well as improved rates of mask-wearing and social distancing helped bring down the rate of new coronavirus infections in the U.S.

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  • Health

U.S. Coronavirus Cases Dropped Dramatically Since January, But Can We Keep Them Down?

The country has beat back the winter surge, and experts credit Americans' improved compliance with precautions like mask-wearing. But we could we still face a resurgence if we let up.

February 26, 2021
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By:
  • Will Stone
Houston Healthcare in Warner Robins

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  • Health Care

Atrium, Houston Call Off Hospital Deal, Citing Pandemic Pressures

Two Middle Georgia health systems have called off their proposed combination, saying the COVID pandemic played a major role in the breakup.

February 26, 2021
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By:
  • Andy Miller
A man walks by a sign outside Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, Janssen Pharmaceutical, in Geel, Belgium, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021.

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  • Health

Emory Doc: Johnson & Johnson 1-Shot COVID-19 Vaccine 'Definitely Has Less Side Effects'

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee are discussing on Friday the newest vaccine against COVID-19 for emergency use authorization.

February 26, 2021
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Teacher protesting at the Capitol

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  • Health

Georgia Teachers Glad To Get Vaccine But Pandemic Leaves Some Dispirited

Georgia teachers, school staff and other vulnerable groups will be eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccinations starting March 8, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Thursday promising relief for desperate educators who had taken to crossing state lines to get shots.

February 26, 2021
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By:
  • Ross Williams
Vaccine makers are moving to test booster shots, prompted by new coronavirus variants that have sprung up in South Africa, the U.K. and elsewhere.

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  • Health

COVID-19 Vaccine Makers' Booster Shots Aim At A Moving Target: Coronavirus Variants

In the future, different circumstances will likely determine which vaccine or booster a person receives, based on their antibodies — and which variant is common in their region.

February 25, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
President Joe Biden

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  • Politics

President's COVID-19 Relief Bill Means Millions In Direct Aid To Georgia Cities

On Friday, the U.S. House is expected to vote on a nearly $2 trillion COVID-19 relief bill including direct payments to those making less than $75,000 a year, help for small business and money for local governments. GPB’s Ellen Eldridge reports that’s good news for many towns and cities in Georgia. 

February 25, 2021
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Polio vaccinator Zeenat Parveen, holding the clipboard, and a volunteer go door-to-door to reach children in Rawalpindi, a city near the Pakistani capital of Islamabad.

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  • Global Health

Pakistan's Polio Playbook Has Lessons For Its COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout

The pandemic has slowed efforts to eradicate the contagious disease. Yet the country's polio effort offers insights on the launch of its coronavirus vaccine campaign.

February 25, 2021
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By:
  • Diaa Hadid
Children attend online classes at the Crenshaw Family YMCA in Los Angeles. Schools are having a hard time covering the costs required for in-person and online learning during the pandemic.

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  • Politics

Not All COVID-19 Aid Is Spent. But Schools, Cities And States Say They Need More

Republicans in Congress question whether schools, cities and states really need as much relief as President Biden and Democrats want to give them. At the local level, people say they're desperate.

February 24, 2021
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By:
  • Tamara Keith and
  • Scott Horsley
A health care worker looks away as she's immunized with Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine at Klerksdorp Hospital in Klerksdorp, South Africa, on Feb. 18.

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  • Health

FDA Analysis Of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine Finds It Safe, Effective

The Food and Drug Administration released an analysis of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday morning that appears to support its authorization for emergency use.

February 24, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Hensley
As a young woman, pregnant and HIV-positive, Maurine Murenga did not have easy access to drugs that could save her life. Today she is an activist for equitable health-care. The global distribution of coronavirus vaccines is an issue of concern.

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  • Global Health

History Repeats Itself: COVID-19 Vaccine Inequities Echo HIV Crisis

People were dying of a disease that could be treated — but in poor countries, they did not have access to medicines that could help. That was the story of HIV — and now of COVID-19.

February 23, 2021
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By:
  • Eyder Peralta
President Biden will welcome Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the White House — but their meeting will be virtual due to COVID-19 constraints.

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  • Politics

Biden Welcomes Canada's Trudeau (Virtually) To White House For 1st Meeting

President Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won't be able to meet in person because of COVID-19 constraints. But the White House is trying to simulate the experience.

February 23, 2021
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By:
  • Ayesha Rascoe
A backlit woman writes on a whiteboard

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  • Health

CDC Study: Educators Might Play 'Central Role' In COVID-19 Transmission

Educators might play a central role in in-school transmission networks, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That means vaccinating teachers against COVID-19 and using multifaceted mitigation measures, such as proper masking, physical distancing and hand washing, are critical to preventing in-school transmission.

February 22, 2021
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Empty pews are marked for spacing in a Manhattan church on Nov. 27, 2020 in New York City.

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  • Religion

Clergy On The Pandemic Front Lines: 'How Do We Really Grieve?'

The work of ministering to the sick and consoling the grieving has been a heavy burden for many faith leaders in the time of COVID-19.

February 22, 2021
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By:
  • Tom Gjelten
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