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    Coronavirus Updates
    A health care worker in Sydney, Australia receives their COVID-19 vaccination this month. Italian authorities got the European Commission to block a shipment of 250,700 doses of vaccine destined for Australia from Europe this week.
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    Australia Asks European Commission To Review Italy's Block On Vaccine Shipments

    Mar 05, 2021
    The blocked shipment of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines was the first intervention by the EU since the bloc approved rules that could restrict vaccine exports to non-member nations.
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    Shots - Health News
    A medical worker at South Shore University Hospital gets ready to administer the newly available Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in Bay Shore, N.Y., Wednesday. Clinical research found it to be 85% effective in preventing severe disease four weeks afte
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    Got Questions About Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 Vaccine? We Have Answers

    Mar 04, 2021
    The third COVID-19 vaccine authorized for use in the U.S. requires one shot instead of two, and works a slightly different way from the others. Here's what we know about its safety and effectiveness.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been widely accused of mishandling the coronavirus in his country.
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    Opinion: Brazil's President Is A Global Health Threat

    Mar 04, 2021
    Much of the blame for Brazil's coronavirus disaster lies with Jair Bolsonaro, who has enabled a domestic tragedy that now threatens the world, says analyst Robert Muggah.
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    Goats and Soda
    Ghana is the first country to receive a shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from the global COVAX program. Above: The vaccines are unloaded at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra on February 24.
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    Ghana Greets Historic Vaccine Delivery With A Dose Of Skepticism

    Mar 04, 2021
    It's the first country to receive free vaccines from the COVAX program. But that shipment of 600,000 can't protect a nation of 30 million. And conspiracy theories about the vaccine are swirling.
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    Goats and Soda
    Dr. Raj Panjabi, the newly named head of the President's Malaria Initiative, treating patients during a visit to Liberia, where he was born and lived until 1990. He'll lead the effort to prevent and treat malaria around the world. Each year, some 400,000
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    New U.S. Malaria Czar: Why We Should Care About The Disease, Even In A Pandemic

    Mar 04, 2021
    Did you even know the U.S. has a malaria czar? Who himself had malaria as a kid? We interview Dr. Raj Panjabi, newly appointed by President Joe Biden.
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    Goats and Soda
    An image from the book <em>Bring Back Our Girls. </em>The families of these missing girls sent photos of them to photographer Glenna Gordon.
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    What The Kidnapped Nigerian Schoolgirls Have To Tell Us

    Mar 03, 2021
    Seven years after the kidnapping of 276 Nigerian schoolgirls, a new book shares insights into their survival strategies — and looks at the mixed blessing of the 'Bring Back Our Girls" campaign.
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    Shots - Health News
    The coronavirus variant first spotted in South Africa alarms scientists because it evolved a mutation, known as E484K, that appears to make it better at evading antibodies produced by the immune system.
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    Worried About Coronavirus Variants? Here's What You Need To Know

    Mar 03, 2021
    Scientists are spotting new coronavirus variants almost on a daily basis. So far public health experts are still most worried about three important ones.
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    Goats and Soda
    Farmers, traders and customers weave through waist-high heaps of chili peppers, piles of ginger and mounds of carrots at a government-run wholesale market in western India.
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    India's Farmer Protests: Why Are They So Angry?

    Mar 02, 2021
    Demonstrations have been going on for months. Pop stars and climate activists have pledged support for the farmers. What sparked the movement is less glamorous: New rules for wholesale markets.
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    Shots - Health News
    Before conducting the nasal swab test for COVID-19 at the Rantoul, Ill., clinic, researchers go out to greet each visitor and ask for basic identification and health information.
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    To Help Farmworkers Get COVID-19 Tests And Vaccine, Build Trust And A Safety Net

    Mar 01, 2021
    Getting COVID-19 tests and vaccine to essential workers on commercial farms and in meatpacking plants requires more than a pop-up clinic miles away. A positive test can be financially devastating.
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    Goats and Soda
    Thulja Hurkchand as a young woman and with her son Hitesh. She'd tell him, "Don't worry. It's going to be okay. I'm going to be okay." Yet in the face of the pandemic, he couldn't help but worry.
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    A Race To Protect His Country — And His Mother

    Feb 28, 2021
    For this health expert based in Boston, the effort to get vaccines to his native South Africa was intensely personal.
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    Goats and Soda
    Masuma Ahuja, author of <em>Girlhood: Teenagers Around The World In Their Own Voices</em>, set out to document girls' ordinary lives.
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    In 'Girlhood,' Teens Across The Globe Write About Their Everyday Lives

    Feb 28, 2021
    'Girlhood,' a collection of diary-style entries by teen girls, aims to bust stereotypes about cultures while revealing girls' everyday lives.
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    Goats and Soda
    A herd of goats in Russia ponders ... well, we can't really know what they're pondering, but it's a safe bet they're interested in finding something to eat.
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    How Goats (And Perhaps People) Make Up Their Minds

    Feb 27, 2021
    How does a herd decide which direction to head in? Researchers put GPS collars on a gathering of goats to find out. Here's what they learned — and how it might apply to humans.
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    Goats and Soda
    According to the CDC using a brace or mask fitter over a disposable mask or a cloth mask is a good way to make your mask more secure and prevent leaks.
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    Coronavirus FAQs: What Are Mask Braces? What If I Get COVID After 1 Vaccine Dose?

