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News Articles: COVID

Aziz Abdul Alim, a 103-year-old man from a remote valley in Upper Chitral of northern Pakistan, is both a COVID survivor and a proud supporter of the COVID vaccine.

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  • Global Health

103-Year-Old COVID Survivor Has Advice For The Unvaccinated

Aziz Abdul Alim, from a remote part of northern Pakistan, urges people to get their COVID shot: 'Everyone should have the courage to take it.'

May 08, 2021
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By:
  • Benazir Samad
Nardo Samson posing with granddaughter Kiara Bautista, May 2017.

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  • Global Health

Looking For A Bed For Daddy Lolo: Inside The Philippines' COVID Crisis

In Manila, a family unites to secure care and treatment for Daddy Lolo, their beloved grandfather. Along the way, they witness just how ill-equipped the country is to manage COVID.

May 07, 2021
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By:
  • Julie McCarthy
A sign near the beltline.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: As Many Coronavirus Restrictions Are Lifted, Is Georgia Really In The Clear?

Monday on Political Rewind: Recent data shows the spread of the virus is slowing in many state, for now. In Georgia, Gov. Brian Kemp lifted many of the remaining pandemic restrictions placed on Georgia businesses such as gyms, bars and restaurants. Across the state, colleges and universities across the state have yet to announce their plans for the fall semester.

May 03, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
Reverend James Baker tries to a convince someone he checked into into an energy assistance program to also be vaccinated at St. Paul AME in Macon, Tuesday, April 27. Baker said he hears a lot of people say God will keep them safe from COVID-19. He says some of those who have told him that are dead.

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  • Health

As Georgia Mass Vaccination Sites Close, Grassroots Efforts Try To Fill In The Gaps

Georgia's mass COVID-19 vaccination sites are closing. In their place will come lots of grassroots, community-based efforts.

April 27, 2021
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship

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  • Technology

'Full Of Hatred And Fear': Disinformation On YouTube Divided A Dad And Daughter

Renee Ekwoge says false and misleading videos on YouTube have changed her dad. What was once a strong, loving relationship has been corrupted, she says, by conspiratorial YouTube videos.

April 25, 2021
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By:
  • Bo Hamby,
  • Rachel Martin,
  • and 1 more
Interpreter Ana Maria Rios-Velez demonstrates the screening app at the front entrance of Brigham and Womens Hospital in Boston. It has a multilingual function to better communicate with non-English speaking patients and staff.

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  • Health

The Pandemic Imperiled Non-English Speakers In A Hospital

Data from a Boston hospital showed that Latino patients who did not speak English well had a 35% greater risk of death from COVID-19. The hospital has added interpretation capacity.

April 24, 2021
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By:
  • Martha Bebinger
A nurse administers a COVID-19 vaccine in Ridgeway, Va., in March.

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  • Politics

Biden Administration Looks For Help With Next Phase Of Pitching COVID Vaccines

In the next phase of the race to vaccinate Americans, the Biden administration knows the government is not the best messenger. So it's asking communities for help.

April 23, 2021
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By:
  • Tamara Keith
Brooke Parker, an organizer with the group Solutions Oriented Addiction Response, displays an HIV testing kit in Charleston, W.Va., in March. Outbreaks of HIV/AIDS are expected to rise as resources have been redirected to the fight against COVID-19 — delaying and sometimes cutting off HIV testing and treatment.

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  • Health

Strides Against HIV/AIDS In The U.S. Falter As Resources Diverted To Fight COVID-19

Experts fear steep declines in testing and diagnoses mean more people will contract HIV and die of AIDS. The problem is particularly acute in the South, the epicenter of the nation's HIV crisis.

April 21, 2021
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  • Sarah Varney
Barbara Gaught stands outside the home she's now renting in Billings, Mont., with her 5-year-old son, Blazen, and their dog, Arie. Gaught and her family were evicted from the mobile home they had owned outright and lived in for 16 years because they fell behind on 'lot rent' for the little plot of land under the mobile home.

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  • Business

Losing It All: Mobile Home Owners Evicted Over Small Debts During Pandemic

Mobile home owners right now are twice as likely as other homeowners to be behind on housing payments. And some are losing their homes over small amounts of rent they owe for land the home sits on.

April 16, 2021
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By:
  • Chris Arnold
Men take a holy dip in the Ganges River on the occasion of first royal bath of Shivratri festival during Maha Kumbh Festival in Haridwar, India.

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  • World

Millions Flock To Hindu Festival Amid Coronavirus Spike

Hindu pilgrims are traveling to bathe in the Ganges River to wipe out their sins.

April 16, 2021
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By:
  • Sushmita Pathak
The first day of operation at the mass vaccination site in Macon in February.

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  • Health Care

How Georgia And CDC Don't Agree On Vaccine Math

A new data source from the CDC sheds light on why Georgia’s COVID_19 vaccine numbers  look so different from those provided by the federal government.

April 09, 2021
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Doviaza's maps overlay the daily number of COVID cases reported by the health ministry (depicted as the spike protein of the virus, shown in red) with locations of indigenous communities (dark green).

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  • Global Health

How One Man – And A Creative Map – Made A Difference In Panama's COVID-19 Crisis

When COVID-19 hit, cartographer Carlos Doviaza wanted to help his "brothers" — members of the indigenous community. He decided to help by doing what he does best: making maps.

April 06, 2021
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By:
  • Sofia Moutinho
Radio B'alam founders Henry Sales and Crecensio Ramirez check out Radio B'alam's sound booth at Homies Empowerment the day before the shows first broadcast, December 2020.

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  • National

Indigenous-Language Radio Show In Oakland Promotes Vaccine Effort

Amid the pandemic, a new audio program is trying to reach residents who speak the Guatemalan language Mam. The show's founder Henry Sales hopes to help combat the COVID-19 crisis in his community.

March 28, 2021
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By:
  • Sara Hossaini
Paul DeLorenzo is general manager at Danversport, an event venue featuring a 10,000-square-foot ballroom with a 900-person capacity. He thought 2020 was going to be their best year ever until the pandemic forced him to close. DeLorenzo is hopeful capacity limits will increase soon.

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  • National

After A Year Of Mostly Cancellations, Bookings Are Back For Many Event Venues

Phones are once again ringing at event spaces that were largely closed during the pandemic. And venues are starting to navigate the new normal as people being to plan long-postponed celebrations.

March 22, 2021
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By:
  • Craig LeMoult
Tenants' rights advocates demonstrated in Boston in January, calling on the Biden administration to extend the CDC eviction moratorium.

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  • National

CDC Likely To Extend Eviction Moratorium With Millions Of People Behind On Rent

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention is moving to extend an order aimed at preventing evictions during the pandemic. Housing groups say the order could prevent up to 1 million evictions.

March 20, 2021
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By:
  • Chris Arnold
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