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Delta updated its statement Tuesday to remove the reference to "an ordinary, seasonal virus." A spokesperson told NPR over email that it had done so "for clarity and accuracy."

Delta updates its statement calling COVID a 'seasonal virus' after a backlash

Apr 19, 2022
The airline changed its announcement about the end of the federal mask mandate after a firestorm of criticism from public health experts who called it inaccurate and misleading.
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National
Travelers line up wearing protective masks indoors at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago in December 2021. U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle voided the national travel mask mandate on Monday.

Some major U.S. airlines are dropping mask mandates for travelers

Apr 18, 2022
Delta, United, Southwest, American and Alaska Airlines say that masks are now optional for travelers on their aircraft.
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Asia
Workers unload supplies including boxes of masks in Shanghai on Sunday, April 10, 2022.

U.S. orders consular staff to leave Shanghai amid COVID surge

Apr 11, 2022
The order from Washington covers "non-emergency U.S. government employees and their family members from U.S. Consulate General Shanghai."
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Goats and Soda
Rosy, 6, gives COVID tests and vaccines to her stuffed animals. She herself has been exposed to SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, multiple times and never tested positive. What's her secret?

Why hasn't my daughter caught COVID? 2 factors likely protect her — and maybe you too

Apr 07, 2022
My 6-year-old has been exposed to SARS-CoV-2 at least four times and never tested positive. Many people fall into that category. Researchers have theories about why they've been able to ward it off.
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Goats and Soda
Neighborhoods are separated by barriers as part of lockdown measures in Shanghai to prevent the spread of the highly transmissible omicron variant.

Voices from Shanghai: The trials of living through a massive COVID lockdown

Apr 06, 2022
China's lockdown and quarantine policy is testing the limits of the city of 26 million. Parents were separated from kids. And there's not enough staff for the elderly residents of care centers.
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Goats and Soda
South African actress Khanyi Mbau, one of the stars of Netflix's new original reality show set in Africa, <em>Young, Famous & African. </em>

Opinion: 5 Things I'd change about Netflix's 'Young, Famous & African'

Apr 05, 2022
If Dr. Ifeanyi Nsofor could have a hand in creating another season of the reality show, he'd ditch the 'Real Housewives' drama and get the cast to talk about COVID vaccines.
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World
Residents wearing face masks walk by a masked security watch over a barricaded Galaxy Soho commercial office building locked down for health monitoring following a COVID-19 case detected in the area Tuesday in Beijing. China has sent more than 10,000 hea

26 million people in Shanghai are locked down due to a surge in COVID cases

Apr 05, 2022
The COVID-19 outbreak in China's largest metropolis of Shanghai remains "extremely grim" amid an ongoing lockdown confining around 26 million people to their homes, a city official said Tuesday.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
A woman with diabetes uses a glucometer to measure the glycemia in her blood on March 24, 2020.

COVID-19 infection increases your risk for diabetes, a new study says

Mar 31, 2022
Researchers found that people who had COVID-19 were about 40% more likely to develop diabetes within a year after recovering, compared to participants in a control group.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
A health worker shows a box containing a bottle of Ivermectin in Cali, Colombia, on July 21, 2020.

Ivermectin does not prevent COVID-19 hospitalization, a new study says

Mar 30, 2022
The Food and Drug Administration has long warned against using the cow and horse dewormer to fight COVID-19, warning it can cause serious, adverse effects.
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Coronavirus Updates
The Norwegian Gateway cruise ship is moored at PortMiami on Jan. 7 in Miami. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dropped its advisory warning Wednesday for cruise travel after more than two years of warning Americans.

CDC drops its COVID-19 risk advisory for cruise ship travel

Mar 30, 2022
While the agency has lifted its travel health notice two years after putting it in place, officials say it's up to travelers to determine their own health risks before going aboard a ship.
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Politics
A person walks past a COVID-19 testing location in Arlington, Va., on March 16. A new website launched by the Biden administration will provide a locater for test-and-treat facilities, among other services.

A new federal website aims to solve a key COVID problem: where to get antiviral pills

Mar 30, 2022
The new government website includes a locator tool for more than 2,000 sites to access "test to treat" services for COVID. It's meant to be a one-stop shop for Americans' pandemic needs.
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UNLV researchers expand COVID-19 sewage monitoring program amid subvariant's dominance

Mar 29, 2022

Researchers at University of Nevada, Las Vegas who screen sewage water for COVID-19 have found the BA.2 subvariant across Southern Nevada.

