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How This Last Year Can Help In Preparing For The Next Pandemic

6:17pm March 12, 2021

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Dante Disparte, founder and chairman of Risk Cooperative and member of FEMA's National Advisory Council, on how lessons from last year can help us in the next pandemic.

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CDC Advises Against Spring Break Travel Despite Vaccines

4:19pm March 12, 2021

by David Schaper

With many eager to travel again — teased in part by vaccines — the CDC is still urging people to stay home. As spring break season approaches, the forecast for booking trips looks cloudy.

Quad Leaders Announce Effort To Get 1 Billion COVID-19 Vaccines To Asia

4:19pm March 12, 2021

by Michele Kelemen

The leaders of U.S., Japan, Australia and India met at a virtual summit today where they announced a major initiative to get 1 billion vaccines to fight the coronavirus pandemic in Asia.

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The Aldaco family of Phoenix suffered multiple losses in this year of unfathomable pain. Three brothers perished in the pandemic: Jose (left) in July, Heriberto Jr. (right) in December and Gonzalo (holding guitar) in February. They appear in this undated

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In The Pandemic's First Year, Three Huge Losses in One Family

2:49pm March 12, 2021

by Will Stone

The Aldaco family of Phoenix suffered more than most in this year of unfathomable losses. Three brothers perished in the pandemic: Jose in July, Heriberto in December and Gonzalo in February.

Three of the women who sing about their plight — and their hopes — on the album I've Forgotten Now Who I Used To Be. Their names are withheld to protect their physical safety because they have been accused of witchcraft.

Banished 'Witches' Sing Of Their Pain — And Their Dreams

1:15pm March 12, 2021

by Aaron Cohen

In a new recording, women accused of witchcraft in Ghana — and forced to leave their homes — created songs that tell who they are, how they have suffered and what their hopes are.

A dose of the new one-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is prepared at Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza in South Los Angeles on Wednesday.

Little Difference In Vaccine Hesitancy Among White And Black Americans, Poll Finds

12:15pm March 12, 2021

by Juana Summers

An NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll shows 1 in 4 Black people do not plan to get vaccinated. Despite the attention on concern among Blacks, nearly 30% of whites feel the same way.

N.C. State Plans In-Person Commencement, Prepares For 'Normal' Fall Semester

11:05am March 12, 2021

by Neal Charnoff

N.C. State University is the latest college to plan outdoor in-person graduation ceremonies this spring.

Biden Aims To Make All Adults Eligible For Coronavirus Vaccine By May 1

7:27am March 12, 2021

by Ayesha Rascoe

President Biden is outlining a plan to get the U.S. "closer to normal" by July 4th. He also plans to ensure all adults are vaccine-eligible by May 1.

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One Year Into The Pandemic, Here's What We Can Learn From The Stock Market

7:19am March 12, 2021

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Megan Greene, a senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School of Government, about the stock market ups and downs in the year since the coronavirus was declared a pandemic.

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Firefighters and paramedics with the Anne Arundel County Fire Department in Maryland wear enhanced PPE, during the coronavirus pandemic, as they transport a patient after responding to a call for a cardiac arrest as a result of a drug overdose on May 6, 2

Hospital Emergency Rooms Struggle With Overdose Spike During Pandemic

6:47am March 12, 2021

by Brian Mann

The CDC says hospitals saw a lot more emergency cases involving drug overdoses, as well as mental health crises and suicide attempts. Many emergency departments weren't ready.