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Coronavirus FAQ: Do Airplane Passengers Not Know There's A Pandemic Going On?

Our correspondent took a flight Sunday and saw a number of concerning things in airports and on planes. So many questions were raised. We went in search of answers.

January 15, 2021
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By:
  • Pien Huang and
  • Sheila Mulrooney Eldred

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  • Global Health

VIDEO: Face It! You're Bad At Judging Physical Distance. Here's How To Do It

Keeping a physical distance from other humans is more critical than ever in the pandemic, with COVID-19 cases surging and more contagious variants spreading. Yet humans are not very good at it.

January 15, 2021
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By:
  • Marc Silver
Newtown Macon offices

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  • Business

New Loans Could Save Macon Businesses Impacted By COVID-19

Business owners struggling to stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic have new opportunities for economic relief from the federal government.

January 15, 2021
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By:
  • Liz Fabian
Medical personnel prone a COVID-19 patient last November at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles.

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  • Health

Pandemic Shortens U.S. Life Expectancy, Study Concludes

The deaths caused by the pandemic appear to be shortening overall life expectancy in the U.S. by 1.13 years, which would be the largest single decline in at least 40 years.

January 15, 2021
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By:
  • Rob Stein
Colleagues, family and friends attend the August funeral of Los Angeles police Officer Valentin Martinez, the agency's first sworn officer to die of complications from COVID-19.

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  • Health

As COVID-19 Ravages His Force, LAPD Chief Looks To Boost Confidence In Vaccine

An informal survey found that 60% of Los Angeles police employees would get the vaccine when it's available to them. LAPD Chief Michel Moore describes how the department plans to increase that number.

January 14, 2021
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By:
  • Ailsa Chang and
  • Maureen Pao
No lollipops at the vaccination center, but they were giving out stickers.

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  • Health

Putting A Roof On Risk With A COVID-19 Vaccine Jab

NPR's Bob Mondello is back from his vaccination appointment and feeling safer.

January 14, 2021
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By:
  • Bob Mondello
A plant in Waterloo, Iowa, is one of several Tyson Foods facilities that experienced severe outbreaks of the coronavirus among workers last year.

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  • Business

U.S. Still Lags In COVID-19 Workplace Safety, Former OSHA Official Says

Ten months into the pandemic, the Trump administration is neglecting safety at meatpacking plants and other workplaces, a former top federal official says.

January 14, 2021
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By:
  • Tonya Mosley
Gov. Brian Kemp

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  • Health

Georgia Hits Daily Record On COVID-19 Deaths; Kemp Voices Frustration On Vaccine Situation

Georgia reported 145 COVID-related deaths Tuesday, the state’s highest single-day total recorded since the pandemic began.

January 13, 2021
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By:
  • Andy Miller
A box for COVID-19 vaccine storage in Aishbagh, an area in Lucknow, India, on Tuesday. India, a country of 1.4 billion people, is preparing to launch what will likely be the world's largest immunization drive to combat the coronavirus.

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  • Asia

India Prepares For Massive Vaccine Drive, But Some Fear It's Moving Too Quickly

Scientists, public health experts and opposition politicians have raised questions about one of the two vaccines the country of 1.4 billion people has authorized for emergency use against COVID-19.

January 13, 2021
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By:
  • Lauren Frayer
People queue up for nucleic acid testing at Hanzheng Street wholesale market on Tuesday, in Wuhan, Hubei Province of China.

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  • Asia

Province In China On Lockdown After Biggest Coronavirus Spike In Months

Hebei province, with a population of 11 million people, has reported more than 600 new coronavirus cases, since early January.

January 13, 2021
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By:
  • Emily Feng
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., is calling for members of Congress who refuse to wear face masks to be fined and removed from the floor of their chamber.

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  • Politics

3rd Member Of Congress Tests Positive For Coronavirus, Blames Capitol Attack Lockdown

Rep. Pramila Jayapal says people who refused to wear masks during last week's security lockdown created "a superspreader event ON TOP of a domestic terrorist attack."

January 12, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Nurse Salina Padilla prepares an infusion of a COVID-19 antibody treatment at Desert Valley Hospital in Victorville, Calif., in December.

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  • Health

Tracking Down Antibody Treatment Is A Challenge For COVID-19 Patients

Antibody-based drugs that bind to the coronavirus to prevent it from invading cells can help patients with mild to moderate COVID-19. But the medicines can be tough to find in time.

January 11, 2021
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By:
  • Richard Harris
Older adults and first responders wait in line to receive a COVID-19 vaccine late last month at the Lakes Regional Library in Fort Myers, Fla.

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  • Health

Math Problem: What's The Best Strategy For COVID-19 Vaccination?

Even if the Biden administration releases all available doses of COVID-19 vaccines, supplies will remain limited. How best to use that limited supply is a question mathematicians can help answer.

January 11, 2021
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By:
  • Joe Palca
Sarah Lind, a nurse with Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corp., Southwest Alaska's tribal health care provider, vaccinates James Evan in December. They're standing on the tarmac in the village of Napakiak, where Evan works for YKHC at the clinic.

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  • National

'We Don't Feel Forgotten At All': Alaska Fires Up COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout

In Alaska, the coronavirus vaccine is heading to tiny villages on small planes and snow machines. The massive undertaking echoes previous efforts to get vaccines to remote corners of the state.

January 11, 2021
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By:
  • Nat Herz
People walk through a busy shopping area amid the coronavirus pandemic on Jan. 5 in New York City. Coronavirus cases are up in almost every state.

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  • National

Coronavirus: Numbers Rising In Nearly Every State; Capitol Siege Put Members At Risk

The U.S. is reporting more than 271,000 new cases each day. Congress' attending physician says lawmakers who sheltered in place last week may have been exposed to the virus.

January 10, 2021
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By:
  • Matthew S. Schwartz
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