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News Articles: Series: The Coronavirus Crisis

A video call on a laptop screen during Christmas. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidance on Friday for safely celebrating the upcoming holiday season.

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  • Health

The CDC emphasizes COVID vaccinations as a key to safe holiday gatherings

The CDC says that having every person in attendance vaccinated is important for protecting those who can't get a shot. And it recommends that those who aren't fully vaccinated delay travel.

October 15, 2021
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
Nurse Christina Garibay administers Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine to a man at a community outreach event in Los Angeles in August.

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  • Health

An FDA panel of experts backs J&J COVID vaccine booster

A panel of experts voted to recommend that the Food and Drug Administration authorize a booster dose of the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine at least two months after the first shot.

October 15, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Hensley
A nurse draws a vaccine dose from a vial of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine at a community center in Bowie, Md., in March.

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  • Health

Experts recommend that FDA should authorize Moderna COVID vaccine booster

The recommendation applies to people 65 years and older, those 18 to 64 who are at high risk of severe COVID and those whose work or institutional exposure puts them at high COVID risk.

October 14, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Hensley
Hospitals in Idaho, like St. Luke's Boise Medical Center in Boise, remain full after the summer delta surge pushed many to their limits.

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  • Health

With hospitals crowded from COVID, 1 in 5 American families delays health care

Putting off surgeries or routine treatments for serious illnesses has become common during the pandemic, a new NPR/Harvard poll finds.

October 14, 2021
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By:
  • James Dawson
A study by the National Institutes of Health this week suggests people who got the J&J vaccine as their initial vaccination against the coronavirus may get their best protection from choosing an mRNA vaccine as the booster.

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  • Health

A study of COVID vaccine boosters suggests Moderna or Pfizer works best

Should people who get a COVID booster get a different vaccine from their original shot? The results of a highly anticipated study suggest that in some cases the answer may be yes.

October 14, 2021
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By:
  • Rob Stein
In this Oct. 14, 2020 file photo, United Airlines employees work at ticket counters in Terminal 1 at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.

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  • Business

United Airlines must delay its vaccine mandate for workers seeking an exemption

A federal judge ordered United Airlines to temporarily halt its plan to remove unvaccinated employees seeking a religious or medical exemption from the company payroll.

October 14, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
The price of glass jars to hold pasta sauce and other products has soared during the pandemic. Sauce-maker Paul Guglielmo in Rochester, N.Y., has absorbed some of the increase, but he has also raised prices for consumers.

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  • Economy

Cargo traffic jams affect glass bottles too. Your pantry staples could cost more

Makers of everything from pasta sauce to vinegar say it's getting harder to find glass bottles for their products, and it's leading to higher prices.

October 13, 2021
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  • Scott Horsley
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks during a news conference on the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak in Geneva, in March 2020.

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  • World

WHO launches a new group to study the origins of the coronavirus

The World Health Organization advisory group will include scientists from the U.S., China and two dozen other countries and will study various hypotheses, including the possibility of a lab leak.

October 13, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving shoots against the Milwaukee Bucks during Game 1 of an NBA basketball second-round playoff series in New York in June.

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  • Sports

Nets say Kyrie Irving is ineligible to play amid drama over his vaccination status

Brooklyn's All-Star guard has made a "personal choice" that makes him ineligible to play, general manager Sean Marks said Tuesday.

October 12, 2021
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  • Scott Neuman
A mask-clad U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson departs from No. 10 Downing St. in London in March.

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  • Europe

The U.K.'s early approach to the pandemic cost thousands of lives, a new report says

The U.K. was slower to impose widespread lockdowns than the U.S. and many other countries. A new report says the government's approach amounted to accepting a herd immunity strategy.

October 12, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
A nurse prepares a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a San Antonio senior center in March. A panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration will meet Thursday to review Moderna's booster shot.

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  • Health

Moderna and J&J say their data supports COVID vaccine boosters

The Food and Drug Administration released briefing documents Tuesday on booster shots for the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccines ahead of a two-day advisory meeting that starts Thursday.

October 12, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Hensley
Dr. Anthony Fauci said this weekend that children can go trick-or-treating safely this year.

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  • Family

Get the candy bowl ready. Dr. Fauci says Halloween is a go this year

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, tells CNN that young children should be able to go trick-or-treating outdoors for Halloween this year.

October 12, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Anti-riot police officers face demonstrators trying to reach the Chigi Palace government office in Rome during a protest Saturday against green pass.

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  • World

Pelosi's trip to Rome was disrupted by violent anti-vaccine mandate protests

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had to be escorted from a Mass in Rome on Saturday after major protests against Italy's new vaccine mandates broke out.

October 12, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Shaandiin Parrish, who was then Miss Navajo Nation, grabs a box filled with food and other supplies to distribute to Navajo families on May 27, 2020, in Counselor on the Navajo Nation Reservation, New Mexico.

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  • National

As Miss Navajo Nation, she helped her community through the pandemic

When Shaandiin Parrish was crowned Miss Navajo Nation in 2019, she didn't expect to win. She also didn't expect to be carrying the honor two years later and through the health crisis.

October 10, 2021
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By:
  • Lulu Garcia-Navarro and
  • Deepa Shivaram
Horseback riders head down a trail near June Lake, Calif. As post-pandemic travel increases, people are flocking to outdoor activities and rural areas.

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  • Business

U.S. travelers are back in the saddle again. But they've adapted to a new reality

The U.S. travel industry is rebounding after taking massive hits early in the pandemic. But Americans are making different choices now, such as staying closer to home and choosing rural destinations.

October 09, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
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