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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Maria Arechiga, an ICU charge nurse, monitors the progress of two COVID-19 patients in the intensive care unit of Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in Los Angeles.
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    'The Separate and Unequal Health System' Highlighted By COVID-19

    Jan 21, 2021
    A South Los Angeles hospital has long provided for an underserved community where private insurance is scarce and chronic illnesses can flourish. And then came a devastating coronavirus surge.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Sarah Lind, a nurse with Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corp., Southwest Alaska's tribal health care provider, vaccinates James Evan in December, 2020. They're standing on the tarmac in the village of Napakiak, where Evan works for YKHC at the clinic.
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    'We Don't Feel Forgotten At All': Alaska Fires Up COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout

    Jan 11, 2021
    In Alaska, the coronavirus vaccine is heading to tiny villages on small planes and snow machines. The massive undertaking echoes previous efforts to get vaccines to remote corners of the state.
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    Goats and Soda
    The question of what to call the "developing world" is a developing debate.
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    Memo To People Of Earth: 'Third World' Is An Offensive Term!

    Jan 08, 2021
    TV correspondents and pundits spoke it, Twitter users typed it. They said the insurrection in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday was what happens in "Third World" countries. There's a problem with that.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Gene Bracegirdle is relieved to get his first dose of the vaccine recently in rural Colorado.
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    COVID-19 Vaccinations Are Off To A Slow Start — But Not In Some Rural Areas

    Jan 08, 2021
    Some rural areas, where health care is usually harder to get, appear to be leading the nation in delivery of the COVID-19 vaccine. But health leaders are cautioning there are caveats.
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    Coronavirus Updates
    Tribal leaders on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota say they plan to hold the Indian Health Service accountable as the first vaccines are set to be delivered to Indian Country.
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    'Hold Their Feet To the Fire': Getting A COVID-19 Vaccine To Hard-Hit Indian Country

    Dec 11, 2020
    A portion of the first coronavirus vaccines have been designated to go to Indian Country, but some tribes are skeptical about the federal government's ability to deliver and distribute the vaccines.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    An ambulance pulls up as nurses outside a triage tent for the Emergency Department at the Harborview Medical Center in Seattle put on gowns and other protective gear at the start of their shift, on April 2, 2020. A resurgence of the coronavirus has healt
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    'We're All Tired Of This': Health Care Workers In Seattle Prepare For Another Surge

    Dec 03, 2020
    Harborview Medical Center faced the country's initial swell of coronavirus cases. Now, health care workers there are offering advice to people facing the latest surge in COVID-19 patients.
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    More People Can Access Surgery. That's Great For Them, Awful For The Planet

    Nov 17, 2020
    With surgical care on the rise globally, researchers worry the energy-consuming procedures will have a negative impact on the climate. But they say there are ways to make them more energy efficient.
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    Goats and Soda
    Marissa Tuping, a rural midwife, and Risa Calibuso, right, arrive in Nueva Vizcaya Provincial Hospital on July 21. Calibuso gave birth to her son moments later.
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    The Philippines Has A Policy Against Home Births. It's Not Playing Well In A Pandemic

    Oct 25, 2020
    The "No Home Birth" policy was created to reduce maternal and newborn mortality rates. But critics say it makes giving birth expensive and complicated — especially during the coronavirus crisis.
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    Portraits Of Resilience: How 19 Women Around The Globe Face The Pandemic

    Oct 09, 2020
    Women often bear a heavier burden at times of crisis. They take care of the kids, the house, the survival of families. NPR photographed and interviewed 19 women over 3 weeks. Here are their stories.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Dr. Dinora Chinchilla is finally taking a month off after working seven consecutive months.
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    As Pandemic Persists, Health Care Heroes Beginning To Crack Under The Strain

    Aug 22, 2020
    Many doctors are suffering burnout five months into the pandemic. But the toll is compounded for Latino doctors serving heavily affected Latino communities. Some are now beginning to seek help.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Clark County Commission Vice Chairman Lawrence Weekly swabs his nose while giving a coronavirus test to himself during a tour of setup at a temporary coronavirus testing site in Las Vegas on Aug. 3.
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    Las Vegas Casinos Are Open At 50% Capacity. What About Las Vegas Hospitals?

