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News Articles: pandemic

Do some people have built-in protection against a COVID infection?

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  • Global Health

So you haven't caught COVID yet. Does that mean you're a superdodger?

A new study suggests that. yes, there are superdodgers. But explaining why they've been able to avoid the virus is a bit complicated.

September 12, 2022
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  • Michaeleen Doucleff
Twin sisters Tripti and Pari, who lost both their parents to COVID-19, play at a relative's home in Bhopal, India on May 11, 2021. A new study estimates that 8 million kids lost a parent or primary caregiver to a pandemic-related cause.

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  • Children's Health

Nearly 8 million kids lost a parent or primary caregiver to the pandemic

A new study finds numbers far higher than previously thought. India has the greatest number of kids affected. The U.S. has 250,000 kids in this category but lags behind in aid for bereaved families.

September 07, 2022
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By:
  • Rhitu Chatterjee
The Corbevax vaccine was invented at the Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children's Hospital and intended for countries that couldn't get access to more expensive COVID vaccines. India has inoculated millions of teens with Corbevax (above, a vaccination drive for children ages 12-14 at a school in Bangalore) and on August 10 authorized the vaccine as a booster for adults.

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  • Global Health

Whatever happened to the new no-patent COVID vaccine touted as a global game changer?

The inventors of Corbevax said it was cheap, easy to make, effective and safe. They hoped it could bring vaccine equity to countries that can't access costlier shots. Has it lived up to its promise?

September 02, 2022
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  • Joe Palca
Kusemererwa Jonathan Henry, 16, runs a fruit-and-vegetable stand that is helping pay school fees. He wants to be an electrical engineer.

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  • Education

Whatever happened to the teens who endured the world's longest COVID school closure?

Ugandan schools were shut for nearly 2 years due to the pandemic. High schoolers were glad to see the shutdown end early this year. But for many, school fees stand in the way of a return to class.

September 02, 2022
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  • HALIMA ATHUMANI and
  • PHOTOS BY ESTHER RUTH MBABAZI
Fiona ten Have and Patrick Phiri pose for a wedding portrait in front of the same hedge where NPR photographed them during his first visit to the Netherlands (see photo, below).

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  • Family

Whatever happened to ... the pandemic-delayed wedding dreams of Patrick and Fiona?

They finally came true! He's Malawian. She's Dutch. They fell in love and hoped to wed but the pandemic got in the way. Here's the story of the happy day — and the latest challenge in their lives.

August 28, 2022
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  • Nick Schonfeld
three points on map

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Abortion, inflation, COVID and decriminalizing marijuana: Georgia mayors weigh in

Tuesday on Political Rewind: Bill Nigut welcomes East Point Mayor Deana Holiday Ingraham, Athens-Clarke County Mayor Kelly Girtz, and Tifton Mayor Julie Smith to the panel. With 80 days left until the midterms, we'll talk to these city leaders about what their communities want out of candidates. But first, Tamar Hallerman provides an update on the latest in Fani Willis' probe in Fulton County.

August 23, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
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A screenshot of a map showing case counts of COVID-19 reported in different animal species, part of an interactive <a href="https://vis.csh.ac.at/sars-ani/#infections">COVID data tracking dashboard</a> rendered by Complexity Science Hub Vienna. The drawings represent the type of animal, including both domestic and wild; the size of the bubbles reflects the number of cases in each locale.

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  • Global Health

How many animal species have caught COVID? First global tracker has (partial) answers

Just as human counts are incomplete, so are animal counts. But the first worldwide compilation of animal cases is a start at understanding the extent of human-to-animal transmission, scientists say.

August 05, 2022
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  • Max Barnhart
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  • Children's Health

Global vaccination coverage continued to plunge in 2021, according to a new report

A report from WHO and UNICEF states that last year, 25 million children missed out on one or more "lifesaving vaccines" — for diseases like tuberculosis, diphtheria, tetanus, polio and yellow fever.

July 15, 2022
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  • Tekella Foster
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
Patricia Neves (left) and Ana Paula Ano Bom take a break at the institute in Rio de Janeiro where they work. The two scientists say they've been inseparable since they met in college. Now their friendship has made it possible to launch a remarkable partnership to make mRNA vaccines accessible to the world.

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  • Global Health

These Brazilian besties are inventing an mRNA vaccine as a gift to the world

Pfizer and Moderna have refused to divulge details of how to make their cutting-edge COVID shots. Here's what two scientists — and longtime best friends — are doing about it.

July 13, 2022
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  • Nurith Aizenman
A map of the US showing high COVID transmission

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  • Health

Traveling this holiday weekend? Here's what to know about COVID numbers

Compared to last week’s total, cases of COVID-19 in Georgia are up 14%, deaths are up 79%, and ICU admissions are up 69%. Nationwide, cases are high and mitigation efforts such as masking on planes are no longer enforced.

July 01, 2022
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Cracking a window can help reduce your risk of infection by COVID pathogens.

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  • Global Health

Coronavirus FAQ: Got any tips on improving indoor air flow to reduce infection risks?

"Ventilation is the way forward," says infectious disease doctor Abraar Karan of Stanford. Here's how to get better air flow at home, in schools and offices — even in gyms — to stave off COVID.

June 29, 2022
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By:
  • Melody Schreiber
Cracking a window can help reduce your risk of infection by COVID pathogens.

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  • Global Health

Coronavirus FAQ: Got any tips on improving indoor air flow to reduce infection risks?

"Ventilation is the way forward," says infectious disease doctor Abraar Karan of Stanford. Here's how to get better air flow at home, in schools and offices — even in gyms — to stave off COVID.

June 29, 2022
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By:
  • Melody Schreiber
The airline industry is struggling to keep up with spiked demand for air travel.

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  • World

'Revenge travel' is surging. Here's what you need to know

Despite sky-high prices and limited availability, people are traveling in droves. Could this new term explain why?

June 16, 2022
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  • Manuela López Restrepo
A customer shops at a grocery store in San Rafael, Calif., on June 8. Inflation has surged to its highest rate in nearly 40 years, and Americans are having to adjust some of their spending patterns.

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  • Economy

Inflation soars to an over 40-year high. These are the ways Americans are coping

Consumers are watching their pennies at the gas station and grocery store as consumer prices surged 8.6% in May, pushing the annual inflation rate to its highest in over 40 years.

June 11, 2022
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  • Scott Horsley
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