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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Carlos Reyes, a certified nursing assistant in Massachusetts, says the nursing homes where he works told him he could not get vaccinated because he is a contract worker. He has since tested positive for the coronavirus.
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    Some Health Care Workers Say They Are 'Forgotten' In COVID-19 Vaccination Plans

    Jan 05, 2021
    Clinicians in private practice, those who work for staffing agencies and others who are not directly employed by hospitals or long-term care facilities say they have been overlooked in the rollout.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    COVID-19 ads that Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl planned to run on Facebook got caught in the social network's ban on political advertising.
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    Mask Up! How Public Health Messages Collide With Facebook's Political Ads Ban

    Dec 23, 2020
    Nearly two months after Election Day, Facebook still prohibits political ads. The ban is frustrating some elected leaders who say it makes it harder to get out information about the pandemic.
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    National
    Brandon Scott, Baltimore's youngest mayor in more than a century, at his election night party last month.
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    Baltimore's New Progressive Mayor Is Ready To Tackle The City's Biggest Problems

    Dec 08, 2020
    Brandon Scott is the city's youngest mayor in more than a century. The 36-year-old campaigned on an unprecedented platform of curbing mayoral power.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Wilson County Commissioner Andy Miller says Dr. McKenney created a storm when she criticized President Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
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    Public Health Workers In Kansas Walk Away Over Pressure From Pandemic Politics

    Dec 04, 2020
    Across the country, they are quitting and the exodus is particularly pronounced in rural Kansas where opposition to mask mandates and other public health edicts remains strong.
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    Shots - Health News
    A Portland, Ore., resident wears a respirator to protect himself from wildfire smoke as he jogs in downtown in September 2020.
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    'We Don't Have To Live This Way': Doctors Call For Climate Action

    Dec 02, 2020
    Heat waves, air pollution and extreme weather are making people sick and, increasingly, killing people. A key report by global physicians says fossil fuels are to blame.
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    Goats and Soda
    Boxes containing vials of remdesivir at a pharmaceutical company in Giza, Egypt.
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    WHO Trial Finds Remdesivir Has 'No Meaningful Effect' In COVID-19 Patients

    Nov 20, 2020
    The medicine is one of the few to win regulatory approval as a treatment for the disease, but has fallen out of favor with the health authority.
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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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    The Coronavirus Crisis
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    Experts: Gobble All You Like, But Do It With The Turkeys In Your Own Household

    Nov 17, 2020
    With COVID-19 cases soaring lots of people are conflicted about Thanksgiving plans. Experts are recommending we spend the holiday with just the people who live in our homes this year.
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    Shots - Health News
    NorthPoint Health & Wellness Center in north Minneapolis started as part of a 14-city pilot program funded by President Lyndon B. Johnson's War on Poverty. It's the only one of those health and social services clinics still in business.
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    How A Minneapolis Clinic Is Narrowing Racial Gaps In Health

    Nov 11, 2020
    For five decades, NorthPoint Health & Wellness Center has confronted the ways disparities can hurt its patients' health. Community leaders say it's a model for cities facing similar struggles.
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    President Donald Trump speaks at the Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit on April 24, 2019 in Atlanta. President Trump declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency.
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    Opioid Crisis: Critics Say Trump Fumbled Response To Another Deadly Epidemic

    Oct 29, 2020
    President Trump promised to end America's opioid crisis. On his watch overdose deaths flattened in 2018 then surged again to record levels.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    The University of Michigan football stadium is shown in Ann Arbor, Mich., this summer. Health officials in Michigan say infections among university students account for over 60% of local infections.
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    U. Of Michigan Students Under Stay-In-Place Order, But Football Can Still Kick Off

    Oct 21, 2020
    The public health order does not apply to varsity sports such as the football team, which plays University of Minnesota on the road Saturday. The two-week order was prompted by surging virus cases.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Hawaiian Airlines jets outside Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu. Hawaii has seen a more than 90% reduction in the number of air travelers arriving since the start of the pandemic.
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    Facing Economic Devastation, Hawaii Attempts To Revive Tourism

    Oct 20, 2020
    The tourist economy in Hawaii has been decimated by the pandemic, with 1 in 6 people there unemployed. Now, the state hopes new traveler testing protocols will help bring visitors back to its beaches.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    Anti-vaccine activists protested at the Massachusetts State House in August against Governor Charlie Baker's mandate that all students enrolled in child care, pre-school, K-12, and post-secondary institutions must receive the flu vaccine this year.
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    Facebook Bans Ads Discouraging Vaccines, In Latest Misinformation Crackdown

