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    Have You Been Evicted During The Pandemic, Or Afraid Of Losing Your Home?

    Jan 05, 2021
    NPR wants to hear from you if you have lost income and couldn't pay rent to your landlord or needed a mortgage forbearance.
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    Coronavirus Updates
    A coronavirus outbreak occurred at the Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center's emergency department, with 44 staff members testing positive for the virus between Dec. 27 and Jan. 3.
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    Costume May Have Contributed To An Outbreak At California Hospital, Infecting 44

    Jan 04, 2021
    Hospital officials in San Jose are investigating whether an inflatable costume contributed to an emergency department outbreak. One hospital employee died after testing positive for the coronavirus.
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    National
    Housing activists protesting evictions in Massachusetts, which recently allowed its sweeping statewide eviction ban to expire. That leaves residents with only a much weaker eviction protection order from the Centers for Disease Control and prevention.
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    Why The CDC Eviction Ban Isn't Really A Ban: 'I Have Nowhere To Go'

    Dec 20, 2020
    Families are getting put out on the street despite an order to block evictions from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Advocates say the order needs to be extended and strengthened.
    NPR
    Shots - Health News
    Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine has been tested for safety and efficacy in more than 44,000 people. Still, stopping viral spread will take more than immunizations, says the CDC. The agency is calling for those who are vaccinated to continue wearing ma
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    What You Need To Know As The First COVID-19 Vaccine Heads Your Way

    Dec 12, 2020
    Within hours, U.S. states are expected have in hand their first shipments of Pfizer's newly FDA-authorized COVID-19 vaccine. It marks a new phase in the pandemic, but what's that mean for you?
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., who chairs the House's panel on the coronavirus, warned that if the Department of Health and Human Services failed to produce all missing documents by Dec. 15, the panel "will have no choice but to issue subpoenas to compel pr
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    House Oversight Committee Chair: Testimony Points To Political Interference At CDC

    Dec 10, 2020
    Rep. James Clyburn says the Trump Administration may have deliberately tried to "conceal and destroy evidence that senior political appointees interfered" with the CDC's coronavirus response.
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    Biden Transition Updates
    Dr. Rochelle Walensky is President-elect Joe Biden's pick to head the CDC. Here, she speaks at a 2006 HIV conference in Washington, D.C.
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    Biden Names Massachusetts Doctor to Lead CDC

    Dec 07, 2020
    Dr. Rochelle Walensky is an infectious disease expert and teaches at Harvard Medical School. She will replace Robert Redfield, the current director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Vice President Pence speaks Friday during a briefing on COVID-19 at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
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    Pence Says It's A 'Season Of Hope,' While CDC Officials Warn Of COVID-19 Surge

    Dec 05, 2020
    Pence visited the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention to highlight promising vaccine developments, but he received a grim assessment of the current state of the pandemic in the U.S.
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    Coronavirus Updates
    The doorway to Jones Hall is shown at Utah State University in September, where about 300 students were being quarantined to their rooms as a precaution.
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    CDC Likely To Recommend Shortening Coronavirus Quarantine Period

    Nov 24, 2020
    Federal health officials could reduce the quarantine from the currently recommended 14 days to as few as seven for people who test negative for the virus.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Some churches at the center of COVID-19 outbreaks have shunned attention or responded with defiance, while others have limited crowd sizes and encouraged congregants to wear masks and practice social distancing.
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    Some Faith Leaders Defiant, Others Transparent Over COVID-19 Outbreaks

    Nov 19, 2020
    Many faith leaders may believe churches are singled out for blame, but one Baptist pastor in Maine called for safety precautions after members tested positive for the coronavirus.
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    Investigations
    The flawed coronavirus test kits went out to public laboratories in February. An internal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention review obtained by NPR says the wrong quality control protocols were used.
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    CDC Report: Officials Knew Coronavirus Test Was Flawed But Released It Anyway

    Nov 06, 2020
    An unreleased CDC review obtained by NPR shows that lab officials knew an early coronavirus test kit had a high failure rate. They decided not to recall it and sent it to the nation's labs anyway.
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    Shots - Health News
    Tony Potts, a 69-year-old retiree living in Ormond Beach, Fla., receives his first injection earlier this year as a participant in a Phase 3 clinical trial of Moderna's COVID-19 candidate vaccine.
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    Advisers To CDC Debate How COVID-19 Vaccine Should Be Rolled Out

    Oct 30, 2020
    In advance of a COVID-19 vaccine being available, a group of independent medical advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention weighed Friday who should get the vaccine first and how.
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    Coronavirus Updates
    Cruise ships are docked at the Port of Miami in the spring. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suspended cruises from U.S. ports in March after coronavirus outbreaks on a number of ships.
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    Cruise Lines Can Sail Again From The U.S., But It's Not Clear How Soon

    Oct 30, 2020
    The federal government has given the go-ahead for cruise ships to sail from ports in the United States. Officials stopped cruise lines in March as the coronavirus pandemic ramped up.
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    Shots - Health News
    Increasingly, many people in the U.S., like these teens in a Miami grocery story in August, now routinely wear face masks in public to help stop COVID-19's spread. But social distancing and other public health measures have been slower to catch on, espec
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    Mask-Wearing Is Up In The U.S., But Young People Are Still Too Lax, CDC Survey Finds

    Oct 27, 2020
    A general increase in mask-wearing has been encouraging, U.S. public health experts say. But too few young people, especially, are social distancing and taking other steps to slow coronavirus' spread.
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    Renters Facing Eviction Can Get Help From CDC

    Oct 15, 2020

    Nevada’s moratorium on residential evictions for nonpayment of rent has ended, but those needing help can get it through the Centers for Disease Control.