    Aug 11, 2020
    Las Vegas is on shaky footing as it reopens with one of the nation's highest infection rates. An NPR analysis shows the city could run into trouble with hospital capacity if cases keep climbing.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    Navicent Health is the largest health care system in middle Georgia, with more than 50 facilities, including the Medical Center, Navicent Health in Macon.
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    Georgia Hospital Worker Sounds Alarm: 'I Have Never Ever Seen Anything Like This'

    Jul 16, 2020
    Coronavirus patients "were lined up along the walls in the ER," said a Georgia health care worker. "We never have had an influx like that. Since the Fourth of July, it has just exploded."
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    People get tested for the coronavirus at a drive-through site in Phoenix last month. In Arizona, the portion of tests coming back positive now hovers around 24%, more than three times the national average.
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    In Arizona, Nearly 1 In 4 Coronavirus Tests Now Comes Back Positive

    Jul 02, 2020
    The percentage of positive tests in Arizona is more than three times the national average, and hospital capacity has become a concern.
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    Goats and Soda
    A health worker in personal protective equipment stands in a COVID-19 intensive care unit in Taiz, Yemen.
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    'I Will Kill You': Health Care Workers Face Rising Attacks Amid COVID-19 Outbreak

    Jun 29, 2020
    A doctor in Yemen says he was threatened at gunpoint when treating a patient infected with the virus. The incident is part of a larger trend of pandemic-related attacks worldwide.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Paramedics from the San Antonio Fire Department set up swabbing stations in a suburban nursing home's parking lot as part of the massive state intervention to stop the spread of infections in Texas nursing homes.
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    Texas Calls In A Strike Force To Try To Slow Coronavirus Spread In Nursing Homes

    Jun 15, 2020
    More than one-third of all COVID-19 deaths in America have been elderly residents and workers at nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates

    Feds Arrest 'The Mask Man,' New York Pharmacist Accused Of Profiteering On N95 Masks

    May 26, 2020
    "I feel like a drug dealer standing out here," Richard Schirripa allegedly said as he was recorded selling 16 boxes of N95 masks to a customer on the street, a criminal complaint says.
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    Nevada Health Link Added 6,000 In Special Enrollment Period

    May 19, 2020

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada's state-run health insurance marketplace added more than 6,000 people during a two-month window for those who lacked coverage but had not signed up during open enrollment last fall.

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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Public health officials worry that the mostly low-income and immigrant populations served by community health centers aren't getting proper health care and testing.
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    Community Health Centers Struggling As Fewer People Seek Care During Pandemic

    May 19, 2020
    Many immigrants and people with low incomes already saw preventive care as a luxury. Now, the coronavirus pandemic has created another barrier to their seeking and receiving health care.
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    Nevada Hospital Association Warns Counties Over Records Release

    May 11, 2020

    The Nevada Hospital Association is playing hardball with state health officials over the release of daily reports detailing coronavirus activity.

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    Shots - Health News
    Pedro Rivera waits with other volunteers in District Heights, Md. to hand out food. He's wearing a mask that reads, "This too shall pass."
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    Opinion: Always The Bridesmaid, Public Health Rarely Spotlighted Until It's Too Late

    May 01, 2020
    Because the public health system mostly operates in the background, it rarely gets the attention or funding it deserves ― until there's a crisis.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Inmates are seen at the Hudson County Correctional Center in Kearny, N.J. in 2015.
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    Internal ICE Reviews Of Two Immigrant Deaths Stoke Fears About COVID-19 Care

    Apr 29, 2020
    As COVID-19 spreads in detention, ICE documents shared with NPR reveal new details about the health care provided to two immigrants who died in 2017. Those facilities now face coronavirus outbreaks.
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    Goats and Soda
    Maria Nakalanda (right), Edward Arineitwe and Charles Batte are Ugandan health care workers who have faced difficulties in getting to and from work after their country's transportation lockdown.
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    Commuting In A Pandemic: These Health Workers Are Trekking And Canoeing

    Apr 29, 2020
    And a canoe is not the best option when the paddler can't swim. Here's how doctors and nurses are getting to work in Uganda after the government clampdown on traffic to slow the spread of COVID-19.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Diana Hu is a pediatrician at Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation and a member of the Navajo epidemiology response team.
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    Navajo Nation Sees High Rate Of COVID-19 And Contact Tracing Is A Challenge

    Apr 24, 2020
    The Navajo Nation has the third highest COVID-19 infection rate in the U.S., after New York and New Jersey. The pandemic is exposing a longtime lack of federal funding for Indian Country health care.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    A man wearing a face mask walks in Moscow in mid-April during a strict lockdown to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
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    Researchers Look To Behavior To Explore Why The Coronavirus May Hit Men Harder

    Apr 23, 2020
    Men appear to be dying of the coronavirus at higher rates than women. Sarah Hawkes, a professor of public health at University College London, says gendered behavior may help explain why.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Employees assemble motors at a Mercedes-Benz factory in Stuttgart, Germany, on Wednesday. The German government pays much of laid-off workers' salaries for up to 12 months during economic crises.
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    Europe's Economy Was Hit Hard Too, But Jobs Didn't Disappear Like In The U.S.

    Apr 23, 2020
    Many governments, especially in European countries, are handling unemployment differently, paying companies to keep their workers on the payroll until the pandemic is over.

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