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News Articles: COVID-19

The doorway to Jones Hall is shown at Utah State University in September, where about 300 students were being quarantined to their rooms as a precaution.

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  • National

CDC Likely To Recommend Shortening Coronavirus Quarantine Period

Federal health officials could reduce the quarantine from the currently recommended 14 days to as few as seven for people who test negative for the virus.

November 25, 2020
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By:
  • Rob Stein and
  • Scott Neuman
Coronavirus graphic

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: As COVID-19 Cases Rise Ahead Of Holidays, What To Do To Manage Risk?

Wednesday on Political Rewind: The coronavirus epidemic has uprooted many of the norms of daily life, and that will continue to be true through the holiday season.

November 25, 2020
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 2 more
The Salvation Army's red-kettle campaign is expecting fewer donations and volunteers this year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

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  • Business

With Less Money In Its Red Kettles, The Salvation Army Rallies To Save The Holidays

With traffic down at stores and malls across the nation during the pandemic, the charity's iconic red-kettle campaign might bring in half the donations compared with last year.

November 24, 2020
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By:
  • Adedayo Akala
White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx

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  • Health

White House Pushes Georgia To Act Aggressively As COVID-19 Cases Surge

The latest report from the White House Coronavirus Task Force urges leaders in Georgia to test more as COVID-19 cases rise ahead of the holidays.

November 24, 2020
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge and
  • Grant Blankenship
Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City is one of the 18 hospitals in the Saint Luke's Health System. Two-thirds of the COVID-19 patients transferred to Saint Luke's from rural areas need intensive care. "We get the sickest of the sick," says Dr. Marc Larsen.

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  • Health

Rural Areas Send Their Sickest Patients To The Cities, Straining Hospital Capacity

In Kansas City, hospitals are treating local COVID-19 patients as well as patients transferred from rural counties in Missouri and Kansas, where there's no mandate or culture for wearing masks.

November 23, 2020
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By:
  • Alex Smith
A social distancing sign on the ground. "Social distancing" was one of dozens of terms highlighted by researchers in Oxford Languages' 2020 Word of the Year campaign.

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  • Arts & Life

Oxford's Defining Words Of 2020: 'Blursday,' 'Systemic Racism' And Yes, 'Pandemic'

Too much happened in 2020 for Oxford Languages to choose a single word of the year. So they opted for dozens.

November 23, 2020
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By:
  • Reese Oxner
A man wearing a face mask walks past a banner showing precautions against the coronavirus in Seoul on Monday.

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  • World

South Korea Faces New, Challenging Rise In Coronavirus Infections

Previous spikes in South Korea were linked to outbreaks at churches and protests. Health officials say the current wave appears to have no links to any major groups or events.

November 23, 2020
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By:
  • Anthony Kuhn
Spelman College President Mary Schmidt Campbell

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  • Health

Spelman College Announces Plans For 'Low Density, Hybrid Model' For Spring 2021

Spelman College President Mary Schmidt Campbell and a 50-person Spelman College Task Force on the Path Forward, have announced the school’s intentions for a low density, hybrid model when classes are scheduled to resume on Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. Further, Spelman is prepared to adjust their mode of operation, including continuing with fully remote learning, should the pandemic not improve based on data from public health organizations.

November 23, 2020
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By:
  • Marshall Latimore
Moncef Slaoui, chief scientific adviser for Operation Warp Speed, listens as President Trump delivers remarks about coronavirus vaccine development in the Rose Garden on May 15. Slaoui says Americans could start seeing a vaccine by the middle of December.

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  • Health

Americans Could See A Vaccine By Mid-December, Says Operation Warp Speed Adviser

Moncef Slaoui, the chief scientific adviser for Operation Warp Speed, says that some Americans could start receiving a COVID-19 vaccine by the second week of December.

November 22, 2020
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By:
  • Christianna Silva
Travelers wait to check baggage for an American Airlines flight at Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging people to not travel for Thanksgiving.

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  • Health

U.S. Passes 12 Million Confirmed Coronavirus Cases

On Friday alone, there were 195,000 new confirmed cases of the virus and 1,878 deaths. The U.S. has been adding 1 million cases every six days.

November 21, 2020
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By:
  • Christianna Silva
A member of Single Moms Connect lots groceries in the back of a recipient's car. According to the group Feeding American, just under half of the people accessing food aid during the COVID-19 recession are doing so for the first time in their lives.

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  • Food

In The Pandemic, Food Insecurity Soars While Food Bank Volunteers Stay Home

The COVID-19 pandemic may have doubled the demand for charity food aid in the United States. At the same time, the pandemic is drying up the pool of volunteer labor that keeps food aid running.

November 21, 2020
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been singled out for the International Emmy Founders Award for his public addresses on the coronavirus crisis.

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  • Television

Andrew Cuomo To Receive International Emmy For 'Masterful' COVID-19 Briefings

The International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced that New York's governor will be recognized Monday for his "use of television to inform and calm people around the world."

November 21, 2020
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By:
  • Colin Dwyer
Ben Carson, here in June, posted about his recovery from COVID-19 on Facebook on Friday.

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  • Health

Ben Carson Says He Was 'Desperately Ill' With The Coronavirus

The secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development says in a Facebook post that he credits monoclonal antibody treatments with helping him recover from COVID-19.

November 20, 2020
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By:
  • Dustin Jones
An illustration picture shows vials with COVID-19 vaccine stickers attached and syringes with the logo of U.S. biotechnology company Moderna on November 17.

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  • Health

What It Was Like To Participate In The Clinical Trial For Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine

PBS Newshour correspondent John Yang reflects on his experience participating in Moderna's coronavirus vaccine trial. "It started off with self-interest — I wanted to get the vaccine sooner," he says.

November 20, 2020
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By:
  • Christianna Silva and
  • Mary Louise Kelly
A man wears a mask as the territory of Nunavut enters a two week mandatory restriction period in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada, on Wednesday. More than 80 COVID-19 cases have been identified this month in Nunavut, where around 39,000 people, predominantly Inuit, live in communities scattered across the territory.

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  • World

Arctic Lockdown: COVID-19 Climbs In Canada's Far North

A large and isolated region of northeastern Canada entered a two-week lockdown as coronavirus cases creep up in areas, including largely Indigenous communities, with limited access to intensive care.

November 20, 2020
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By:
  • Emma Jacobs
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