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    Shots - Health News
    The federal government is starting to enforce new COVID-19 data reporting requirements for hospitals.
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    Hospitals That Don't Report COVID-19 Data Daily Will Get Warning Letter

    Oct 07, 2020
    New enforcement guidelines are now in place, pushing hospitals to comply with rigorous reporting requirements or risk losing a crucial funding stream from the federal government.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    Two Carnival cruise ships seen this summer are anchored in the English Channel as the industry remains hobbled by the coronavirus pandemic.
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    CDC Extends Ban On Cruises From U.S. Ports

    Oct 01, 2020
    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention extended the 'no sail' order for cruise lines until Oct. 31. The CDC had wanted the delay into next year but the White House reportedly intervened.
    NPR
    Coronavirus Live Updates
    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's guidelines for a safe Halloween during the COVID-19 pandemic include new methods of doing classic spooky activities.
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    CDC's Halloween Guidelines Warn Against Typical Trick-Or-Treating

    Sep 22, 2020
    Door-to-door trick-or-treating and crowded costume parties are out, and haunted forests and outdoor movie nights are in. "If screaming will likely occur, greater distancing is advised," the CDC says.
    NPR
    Coronavirus Live Updates
    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention briefly posted new guidance to its website stating that the coronavirus can commonly be transmitted through aerosol particles, which can be produced by activities like singing. Here, choristers wear face mas
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    CDC Publishes — Then Withdraws — Guidance On Aerosol Spread Of Coronavirus

    Sep 21, 2020
    The CDC says the guidelines were posted to its website in error. The now-deleted updates were notable because so far the agency has stopped short of saying that the virus is airborne.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has asked states to prepare for distribution of a coronavirus vaccine.
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    States Prepare For Potential Fall Vaccine Distribution Under Pressure From CDC

    Sep 04, 2020
    "We've got to take a deep breath," says one health official about the rapid timeline pushed by the CDC. "It is very clear that we need to lean forward to prepare to deliver the vaccine."
    NPR
    Coronavirus Live Updates
    A researcher takes blood samples from a patient as she participates in a COVID-19 vaccine study last month at the Research Centers of America in Hollywood, Fla.
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    Top Adviser To Operation Warp Speed Calls An October Vaccine 'Extremely Unlikely'

    Sep 03, 2020
    Dr. Moncef Slaoui, chief adviser to the administration's effort to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, said having a vaccine by next month was "not impossible." But a longer timetable appears more likely.
    NPR
    Shots - Health News
    Testing contacts of those with confirmed cases of the coronavirus is a common public health practice. New CDC guidelines make it optional.
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    CDC's Changed Testing Guidelines Could Lead To Less Testing, Experts Fear

    Aug 26, 2020
    The agency now says contacts of people with COVID-19 don't necessarily need to get tested. Public health experts say less testing of potential carriers could lead to more spread of the disease.
    NPR
    Shots - Health News
    Dr. Deborah Birx speaks to reporters this week outside the Arkansas Governor's Mansion in Little Rock. Birx indicated that data on U.S. COVID-19 hospitalizations will move back to the CDC under a "revolutionary new data system" the agency is developing.
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    Birx Stokes Hopes That Key Hospital Data Tracking Will Soon Return To CDC

    Aug 20, 2020
    Dr. Deborah Birx says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is creating a new way to track COVID-19 hospitalizations a month after such data collection was moved outside the agency.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is calling on Americans to do their part to contain the coronavirus as flu season comes into view.
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    CDC Director Warns This Fall Could Be The Worst Ever For Public Health

    Aug 13, 2020
    In an interview with WebMD, CDC Director Robert Redfield warned of the dual threat of the coronavirus and flu season. He urged Americans to follow COVID-19 health guidance and get the flu vaccine.
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    Shots - Health News
    The Trump administration abruptly required hospitals to stop reporting COVID data to CDC and use a new reporting system set up by a contractor. Two weeks in, the promised improvements in the data have yet to materialize.
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    COVID-19 Hospital Data System That Bypasses CDC Plagued By Delays, Inaccuracies

    Jul 31, 2020
    After the Trump administration moved hospital COVID-19 data reporting to HHS, bypassing the CDC, the new data system has been rife with erratic updates and anomalies.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    C.D.C. researchers estimate that although a majority of Americans haven't been exposed to the coronavirus, the actual infection rate is roughly 10 times higher. Data released on Tuesday showed the results of analyzed samples from 10 regions, including th
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    Coronavirus Infections Far Higher Than Confirmed But Most Americans Still Not Exposed

    Jul 21, 2020
    Data from the CDC estimates that roughly 10 times the amount of people have the virus than have been documented. The number is still far below what experts say would be needed for widespread immunity.

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