    Oct 13, 2020
    The move is a reversal of Facebook's longstanding reluctance to block problematic content. Critics say public health misinformation has flourished on the social network.
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    Goats and Soda
    An illegal roadside graveyard in northeastern Namibia. People in the townships surrounding Rundu, a town on the border to Angola, are too poor to afford a funeral plot at the municipal graveyard — and resorted to burying their dead next to a dusty grav
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    Why The Pandemic Could Change The Way We Record Deaths

    Sep 25, 2020
    Before COVID-19 came along, the world wasn't so great at counting deaths and understanding why people die. But the virus has propelled countries to ramp up their efforts.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez holds a letter from a Navajo family while distributing food, water and other supplies on May 27, on the Navajo Nation Reservation in New Mexico.
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    To Limit COVID-19, Navajo Leader Says: 'Listen To Your Public Health Professionals'

    Sep 15, 2020
    The Navajo Nation has seen a turning point in its battle against the virus. Cases are down dramatically. Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez says that's because citizens heed public health advice.
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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."
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    Goats and Soda
    Jewish children in the Warsaw ghetto around 1940. Food was in short supply.
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    The Warsaw Ghetto Can Teach The World How To Beat Back An Outbreak

    Sep 02, 2020
    A study seeks to learn how hundreds of thousands of Jews, crammed in the ghetto by the Nazis, halted an outbreak of epidemic typhus. Some — including survivors alive today — say frame of mind was key.
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    Politics
    Dr. Chris Hoover (left) and Dr. Connie Liu (right) walk through their home with their children Taro, 3, and Hiro, 4 months, in Gallup, N.M. On a short reporting trip across the Southwest, NPR met very different families and asked them the same simple que
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    It's Been A Hard Year. 5 Families On How 2020 Will Shape Their Vote For President

    Aug 26, 2020
    The spread of COVID-19, the ensuing economic crisis and the reckoning around social injustice has made 2020 a year like none other. NPR wanted to know how these events might shape political choices.
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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
    A mural in Chennai, India, celebrates workers on the front lines against the coronavirus pandemic. The global case count crossed the 20 million threshold on Monday, with the U.S., Brazil and India in the lead.
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    Global Coronavirus Case Count Surpasses 20 Million

    Aug 10, 2020
    According to Johns Hopkins University, more than 20 million people worldwide have tested positive for the virus. The milestone comes almost exactly five months after the WHO declared it a pandemic.
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    Shots - Health News
    A letter from current CDC staff recently submitted to Director Robert Redfield demands that the agency address structural racism toward Black employees.
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    CDC Employees Call Out Agency's 'Toxic Culture Of Racial Aggressions'

    Jul 13, 2020
    Pointing to the pandemic's disproportionate toll on people of color, over 1,200 workers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention call on the agency to declare racism a public health crisis.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Lt. Travis Stokes, a firefighter in Richmond, Va., is helping to lead an effort to distribute protective equipment to residents of low-income and minority neighborhoods.
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    In Minority Neighborhoods, Knocking On Doors To Stop The Spread Of The Coronavirus

    Jul 10, 2020
    Through a partnership between state and local government, volunteers and city workers in Richmond, Va., are passing out PPE in at-risk neighborhoods.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Face coverings are seen on display in Los Angeles on July 2. California Gov. Gavin Newsom threatened this week to withhold up to $2.5 billion in aid to local police departments that refuse to enforce mask rules and other pandemic-related mandates.
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    More States Require Masks In Public As COVID-19 Spreads, But Enforcement Lags

    Jul 08, 2020
    Governors and mayors in some regions with rising COVID-19 counts have made masks mandatory in public places. But sometimes their own police refuse to enforce the mask rules.
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    Goats and Soda
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    Coronavirus FAQs: Is It Safe To Dine Indoors — Or Outdoors?

    Jul 02, 2020
    We look at the risks to consider (and precautions to take) before a restaurant meal. Also: How risky is it to fly on fully booked flights?
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    A sign at Newark Liberty International Airport warns airline passengers about a travel advisory that applies to people arriving in New Jersey from certain states. Visitors from Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Louisi
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    Some States To Out-Of-Towners: If You Come Visit, Plan To Quarantine For 2 Weeks

    Jul 02, 2020
    The 14-day quarantine rule — which in some areas carries fines of up to $10,000 — is meant to help contain the spread of COVID-19, but enforcement varies from state to state.
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