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  • Health

What to know about COVID-19 home tests

NPR's Eyder Peralta speaks to epidemiologist Michael Mina about COVID-19 home tests, how to use them, and what they do and don't tell us.

December 26, 2021
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Sunday Puzzle

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Sunday Puzzle: End-of-year quiz

NPR's Eyder Peralta plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and WUNC listener Aaron Jones of Cary, North Carolina.

December 26, 2021
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  • Will Shortz
Ashli St. Armant, a.k.a. Jazzy Ash

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  • Arts & Life

Children's artist Jazzy Ash wraps up a busy year with new Christmas songs

Ashli St. Armant plays funky New Orleans-style fare for kids with her band, Jazzy Ash and the Leaping Lizards, and spins mysterious tales in her Viva Durant audiobook series.

December 20, 2021
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  • Mandalit del Barco
NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins, seen testifying before a Senate subcommittee in May, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Collins' last day on the job is Sunday.

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  • Health

U.S. could see 1 million cases per day, warns departing NIH director Francis Collins

Collins is retiring after 12 years of leading the federal health agency. He parts with a warning about the dangers of yielding to pandemic fatigue. "The virus is not tired of us," he says.

December 19, 2021
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  • Emma Bowman
NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins, seen testifying before a Senate subcommittee in May, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Collins' last day on the job is Sunday.

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  • Health

U.S. could see 1 million cases per day, warns departing NIH director Francis Collins

Collins is retiring after 12 years of leading the federal health agency. He parts with a warning about the dangers of yielding to pandemic fatigue. "The virus is not tired of us," he says.

December 19, 2021
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  • Emma Bowman
GPB News NPR

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  • Elections

Democrats need a boost. Could they find it in rural America?

Don Gonyea speaks with former Montana Governor Steve Bullock about the state of the Democratic party ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.

December 13, 2021
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  • Don Gonyea
Music educator Monica Levin teaches via video conference at Frances Fuchs Early Childhood Center in Prince George's County, Maryland.

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  • Arts & Life

For kids grappling with the pandemic's traumas, art classes can be an oasis

As health officials sound the alarm about the pandemic's impact on children's mental health, music, drama and other art classes are helping kids adjust to being in-person again.

December 12, 2021
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  • Elizabeth Blair
Dole was President Richard Nixon's choice to be the chairman of the Republican National Committee. He served from 1971 to 1973.

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  • Obituaries

Bob Dole, longtime GOP senator and 1996 presidential nominee, dies

After recovering from wounds suffered in World War II, Dole went on to represent Kansas in Congress for more than 30 years.

December 05, 2021
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  • Mara Liasson and
  • Matthew S. Schwartz
Vezna Hang and his son. Hang fell so ill with COVID-19 before being vaccinated that he needed a double lung transplant. He now encourages other people to get the shot.

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Once rare, lung transplants for COVID-19 patients are rising quickly

When it comes to receiving organ transplants, patients are not usually judged on prior behavior, but some doctors are questioning whether unvaccinated COVID patients should qualify for new lungs.

November 29, 2021
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  • Kerry Sheridan
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Politics chat: U.S. bans travelers from 8 African countries to slow COVID-19 variant

With the emergence of the Omicron variant, the U.S. limits travel from eight African nations. Congress has a big to-do list next month, and Democrats are pushing to pass the "Build Back Better" bill.

November 28, 2021
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  • Mara Liasson
Ashley Medina at Bliss Salon Spa & Boutique in Lansing, Mich.

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Meet the mullet queen of Lansing, Michigan

Ashley Medina is so busy cutting mullets for all kinds of people in her Lansing, Michigan, shop that she may have to give up other styles.

November 21, 2021
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  • Michelle Jokisch Polo
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  • Law

Three current trials are putting a spotlight on race and justice

Leila Fadel talks with law professor Paul Butler about trials in Wisconsin, Georgia and Virginia that have become lightning rods in the national debates over race and justice.

November 21, 2021
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High gas prices are posted at a gas station in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Nov. 7. Gas prices are surging across the country yet there's effectively little the Biden administration can do.

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  • Business

Gasoline prices are surging. Can Biden actually do something about it?

Presidents don't set the gas price you pay at the pump, but they're often blamed for it. And right now, high energy prices are helping send inflation to an over 30-year high.

November 15, 2021
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  • Camila Domonoske
Voters in New York soundly rejected two ballot measures that would have allowed for expanded voting access in the state.

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  • Elections

What 2021's recent elections tell us about voting in 2022 and beyond

Recent off-year elections showed that voters may not be so invested in making it easier to vote while Republicans may benefit from higher voter turnout than they previously had thought.

November 15, 2021
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  • Miles Parks
GPB News NPR

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  • Economy

Americans are shopping more than ever before, but supply is struggling to meet demand

Did someone order another weird holiday shopping season? Goods stuck on ships, pricier gas and food, fewer sales, workers demanding higher wages, and through it all: shoppers spending record money.

November 15, 2021
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  • Alina Selyukh
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