    Feb 26, 2021
    Double masking earns praise as a way to keep safe from more contagious variants. Are there other mask hacks? And vaccines are prompting some queries.
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    Coronavirus Updates
    A British Airways plane comes in to land behind a tail fin at Heathrow Airport in London. On Friday, the head of the group that owns BA called for instituting an electronic health pass for passengers as the company announced steep losses due to COVID-19.
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    British Airways Owner Calls For Digital Health Passes For Passengers

    Feb 26, 2021
    Luis Gallego, the CEO of International Airlines Group, wants "common testing standards and the introduction of digital health passes."
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    Environment And Energy Collaborative
    Steve Hillyar, a volunteer firefighter in Australia's New South Wales, suffered sleepless nights and lingering sounds of smoke detectors long after the fire had been put out.
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    As Fires Worsen, A Mental Health Crisis For Those Battling Them

    Feb 26, 2021
    Wildfires are burning more frequently and intensely in a warming world, making them harder to put out. Some fire agencies are expanding support as they see increased cases of anxiety and depression.
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    Goats and Soda
    An employee makes dry ice pellets at Capitol Carbonic, a dry ice factory in Baltimore in Nov. 2020. Dry ice helps keep COVID-19 vaccines cool during transport.
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    What Is A Cold Chain? And Why Do So Many Vaccines Need It?

    Feb 24, 2021
    Many of the coronavirus vaccines like it cold. Really cold. Sub-zero cold. Why is this the case? And how is the world handling this frigid requirement?
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    Goats and Soda
    Polio vaccinator Zeenat Parveen, holding the clipboard, and a volunteer go door-to-door to reach children in Rawalpindi, a city near the Pakistani capital of Islamabad.
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    Pakistan's Polio Playbook Has Lessons For Its COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout

    Feb 24, 2021
    The pandemic has slowed efforts to eradicate the contagious disease. Yet the country's polio effort offers insights on the launch of its coronavirus vaccine campaign.
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    Goats and Soda
    (Left to right) Tippy Tap, Oxfam hand-washing station and SolaWash
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    A Tale Of The Taps: Which Hand-Washing Station Is Best In Emergencies?

    Feb 24, 2021
    In areas with limited access to clean running water, hand-washing stations can help limit the spread of disease. But experts say not all taps are created equal.
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    Coronavirus Updates
    A shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX global program arrived at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra on Wednesday, as Ghana received the group's first vaccine shipment.
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    Ghana Becomes First Country To Get COVAX Vaccine Doses

    Feb 24, 2021
    The shipments are the start of "what should be the largest vaccine procurement and supply operation in history," the WHO and UNICEF say.
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    Shots - Health News
    Dr. Rochelle Walensky likens the call she got from the Biden team, asking her to lead the CDC amid a pandemic, to a hospital alarm that goes off when a patient's heart has stopped. "I got called during a code," she says. "And when you get called during a
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    Biden's Straight-Talking CDC Director Has Long Used Data To Save Lives

    Feb 24, 2021
    Dr. Rochelle Walensky says scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were "muzzled" and "diminished" by the Trump team, especially during the pandemic. She aims to fix that.
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    Goats and Soda
    Top left: An officer asks people to observe lockdown rules in Brighton, England. Bottom left: A protester at a lockdown demonstration in Brussels, Belgium last month. Top right: Malaysian health officers screen passengers with a thermal scanner at Kuala
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    Do 'Tight' Cultures Fare Better In The Pandemic Than 'Loose' Cultures?

    Feb 23, 2021
    That's the question posted by a study in The Lancet Planetary Health. In case you're wondering, the United States is characterized as "loose." And Singapore is "tight."
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    Goats and Soda
    As a young woman, pregnant and HIV-positive, Maurine Murenga did not have easy access to drugs that could save her life. Today she is an activist for equitable health-care. The global distribution of coronavirus vaccines is an issue of concern.
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    History Repeats Itself: COVID-19 Vaccine Inequities Echo HIV Crisis

    Feb 23, 2021
    People were dying of a disease that could be treated — but in poor countries, they did not have access to medicines that could help. That was the story of HIV — and now of COVID-19.
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    Shots - Health News
    Embalmer and funeral director Kristy Oliver (left) and funeral attendant Sam Deras load the casket of a person who died after contracting COVID-19 into a hearse in El Cajon, Calif. People who work in hospitals and in funeral homes are witnesses to the lo
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    'A Loss To The Whole Society': U.S. COVID-19 Death Toll Reaches 500,000

    Feb 22, 2021
    As the country faces another wrenching milestone, there are signs of hope that we may be beating back the virus. But a brighter future won't bring back precious lives lost.
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    Goats and Soda
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    Coronavirus FAQs: Mammograms, Vaccine Ingredients ... And Dogs Who Sniff Masks

    Feb 19, 2021
    Are there issues with having a mammogram right after a vaccine? Is there a list of vaccine ingredients — some people say they're scary. Also: My pooch loves to sniff discarded masks. Should I worry?
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    Goats and Soda
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    Price Check: Nations Pay Wildly Different Prices For Vaccines

    Feb 19, 2021
    The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago gave an impassioned speech about the vaccine rollout, warning of hoarding and price gouging. Here's what we could find out about the cost of a dose.

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