Health & Safety

Unvaccinated Frontline Workers In Texas Could Be At Risk With Lifting Of Mask Mandate

4:35pm March 03, 2021

by Ashley Lopez

Texas has lifted its mask mandate and is opening up restaurants and other venues to full capacity. Frontline workers in the state do not have priority access to vaccines and many say they're nervous.

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How California Is Trying — And Struggling — To Reach Vaccination Equity

4:35pm March 03, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Dr. Paul Adamson, a physician and a fellow in infectious diseases at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA on why vaccine equity has been hard to reach in California.

As State Mandates Lift, How San Antonio Mayor Will Keep City Safe Amid COVID-19

4:21pm March 03, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg about the governor's announcement to lift coronavirus restrictions and his options while the virus is still widespread in his city.

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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper Receives COVID-19 Vaccine

4:05pm March 03, 2021

by Associated Press

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper received a COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday as the state expands eligibility this week with the arrival of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

Trinity Health RN Kayla Bennett gives Hartford, Conn., resident James Watts his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a neighborhood vaccine clinic at the at the Parker Memorial Community Center.

Some States Drop CDC Guidelines And Vaccinate People By Age Group

2:36pm March 03, 2021

by Brenda Leon

The shift in priorities is drawing criticism from essential workers and people with underlying conditions who are getting bumped back in line.

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An image from the book Bring Back Our Girls. The families of these missing girls sent photos of them to photographer Glenna Gordon.

Health & Safety

What The Kidnapped Nigerian Schoolgirls Have To Tell Us

1:35pm March 03, 2021

by Diane Cole

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.

Dolly Parton, pictured performing in May 2014, shared a video of herself getting her first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday.

From 'Jolene' To Vaccine: Dolly Parton Gets COVID-19 Shot She Helped Fund

11:33am March 03, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

The country music icon, who is 75, shares a video of herself getting vaccinated in which she riffs off her hit song "Jolene" and urges those eligible to get their shots, too.

An employee makes respiratory masks in a family-owned medical equipment factory in Miami on Feb. 15. American manufacturers are thriving but they are running into an unexpected problem: finding critical supplies.

'It's Madness': American Factories Scramble To Secure Critical Supplies

10:39am March 03, 2021

by Scott Horsley

U.S. factories are thriving thanks to unexpectedly strong demand for all kinds of goods, but that is also leading to unexpected headaches.

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President Biden keeps a note card in his suit pocket with the running tally of how many Americans have died from COVID-19 and how many have been vaccinated.

How The White House Got 2 Pharma Rivals To Work Together On COVID-19 Vaccine

8:41am March 03, 2021

by Tamara Keith

A 15-minute call with J&J executives on a Sunday afternoon stretched into a 75-minute turning point. "We have to take bold action and overwhelm this," a senior official said.

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With 3 COVID-19 Vaccines Available, Is 1 Better Than The Other?

8:38am March 03, 2021

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

With a third COVID-19 vaccine authorized, some worry that there will be a two-tier vaccine rollout — with the apparently most effective going to the powerful, rich and well-connected.

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