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Politics
White House Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre arrives for a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC on May 26, 2021.

White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre tests positive for COVID-19

Mar 28, 2022
Jean-Pierre said she saw President Biden at a meeting Saturday, but they were socially distanced, and he would not be considered a close contact by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention.
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COVID-19 vaccinations
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Nevada Guard wraps up COVID-19 mission as state hits 10K deaths

Mar 25, 2022

Nevada’s National Guard is wrapping up its largest, longest state activation in response to a domestic emergency as Nevada surpassed 10,000 deaths from COVID-19 since the state’s first case was confirmed two years ago.

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National
The CEOs of the major U.S. airlines have called on President Biden to end the federal mask mandate for public transportation. Here, a traveler works on a laptop computer at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston on Dec. 3.

U.S. airline CEOs call on President Biden to end the federal mask mandate on planes

Mar 24, 2022
The CEOs argue that the increase in vaccinations and the lifting of restrictions in other countries should make the Biden administration reconsider the policy for travelers.
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Sports
Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving, number 11, is shown playing March 15, 2022, in Orlando, Fla.

New York City to end vaccine mandates for performers and athletes

Mar 23, 2022
Mayor Eric Adams previously said it was unfair that a loophole in the vaccine rule allowed unvaccinated, visiting players and performers who don't work in New York to still play or perform.
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Technology
Steve Wilhite, inventor of the GIF file format, poses in 2013 at the Webby Awards in New York City. That year, the Webby Awards honored Wilhite with a lifetime achievement award. He played a GIF as his acceptance speech, which iterated the pronunciation

Beloved creator of the GIF dies following complications from COVID, wife confirms

Mar 23, 2022
Steve Wilhite, the creator of the GIF, died at age 74 due to complications from COVID-19.
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Health
A Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is prepared during a pop-up vaccine clinic at Cristo Rey Church in East Austin on July 24, 2021.

Moderna wants the FDA to authorize its COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 6

Mar 23, 2022
No deaths were reported in tests, and there were no signs of myocarditis, or heart inflammation, as a side effect.
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Politics
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, shown here at the 2022 New York State Democratic Convention in February, says she has tested positive for COVID-19.

Hillary Clinton says she's tested positive for COVID-19

Mar 22, 2022
The former secretary of state said Tuesday that she is experiencing "some mild cold symptoms but am feeling fine."
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Coronavirus Updates
White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House on March 17, 2022, in Washington. Psaki announced she recently tested positive for COVID-19.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki tests positive (again) for COVID-19

Mar 22, 2022
In a statement posted to Twitter, Psaki says she had two "socially-distanced meetings" with President Biden on Monday and said he was not considered a close contact. His most recent test was negative.
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World
The Tupua Tamasese Meaule Hospital is pictured in Apia, Samoa, on July 10, 2015. Samoa will go into lockdown beginning Saturday as it faces its first outbreak of the coronavirus after a woman who was about to leave the country tested positive.

Samoa locks down after recording its first community COVID-19 case

Mar 18, 2022
A 29-year-old woman tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday during routine testing before boarding an international flight.
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Goats and Soda
This photo taken on Feb. 20 shows a foreign worker in Hong Kong sheltering with her belongings during the city's current coronavirus surge.

Seen as heroes at home, Filipino workers feel 'abandoned' amid Hong Kong's COVID surge

Mar 17, 2022
Many of the domestic workers say they were banished from their employers' homes after getting sick — and fired — even though terminating an employee for falling ill is against Hong Kong law.
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Health
A staff member poses with a vial of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination health center.

Pfizer-BioNTech will seek authorization for second COVID booster for older adults

Mar 15, 2022
Pfizer and BioNTech are planning to ask the Food and Drug Administration to authorize a second COVID-19 booster shot for people age 65 and older.
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Business
Residents get tested for the coronavirus at an outdoor facility on Monday in Beijing.

Shares in China fall amid strongest COVID-19 lockdown yet

Mar 15, 2022
A second consecutive day of losses comes while China faces a surging number of COVID-19 cases across the country.
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Asia
Residents queue to undergo tests for the coronavirus in China's northeastern Jilin province on Saturday.

A surge in COVID-19 spurs new lockdowns in China's cities

Mar 15, 2022
In the latest wave, the highly transmissible omicron variant has moved more quickly than contact tracing allows.
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