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News Articles: COVID-19

A person wearing a mask walks past a flower display in front of a supermarket on Front Street East in Toronto on Sept. 16.

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  • National

Canada's government says it will stop requiring masks on airplanes

Government officials also confirmed Canada is dropping the vaccine requirement for people entering the country at the end of the month.

September 27, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Medical Minute

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  • News

Medical Minute: Nasal Irrigation

This week’s Medical Minute discusses a simple and safe way investigators have discovered to dramatically reduce the severity of COVID-19 infection.

September 24, 2022
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By:
  • GPB News Staff
A person in the stands wears a mask before Dr. Anthony Fauci threw out the first pitch, at a baseball game between the Seattle Mariners and the New York Yankees, on Aug. 9 in Seattle. Fauci is President Biden's chief medical adviser and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

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  • Health

Joe Biden says the COVID-19 pandemic is over. This is what the data tells us

While cases have decreased dramatically, there are still thousands of cases being reported across the world, and hundreds of people are still dying from it every day in the United States.

September 19, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Gavel

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  • News

Where is it hardest to gain ‘compassionate release’ in America? Georgia.

Federal judges in Georgia’s Middle and Southern districts are the least likely to approve releases for prisoners fearing COVID sickness, data shows.

September 16, 2022
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By:
  • Jake Shore
Travel rules and regulations — and national lockdowns — have varied wildly, which gave SARS-CoV-2 lots of opportunities to spread. Above: A young traveler's temperature is checked at Taipei Songshan Airport in July 2020.

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  • Global Health

4 ways the world messed up its pandemic response — and 3 fixes to do better next time

A new report from the Lancet Commission sums up the many mistakes that have been made and offers proposals for a more effective global strategy if and when another pandemic should strike.

September 15, 2022
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
A person walks into a health department in Cherokee County

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  • Health

Variant-specific booster for COVID-19 now available in Georgia

Dr. Carlos del Rio with Emory University School of Medicine says last year’s booster has been replaced by the new bivalent one, and that people can expect an annual COVID vaccine similar to how the influenza vaccine is updated yearly.  

September 13, 2022
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Do some people have built-in protection against a COVID infection?

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  • Global Health

So you haven't caught COVID yet. Does that mean you're a superdodger?

A new study suggests that. yes, there are superdodgers. But explaining why they've been able to avoid the virus is a bit complicated.

September 12, 2022
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By:
  • Michaeleen Doucleff
Twin sisters Tripti and Pari, who lost both their parents to COVID-19, play at a relative's home in Bhopal, India on May 11, 2021. A new study estimates that 8 million kids lost a parent or primary caregiver to a pandemic-related cause.

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  • Children's Health

Nearly 8 million kids lost a parent or primary caregiver to the pandemic

A new study finds numbers far higher than previously thought. India has the greatest number of kids affected. The U.S. has 250,000 kids in this category but lags behind in aid for bereaved families.

September 07, 2022
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By:
  • Rhitu Chatterjee
Medical Minute

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  • Medical Treatments

Medical Minute: Neuropsychiatric Symptoms

This week’s Medical Minute,  discusses growing evidence that chronic neuropsychiatric symptoms follow COVID-19 infection.

September 03, 2022
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By:
  • GPB News Staff
The largest portion of a new White House funding request is for $22.4 billion in COVID-19 funding, money that would go toward stockpiling vaccines and tests, as well as to research and development and the global vaccine response.

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  • Politics

White House asks for $47 billion for Ukraine, COVID-19, monkeypox and disasters

The administration hopes the funding request will become part of an upcoming short-term spending bill aimed at funding the federal government beyond Sept. 30.

September 02, 2022
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By:
  • Tamara Keith
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden exit Marine One at Charleston Executive Airport, S.C., on Aug. 10.

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  • Politics

First lady Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19 in rebound case

The first lady first tested positive on Aug. 16 and she remained in isolation for five days, undergoing a course of Paxlovid treatment. She tested positive again Wednesday and does not have symptoms.

August 24, 2022
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By:
  • Washington Desk
People wearing face masks are seen at an arrival lobby of Haneda airport in Tokyo on Aug. 23, 2022, amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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  • Asia

Japan plans to ease COVID-19 border controls in early September

Japan currently requires negative PCR test results within 72 hours of departure for all entrants.

August 24, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
The new booster shot would be an update to Pfizer's current version of the shot, which was designed for the original strain of the coronavirus.

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  • Health

Pfizer asks FDA to greenlight new omicron booster shots, which could arrive this fall

Pfizer has submitted data on its bivalent COVID-19 booster shot that specifically targets the latest omicron subvariants. If authorized, the company says the shots could be ready as soon as September.

August 22, 2022
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By:
  • Pien Huang and
  • Will Stone
The majority of people likely infected with the omicron variant of COVID-19 were unaware, according to a study from a medical center in Los Angeles, Calif.

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  • Health

Over half of people infected with the omicron variant didn't know it, a study finds

These undiagnosed infections could be a major factor in the rapid transmission of the omicron variant, the researchers said.

August 19, 2022
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By:
  • Shauneen Miranda
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention laid out new guidance for the national response to COVID-19 on Thursday.

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  • Health

With new guidance, CDC ends test-to-stay for schools and relaxes COVID rules

Revised guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention looks to minimize COVID-19's disruption of daily life while conceding that the pandemic isn't over.

August 12, 2022
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By:
  • Will Stone and
  • Pien Huang
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