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Tents of homeless people line a street in Washington, D.C., in April.

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  • Health Care

For Many Areas, Count Of Homeless Population Is Canceled, Or Delayed

The annual street survey of homeless people is being delayed or put off completely in some parts of the U.S. during the pandemic, even as the country's unsheltered population appears to be growing.

January 19, 2021
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By:
  • Pam Fessler
A fourth-grader eats breakfast at Mary L. Fonseca Elementary School in Fall River, Mass.

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  • Education

Why Billions In Food Aid Hasn't Gotten To Needy Families

The federal government has yet to approve plans in most states for giving out money that was authorized in October.

January 18, 2021
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By:
  • Anya Kamenetz
There's plenty of social distance out on the slopes, but resorts are requiring masks in lift lines and lodges and limiting lodge use. Most skiers and boarders are happy to comply but Schweitzer Mountain in Idaho had to suspend season passes for some who refused to wear masks and were verbally abusive to lift line attendants.

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  • National

Ski Down and Mask Up — Resorts Try To Stay Safe In Pandemic Skiing Boom

Ski areas are seeing record sales of season passes as people look for outdoor exercise this winter. Most are requiring masks, limiting lodge use, and making people put their boots on at their cars.

January 18, 2021
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By:
  • Chris Arnold
A gloved hand holding a vial of vaccine.

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  • Health

Find A Georgia COVID-19 Vaccine Provider

The Georgia Department of Public Health has a new tool to help you find the COVID-19 vaccine. But how you should use the tool is a little nuanced.

January 18, 2021
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Researchers are making progress in understanding the human immune response to the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the vaccine to prevent COVID-19.

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  • Health

3 Questions And The Emerging Answers About COVID-19 Vaccine Protection

First, can someone who has been vaccinated still spread the disease? Second, will the vaccine remain effective as the virus itself evolves? And third, how long will the vaccine's protection last?

January 18, 2021
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By:
  • Richard Harris

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  • Global Health

Coronavirus World Map: Tracking The Spread Of The Outbreak

A map of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths around the world. The respiratory disease has spread rapidly across six continents and has killed at least 1 million globally.

January 18, 2021
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By:
  • Daniel Wood,
  • Stephanie Adeline,
  • and 2 more
Former Florida data scientist Rebekah Jones turned herself in to authorities Sunday night. She accuses the state of retaliating against her for speaking out about its COVID-19 policies and officials' decisions related to the pandemic.

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  • National

Data Scientist Rebekah Jones, Facing Arrest, Turns Herself In To Florida Authorities

Rebekah Jones has said she lost her job after refusing to manipulate data to suggest Florida was ready to ease coronavirus restrictions.

January 18, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Chappell and
  • Rachel Treisman
Sandra's 17-year-old daughter, Lindsey, has autism. Lindsey thrives on routine, and got special help at school until the coronavirus pandemic cut her off from the trained teachers and therapists she'd come to rely on.

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  • Health

'I've Tried Everything': Pandemic Worsens Child Mental Health Crisis

When schools closed last spring, children with severe mental illnesses were cut off from the services they'd come to rely on. Many have since spiraled into emergency rooms and even police custody.

January 18, 2021
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By:
  • Cory Turner,
  • Christine Herman,
  • and 1 more
Chart: Trend in U.S. COVID-19 cases, as of Jan. 15

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  • Health

Coronavirus Is Surging: How Severe Is Your State's Outbreak?

View NPR's maps and graphics to see where COVID-19 is hitting hardest in the U.S., which state outbreaks are growing and which are leveling off.

January 18, 2021
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By:
  • Stephanie Adeline,
  • Connie Hanzhang Jin,
  • and 4 more
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  • Health

Former Anti-Vaccine Mom Explains How Movement Pulled Her In, And How She Left

The anti-vaccine movement has existed in various forms for decades. The Internet and social media created a surge in misinformation. We profile a mother who got pulled in, and how she got out.

January 18, 2021
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By:
  • Rachel Martin
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  • Health

Federal Deal To Increase Vaccine Production Could Give Some Employees Early Access

A federal manufacturing contract to increase COVID-19 vaccine production has an unusual clause that could move a company's employees and their families to the front of the vaccination line.

January 17, 2021
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By:
  • Sydney Lupkin
People line up on Thursday for the first day of Clark County's pilot COVID-19 vaccination program at Cashman Center in Las Vegas.

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  • Health

COVID-19 Supply Deal Lets Vaccine Maker Earmark Doses For Employees And Their Families

Emergent BioSolutions is under contract with Operation Warp Speed to make COVID-19 vaccines, but the terms could allow employees and their families to get vaccinated ahead of schedule.

January 17, 2021
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By:
  • Sydney Lupkin
When it comes to New Year's goal setting, mental health experts say 2021 is the year to try a calmer, gentler approach to health.

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  • Health

Broken New Year's Resolutions Already? It's OK To Give Yourself A Break

It's a trying time to be a human. Mental health experts say it's OK to give yourself a break on you new year's resolutions and offer advice for a kinder, gentler approach to goal-setting in 2021.

January 16, 2021
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By:
  • April Fulton
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  • Health

What It's Like Getting The Coronavirus Vaccine

Over 11 million Americans have now received their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine. Our colleauge Bob Mondello joined them, and sent back an aural postcard.

January 16, 2021
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By:
  • Bob Mondello
A medical worker inoculates a colleague with a COVID-19 vaccine at the Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on Saturday.

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  • Asia

India Kicks Off A Massive COVID-19 Vaccination Drive

Cheers erupted in hospital wards across the country as a first group of nurses and sanitation workers rolled up their sleeves and got vaccinated. India aims to inoculate 300 million by July.

January 16, 2021
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By:
  • Lauren Frayer
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