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Dr. Jesse Clark is an infectious disease specialist at the University of California, Los Angeles. The COVID pandemic "has spurred people to try to end the HIV epidemic again," he says.

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  • Global Health

How COVID vaccines have boosted the development of an HIV vaccine

During the pandemic scientists launched a vaccine in record-breaking time. Their successful use of mRNA technology could lead to progress in the decades-long effort for an HIV inoculation.

May 12, 2022
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By:
  • Michaeleen Doucleff
A woman wears a face shield to protect against COVID-19 at a taxi stand in Soweto, South Africa, where an omicron variant is causing a COVID-19 surge.

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  • Global Health

If you've had omicron before, are you safe from infection by the new variants?

New versions of omicron are circulating in the United States and South Africa. Two new studies shed light on the potential for future surges — and the risk factor if you've already had omicron.

May 07, 2022
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By:
  • Michaeleen Doucleff
Journalists and politicians mingled at an afterparty following the White House Correspondents Dinner on April 30. Based on COVID cases among attendees at the main event, SARS-CoV-2 was mingling as well.

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  • Global Health

Coronavirus FAQ: Should I go to that party? What do I do if guests got COVID?

Whether it's a wedding, graduation or meeting, indoor events can spread the virus. Here's a complete guide: what to ponder before going, how to cut risks while there, what to do if cases crop up.

May 06, 2022
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By:
  • Fran Kritz
Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Biden, cites the U.S. vaccination program and previous widespread transmission of the coronavirus as reasons why the U.S. is not now under pandemic conditions. Here, travelers wait at Miami International Airport last week after mask requirements were lifted.

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  • National

Here's why Dr. Fauci says the U.S. is 'out of the pandemic phase'

Vaccinations and residual immunity are among the reasons, President Biden's chief medical adviser, Anthony Fauci, said Tuesday, as the number of deaths drop and hospitalizations rise only slightly.

April 28, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Masks are just one protective measure for these airline passengers arriving in Shanghai from Paris.

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  • Global Health

The mask mandate is off for U.S. travelers. In other countries it's definitely on

In China, for example, not only are masks required on planes but gloves are recommended — and passengers are urged not to touch their face during the flight. Here's what you'll find around the globe.

April 22, 2022
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By:
  • Kamala Thiagarajan

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  • Global Health

Coronavirus FAQ: Testing confuses me! When to do it? Is 'negative' always reliable?

With COVID case counts falling and rising, testing is critical. But how many days after exposure should I test? And if I have symptoms but test negative, might the test not be accurate?

April 16, 2022
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By:
  • Melody Schreiber
A case of COVID-19 brought 12-year-old Harry Nelson to the emergency room in Syracuse, N.Y., where cases are surging, His mother, photographer Paula Nelson, says he first had mild symptoms — just a headache — but later ran a high fever and began vomiting, which meant he couldn't keep down fever-relief meds. At the ER, he needed saline to rehydrate, Tylenol for his fever and meds to stop vomiting.

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  • Global Health

2 new omicron variants are spreading in N.Y. and elsewhere. Here's what we know

The variants — BA.2.12 and BA.2.12.1 — have been detected in New York and other states as well as 5 other countries. One has a mutation that seems to give it an edge in evading the immune system.

April 15, 2022
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  • Michaeleen Doucleff
Rosy, 6, gives COVID tests and vaccines to her stuffed animals. She herself has been exposed to SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, multiple times and never tested positive. What's her secret?

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  • Global Health

Why hasn't my daughter caught COVID? 2 factors likely protect her — and maybe you too

My 6-year-old has been exposed to SARS-CoV-2 at least four times and never tested positive. Many people fall into that category. Researchers have theories about why they've been able to ward it off.

April 08, 2022
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By:
  • Michaeleen Doucleff
Neighborhoods are separated by barriers as part of lockdown measures in Shanghai to prevent the spread of the highly transmissible omicron variant.

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  • Global Health

Voices from Shanghai: The trials of living through a massive COVID lockdown

China's lockdown and quarantine policy is testing the limits of the city of 26 million. Parents were separated from kids. And there's not enough staff for the elderly residents of care centers.

April 07, 2022
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By:
  • Emily Feng
An illustration of questions marks combined with the COVID-19 virus.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: More than two years later, where do we stand with COVID? And what comes next?

Wednesday on Political Rewind: Dr. Carlos Del Rio, Dr. Amber Schmidtke, and GPB's own Ellen Eldridge joined the panel for a conversation on the most pressing questions about Covid-19 at the current stage of the pandemic. Who should get another booster? When should you be wearing masks? What lessons can the past two years teach us about public health?

April 06, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
A worker in protective gear stands by barriers set up as part of lockdown measures against COVID-19 in Jing'an district, in Shanghai on March 31.

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  • Global Health

Shanghai locks down, but experts ask how else China could combat COVID

Battling its biggest COVID surge in two years, Shanghai has instituted rigorous lockdowns — again — that are frustrating residents.

April 03, 2022
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By:
  • Emily Feng and
  • Aowen Cao
Print and fold <strong><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yMthdPuJrkFva-vce7xOYRPNP3aUB5Ti/view?usp=sharing">a zine version of this comic</a></strong> here. Here are <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixqr9e3wCxI"><strong>directions</strong></a> on how to fold it.

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  • Global Health

Coronavirus FAQ: Our mini-zine has advice on when & how to dial down COVID precautions

Cases are surging in some regions but dropping in many places. If you're in the latter situation, is it OK to go back to living as you did pre-pandemic? Print our handy zine with advice from experts.

April 01, 2022
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By:
  • Marc Silver
The pandemic brought in-person learning to a halt in Guatemala. And it's been a challenge to get some schools open again. Above: Hermogenes Gonzales Mejia school in Guatemala City. which finally welcomed back its students in February.

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  • Education

Why lots of kids still aren't back in school in Guatemala

The government is struggling to bring all 3 million-plus students back to schools that were shuttered when the pandemic hit. Teachers are ready to resume classes. But obstacles loom.

March 30, 2022
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By:
  • Miranda Mazariegos

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  • Global Health

Delta and omicron met up inside 1 person and made the Frankenstein hybrid 'deltacron'

That's how the so-called "deltacron" variant — a mashup of delta and omicron — came to be. This process of recombining tells us a lot about the possible past and future of SARS-CoV-2.

March 24, 2022
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By:
  • Michaeleen Doucleff
This photo taken on Feb. 20 shows a foreign worker in Hong Kong sheltering with her belongings during the city's current coronavirus surge.

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  • Global Health

Seen as heroes at home, Filipino workers feel 'abandoned' amid Hong Kong's COVID surge

Many of the domestic workers say they were banished from their employers' homes after getting sick — and fired — even though terminating an employee for falling ill is against Hong Kong law.

March 18, 2022
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  • Julie McCarthy
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