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News Articles: COVID

President Biden takes his face mask off on Thursday during a meeting on the U.S. Economy with CEOs and members of his Cabinet in the South Court Auditorium of the White House.

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  • Politics

Biden tests positive for COVID again

Dr. Kevin O'Connor, the president's physician, said Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 again, days after testing negative. O'Connor said Biden is not experiencing symptoms, and feels well.

July 30, 2022
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By:
  • Avie Schneider
A worker stands on a platform near a Chinese national flag, Friday, July 15, 2022, in Beijing. China's economy contracted in the three months ending in June compared with the previous quarter after Shanghai and other cities shut down to fight coronavirus outbreaks, but the government said a "stable recovery" is under way after businesses reopened.

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  • Asia

China backs away from growth goal, sticks to virus controls

China's leaders effectively acknowledged the struggling economy won't hit its official 5.5% growth target this year and said Thursday they will try to prop up sagging consumer demand.

July 29, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
President Biden tested positive for COVID last week and will remain in isolation until Tuesday.

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  • Politics

President Biden's COVID symptoms are improving, his doctor says

Biden's physician says the president's symptoms "continue to improve significantly" and that he is now mainly dealing with a sore throat.

July 24, 2022
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By:
  • Shauneen Miranda
President Biden talks on the phone with his national security team from the Treaty Room in the residence of the White House on Friday.

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  • Politics

Biden's COVID symptoms are less troublesome, his doctor says

The president's symptoms now include a sore throat and body aches, Dr. Kevin O'Connor said. Biden is likely infected with the BA.5 subvariant of omicron.

July 23, 2022
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  • NPR Washington Desk
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  • Global Health

Coronavirus FAQ: I got it on a family vacay! Can my relatives stay (relatively) safe?

It's a common dilemma in this summer of surging travel and surging COVID. If one member of a vacation party comes down with the virus, what steps can be taken to reduce the risk to others?

July 22, 2022
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By:
  • Marc Silver
President Biden arrives at the White House on Jan. 29, 2021. On Thursday, the White House announced that Biden had tested positive for COVID-19.

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  • Health

Even if you're the president, it's hard to avoid a breakthrough COVID infection

With his positive test for COVID-19, President Biden joins the throngs of Americans who have contracted the coronavirus even though they are vaccinated and boosted.

July 21, 2022
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By:
  • Jason Breslow
A man holds his 8-month-old daughter while on oxygen

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  • Health

Reinfection of COVID-19 is possible, and increases chances of 'long COVID' lingering symptoms

With variants increasingly changing and becoming more transmissible, people who remain unvaccinated — even if they already had COVID-19 — are at risk of developing long COVID.

July 21, 2022
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (right) has sued the CDC over its air travel mask mandate, while Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt (left) has sued and sent cease and desist letters to dozens of school districts over mask mandates.

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  • Health

Conservative blocs unleash wave of litigation to curb public health powers

A coalition of religious groups, conservative think tanks, and Republican attorneys general have chipped away at local and state authority, altering how the nation can respond during health crises.

July 18, 2022
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By:
  • Lauren Weber and
  • Anna Maria Barry-Jester
A selfie of Beth Kenny (foreground), their wife Adina (middle), and their child Vyla sitting in their backyard in Alameda, Calif. Since the lifting of COVID safety measures, Kenny and their family have had to pull back from indoor activities, and they struggle to explain why to Vyla.

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  • On Disabilities

Many try to return to normal from COVID, but disabled people face a different reality

With COVID safety protocols rescinding around the country, many are returning to a sense of pre-pandemic normalcy. But disabled and immunocompromised people can't do so, and are being left behind.

July 14, 2022
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By:
  • Shruti Rajkumar
Dr. Atul Gawande delivers a speech in 2015. In January 2022, he became the head of the U.S. Agency for International Development's work in global health.

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  • Global Health

Faced with COVID and monkeypox, new USAID leader draws strength from African proverb

Dr Atul Gawande, the surgeon and bestselling health writer talks, to NPR about the problems he has inherited as the new head of USAID's global health office.

July 11, 2022
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By:
  • Ailsa Chang
A pulse oximeter is worn by Brown University professor Kimani Toussaint. The devices have been shown in research to produce inaccurate results in dark-skinned people, and Toussaint's lab is developing technology that would be more accurate, regardless of skin tone.

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  • Health

When it comes to darker skin, pulse oximeters fall short

These devices measure blood oxygen levels and can help identify when patients are dangerously ill. But research shows they can deliver misleading results for people with darker skin.

July 11, 2022
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By:
  • Craig LeMoult
The science isn't entirely settled on whether a rapid antigen test indicates whether a person is still contagious.

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  • Health

Still testing positive after day 10? How to decide when to end your COVID isolation

Nobody wants to infect their friends and friendly, but do you really have to keep isolating at day 12, 13 or beyond? Unfortunately — and perhaps unsurprisingly — the science is not entirely settled.

June 30, 2022
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By:
  • Will Stone
Los Angeles Unified School District food service workers  pre-package hundreds of free school lunches in plastic bags.

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  • Politics

The House extended a school meal lifeline; families are now waiting on the Senate

Congress is rushing to pass an extension for some of the school meal waivers that provided support to families and schools during the pandemic that expire June 30.

June 23, 2022
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
Los Angeles Unified School District food service workers  pre-package hundreds of free school lunches in plastic bags.

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  • Politics

The House extended a school meal lifeline; families are now waiting on the Senate

Congress is rushing to pass an extension for some of the school meal waivers that provided support to families and schools during the pandemic that expire June 30.

June 23, 2022
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
A father plays with his son at a park in Amritsar, India, on Father's Day in June 2016.

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  • Family

For many dads, the COVID pandemic brought new perspectives on fatherhood

With the pandemic giving fathers working from home a chance to spend more time with their kids, dads look back on how they've maintained the balance between their jobs and their families.

June 19, 2022
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  • Shauneen Miranda
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