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Beata Moon sits on the balcony of her Queens, New York, apartment on Dec. 9. Because she is not fully vaccinated, much of New York City is off-limits to her.

For a musician in New York City, not being fully vaccinated comes at a cost

Dec 27, 2021
"My ears are my life," says composer, pianist and teaching artist Beata Moon, who experienced ear ringing after her first vaccine dose. Around the same time, she also tested positive for COVID-19.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
The White House says President Biden's speech Tuesday will be about encouraging vaccination and expanding testing rather than about locking down.

Biden to announce free COVID tests, more aid for hospitals to deal with omicron

Dec 21, 2021

The U.S. government plans to buy a half-billion at-home COVID test kits and mail them to people who want them, with deliveries beginning in January.

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National Security

Air Force discharges 27 for refusing to get COVID vaccine

Dec 14, 2021
The Pentagon earlier this year required the vaccine for all members of the military, including active duty, National Guard and the Reserves.
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Religion
A pastor received the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in May, during a gathering of a group of interfaith clergy members, community leaders and officials at the Washington National Cathedral, to encourage faith communities to get the COVID vaccine.

1 in 10 Americans say the COVID-19 vaccine conflicts with their religious beliefs

Dec 09, 2021
A new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute and the Interfaith Youth Core shows most Americans believe too many people are using religious beliefs as a reason to not get vaccinated.
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Shots - Health News
Dr. Naresh Aggarwal talks in April with Jennifer Bain, who volunteered for a study of Medicago's COVID-19 vaccine in Toronto.

A COVID vaccine grown in plants measures up

Dec 07, 2021
A COVID-19 vaccine from a Canadian biotech firm has been found effective at preventing moderate to severe disease. It could soon become the first plant-based vaccine authorized for human use.
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People line up to get on the Air France flight to Paris at OR Tambo's airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Nov. 26. The United States, Israel and other European nations have already imposed travel restrictions on South Africa and other nations in th

As omicron spreads, studies suggest that travel bans alone don't do much good

Nov 28, 2021
Public health experts warn that the rush to impose travel bans on southern African countries after the omicron variant was identified can work against scientific transparency.
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Coronavirus Updates
President Biden speaks to media as he arrives on Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md.,  on Sunday after returning from Nantucket, Mass., after spending the Thanksgiving holiday there.

Omicron variant spreads to North America, Australia and more of Europe

Nov 28, 2021
President Biden received a briefing from his medical task force, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, who said that "inevitably" the omicron variant will turn up in the U.S.
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World
A man walks in front of a fire in a street of The Hague during a demonstration against the Dutch government's coronavirus measures on November 20, 2021.

Protests have broken out across Europe in response to tightened COVID-19 restrictions

Nov 21, 2021
In The Netherlands, Austria, France, Belgium, and other countries, protestors are clashing with police in defiance of COVID-19 restrictions.
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Shots - Health News
Safeway pharmacist Shahrzad Khoobyari administers a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 booster shot into the arm of Norman Solomon in San Rafael, Calif., in October.

CDC backs expansion of COVID boosters for all adults

Nov 19, 2021
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky gave the green light to boosters just hours after a panel of vaccine advisors voted unanimously to recommend boosters for anyone 18 and older.
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News
FILE - This Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, file photo shows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration building behind FDA logos at a bus stop on the agency's campus in Silver Spring, Md.

FDA recalling 2 million Ellume at-home COVID-19 test kits because of false positives

Nov 11, 2021
The federal regulatory agency says the recall stems from a manufacturing defect found in some 2 million tests.
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Goats and Soda
A new study suggests that the white-tailed deer, pictured above, could carry SARS-CoV-2 indefinitely and spread it back to humans periodically.

How SARS-CoV-2 in American deer could alter the course of the global pandemic

Nov 10, 2021
Scientists have evidence that SARS-CoV-2 is circulating in white-tailed deer in the U.S. They say the findings could essentially dash any hopes of eliminating the virus in the U.S. — and the world.
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Sports
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) is shown during the first half of an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021, in Glendale, Ariz. On Tuesday, NFL officials fined the Packers, Rodgers and another player for

NFL fines Green Bay Packers, Aaron Rodgers for violating COVID protocols

Nov 10, 2021
With Rodgers sidelined by the diagnosis and league protocols on Sunday, the Packers lost 13-7 to the Kansas City Chiefs. He remains at home as part of a league-imposed 10-day quarantine.
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Asia
An airport worker marks queue line for the reopening of International Ngurah Rai Airport in Bali, Indonesia, Thursday.

