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Health & Safety

How Pfizer And Moderna Are Working To Vaccinate Young People By The Summer

4:31pm February 04, 2021

by Allison Aubrey

COVID-19 vaccines are not authorized for use in most young people, but Pfizer and Moderna are pursuing studies that could result in younger kids getting vaccinated by the summer.

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How Kenya Escaped The COVID-19 Pandemic's Worst Effects — And What's To Come

4:31pm February 04, 2021

by Eyder Peralta

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with NPR's Eyder Peralta, who lives in Nairobi, about why Kenya hasn't been hit as hard with COVID-19 as other countries around the world.

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Kroger Closes 2 California Stores After City Required Them To Increase Staff Pay

4:31pm February 04, 2021

by David Wagner

Kroger is closing two stores in Long Beach, Calif., after that city passed an ordinance requiring grocery stores with more than 300 employees to pay an additional $4 an hour due to the pandemic.

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How Seattle Is Attempting To Ensure Racial Equity In Access To COVID-19 Vaccines

4:31pm February 04, 2021

by Will Stone

Seattle is trying to ensure equitable access to vaccines by setting up clinics in communities of color. Nationwide, not all jurisdictions even track racial and ethnic data about vaccine distribution.

Infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci says President Biden told him from the outset: "We're going to make some mistakes along the way. We're going to stumble a bit. And when that happens, we're not going to blame anybody. We're just going to fix it.

Dr. Fauci On Vaccinations And Biden's 'Refreshing' Approach To COVID-19

2:03pm February 04, 2021

by Terry Gross

The administration is in its early days, but the infectious disease expert says he's encouraged by the new president's attitude about the pandemic. Science, Fauci says, is "going to rule."

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Dr. Eugene Richardson in a helicopter during the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, where he worked as a clinical lead for Partner in Health's response to the outbreak. He is the author of the new book Epidemic Illusions: On the Coloniality of Global Public

A Doc Was Mad That People Die From Preventable Diseases. So He Wrote A Book About It

2:02pm February 04, 2021

by Joanne Lu

Harvard professor Dr. Eugene Richardson explores colonialism's impact on global health in Epidemic Illusions: On the Coloniality of Global Public Health.

People wear face masks on a shopping street in Gaza City in January.

In Gaza, Pandemic Forces Tough Choices And Health Care System Hangs By A Thread

1:48pm February 04, 2021

Vaccines have yet to arrive. Residents, fearing loss of income, continue to work while infected. And medical professionals including one of Gaza's few remaining heart surgeons have died from COVID-19.

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Worshippers pray in the streets of Lima. A government lockdown has shutdown churches as well as businesses to try to stop the spread of the virus.

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In Vaccine Race, Middle Income Nations Are At A Disadvantage. Just Ask Peru.

1:39pm February 04, 2021

by Jason Beaubien

As wealthier countries horde doses, the Latin American nation is struggling to obtain an ample supply for its population while dealing with a daunting caseload.

Long lines and computer isues are making it more difficult for some people to get the vaccine. These Floridians hope to snag one of 800 doses available at a vaccine site in Fort Myers.

'Just Cruel': Digital Race For COVID-19 Vaccines Leaves Many Seniors Behind

12:38pm February 04, 2021

by Will Stone

Glitchy websites, jammed phone lines and long lines outside clinics are complicating the vaccine rollout. And older Americans and those without caregivers and computer skills are at a disadvantage.

Olympic Handbook Details Restrictions For Games During Pandemic

6:05am February 04, 2021

by Anthony Kuhn

Olympics organizers have released preliminary rules to prevent the spread of COVID-19 at this summer's games. Among the changes: no cheering and high fives.

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