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News Articles: pandemic

Workers check oxygen tanks at a hospital in Manaus, Brazil. Severe oxygen shortages as a second coronavirus wave is surging have prompted local authorities to airlift patients to other parts of Brazil.

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  • Global Health

Reinfections More Likely With New Coronavirus Variants, Evidence Suggests

The variant in Brazil is causing a surge in Manaus, a city where the virus previously infected huge numbers in the spring of 2020. Researchers are trying to determine why.

January 21, 2021
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By:
  • Michaeleen Doucleff
An older man gets a shot into his left arm while he sits on an armchair.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: What A New Federal COVID-19 Response Plan Could Mean For Georgia

Thursday on Political Rewind: Georgia once again finds itself among the worst states in the nation for new COVID-19 cases and deaths, according to state data and a recent report from the White House Coronavirus Task Force. While the task force numbers indicate a slight improvement in recent weeks, 821 Georgians died from the virus in just the seven-day period ending last Friday. The staggering toll comes even as the state faces a dwindling supply of vaccines as well as confusion about rollout. 

January 21, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
Tenants' rights advocates protesting evictions during the pandemic in Boston this month. They want the Biden administration to not only extend, but also strengthen, an eviction order from the CDC aimed at keeping people in their homes during the outbreak.

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  • National

Biden To Extend Order Limiting Pandemic Evictions

On his first day in office, the president plans to sign an executive order extending the CDC's moratorium on evictions. Housing advocates say the CDC rule needs to be strengthened.

January 20, 2021
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By:
  • Chris Arnold
An official has a blood pressure test before receiving the Sinovac coronavirus vaccine, developed in China, at a hospital in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on January 15.

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  • Global Health

China's Sinovac Vaccine Is Rolling Out Around The World. Will It Work?

Research suggests the vaccine prevents disease only 50% of the time. But it could still have a big impact. And many countries are betting on it.

January 19, 2021
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By:
  • Maria Godoy
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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  • Global Health

Coronavirus FAQ: Do Airplane Passengers Not Know There's A Pandemic Going On?

Our correspondent took a flight Sunday and saw a number of concerning things in airports and on planes. So many questions were raised. We went in search of answers.

January 15, 2021
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By:
  • Pien Huang and
  • Sheila Mulrooney Eldred

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  • Global Health

VIDEO: Face It! You're Bad At Judging Physical Distance. Here's How To Do It

Keeping a physical distance from other humans is more critical than ever in the pandemic, with COVID-19 cases surging and more contagious variants spreading. Yet humans are not very good at it.

January 15, 2021
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By:
  • Marc Silver
London sends a message about how to reduce the risk of exposure to the newly detected U.K. variant.

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  • Global Health

Coronavirus FAQ: How Do I Protect Myself From The U.K. Variant?

The newly detected strain — dubbed B.1.1.7 — appears to be more contagious. What precautions might be effective in trying to keep from getting infected?

January 08, 2021
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By:
  • Sheila Mulrooney Eldred
In New York City, homicides were up nearly 40% over the previous year by Dec. 20, 2020. Mayor Bill de Blasio said the numbers should worry New Yorkers.

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  • National

Massive 1-Year Rise In Homicide Rates Collided With The Pandemic In 2020

Experts say crime across the U.S. in 2020 was like no other year as COVID-19 ravaged the country and protests flared. It was a seesaw of dips for some crimes and spikes for others, such as homicide.

January 06, 2021
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By:
  • Cheryl Corley
Volunteers and health officials hold a dry run for the coronavirus vaccine at a hospital in Allahabad, India. There's concern that drug patents will keep lower income countries from getting the doses they need in a timely fashion.

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  • Global Health

What Will It Take To End The COVID-19 Pandemic?

Health experts are hopeful that vaccines will stop the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. But what will it take to make the 12 to 15 billion doses to cover the entire globe?

January 05, 2021
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By:
  • Michaeleen Doucleff

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  • Health

Georgia's First Reported Case Of COVID-19 Variant Detected In 18-Year-Old

The virus variant is "significantly more contagious" than the SARS-CoV-2 virus, state health officials say. So far, there is no evidence that the B.1.1.7 variant causes more severe illness or increased risk of death.

January 05, 2021
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Students rehearse a poem that they will recite at an event advocating against female genital mutilation at the Imbirikani Girls High School in Kenya.

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  • Global Health

Is The Pandemic Causing A Surge In Female Genital Mutilation?

Kenya's president pledged to stamp out the practice by 2022. But since the pandemic began, activists say more girls are being cut — and married off afterward.

January 05, 2021
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By:
  • Maria Godoy
Hurricane Laura sends large waves crashing on a beach in Cameron, La., on Aug. 26 as an offshore oil rig appears in the distance. The most active hurricane season on record was just one of many challenges facing the oil industry this year — aside from the attention-grabbing crisis of the pandemic.

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  • Business

It Wasn't Just The Pandemic: Oil's Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Year

The coronavirus-induced collapse in oil demand stole all the headlines. But oil companies faced a myriad of other woes, too, from hurricanes to itchy investors — and, of course, climate change.

January 03, 2021
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske
"We are not keeping the space afloat," said Josh Antenucci of Atlanta's Center Stage venue to GPB News in May of this year. "We have had zero dollars in revenue."

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  • News

Stimulus Bill Could Provide Long-Awaited Relief To Georgia's Independent Music Venues

Georgia's independent music venues have been pleading with state and local government officials for additional assistance to help them weather the pandemic. With the passage of the new stimulus bill, help may finally be on the way.

January 01, 2021
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By:
  • Sarah Rose
Field hockey star Sarita Bhise (right) with her mother (far left) and maternal aunt, cleaning onions they've harvested on the family farm.

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  • Sports

Why A Field Hockey Champ In India Is Now Harvesting Onions And Herding Goats

Young female athletes benefited from an increase in government support in recent years. The pandemic has put an end to that.

December 31, 2020
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By:
  • Pooja Bhula
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