Bali reopens to foreign travelers as COVID-19 surge subsides

Oct 14, 2021
International travelers must be vaccinated, test negative, be coming from certain countries, quarantine and heed restrictions in public.
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Shots - Health News
Hospitals in Idaho, like St. Luke's Boise Medical Center in Boise, remain full after the summer delta surge pushed many to their limits.

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

Oct 14, 2021
Putting off surgeries or routine treatments for serious illnesses has become common during the pandemic, a new NPR/Harvard poll finds.
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World
A Health worker administers vaccinations at a pop-up drive-in clinic Monday, Oct. 11, 2021, in Auckland, New Zealand. New Zealand's doctors and teachers are among those who must soon be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus to continue working in thei

New Zealand's doctors and teachers must soon be vaccinated

Oct 11, 2021
The new mandate compels health care workers, including doctors and pharmacists, to be fully vaccinated by December. Teachers and other education workers must be fully vaccinated by January.
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Health Care
Cox Medical Center in Branson, Mo., is implementing a personal panic button system for hundreds of its employees. Assaults of hospital staff tripled from 2019 to 2020, the hospital says.

A Hospital Gives Its Staff Panic Buttons After Assaults By Patients Triple

Sep 30, 2021
From 2019 to 2020, assaults on hospital staff by patients tripled at Cox Medical Center in Branson, Mo. Now personal panic buttons are being implemented to alert hospital security more easily.
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Asia
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks to reporters about lifting of a state of emergency at his official residence in Tokyo Monday, Sept. 27. Suga announced Tuesday a lifting of the ongoing coronavirus state of emergency and less-stringent measur

Japan To Lift All Coronavirus Emergency Steps Nationwide

Sep 28, 2021
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced Tuesday that virus restrictions will be eased gradually.
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Health
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, shown here in August, has appointed Dr. Joseph Ladapo as the state's new surgeon general. Ladapo says vaccines are not the only way to promote "good health."

Florida Gov. DeSantis Taps A New Surgeon General Who Doesn't Support Vaccine Mandates

Sep 22, 2021
Dr. Joseph Ladapo comes to Florida from UCLA and is a Harvard Medical School graduate. He says vaccines are not the only way to promote "good health" and the decision to get one is up to each person.
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Las Vegas Vaccination Site Packed After $100 Gift Cards Offered

Sep 20, 2021

Hundreds of Southern Nevadans turned out over the weekend to get vaccinated — and pick up $100 gift cards as rewards.

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Coronavirus Updates
A health worker administers a dose of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic earlier this month at the Reading Area Community College in Reading, Pa.

COVID Vaccine For Kids Ages 5 To 11 Is Safe And Effective, Pfizer Says

Sep 20, 2021
Pfizer and BioNTech say that early trial results show their vaccine established a strong antibody response against the coronavirus. FDA review is still needed.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
Nurse Katrina Philpot (left) protests against COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandates in Santa Fe, N.M., in August.

In The Fight Against COVID, Health Workers Aren't Immune To Vaccine Misinformation

Sep 18, 2021
About a quarter of U.S. health care workers have refused the COVID-19 vaccine as of July. They share demographic traits with other unvaccinated people and are putting hospitals in a tough spot.
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Clark County Will Offer Gift Cards To Boost COVID Vaccination Rates

Sep 14, 2021

For months Clark County government has encouraged residents to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

Now it’s putting money where its mouth is.

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World
The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin is going into self-isolation because of coronavirus cases among his inner circle.

Russian President Putin Self-Isolates After Staffers Get COVID-19

Sep 14, 2021
The Russian leader will attend an upcoming regional meeting via teleconference, the Kremlin said. Putin said he got his second COVID-19 vaccine in April.
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Children's Health
Isaac Conde, 14, and Joshua Conde, 16, walk toward Thurgood Marshall Academic High School in San Francisco, Calif. in March.

San Francisco Schools Have Had No COVID-19 Outbreaks Since Classes Began Last Month

Sep 10, 2021
The city's health department said that 90% of children age 12-17 are fully vaccinated. There have been 227 cases reported among staff and students, but the vast majority are occurring outside school.
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Health
Travelers wearing protective face masks wait in line at a Transportation Security Administration screening at LaGuardia Airport in New York last month. U.S. aviation regulators are calling on the nation's airports to crack down on the defiantly unmasked.

TSA Is Doubling Fines For Those Who Refuse To Wear A Mask While Flying

Sep 10, 2021
President Biden says, "If you break the rules, be prepared to pay." He calls the harassment aimed at airline employees over masks "wrong" and "ugly."

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