Health & Safety

Health & Safety

Seniors Are Among The 1st To Get Vaccines But The Process Has Glitches

7:23am February 02, 2021

by Will Stone

People 65 and older are priortized for vaccinations, but it's not always obvious how they should find a place to actually get a site. Efforts to help them are a hodgepodge nationwide.

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How Poverty Makes Workers Less Productive

6:31am February 02, 2021

by Greg Rosalsky

A new study adds to the growing mountain of evidence that says that poverty impairs people's ability to think.

A mural in New Delhi is part of public health messaging in India. The country has seen a dramatic decline in new cases since the fall, but researchers aren't sure why.

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The Mystery Of India's Plummeting COVID-19 Cases

9:04pm February 01, 2021

by Lauren Frayer

From 100,000 cases a day in September, India is now down to about 10,000 a day. Is it climate? Demographics? Mask mandates? Scientists are looking for answers.

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Ellume, an Australian company, manufactures a 15-minute at-home test for the coronavirus, which causes COVID-19.

U.S. Cuts $231 Million Deal To Provide 15-Minute COVID-19 At-Home Tests

5:49pm February 01, 2021

by Bill Chappell

The Food and Drug Administration gave emergency authorization to Ellume's rapid test in December, after it showed 96% accuracy in a U.S. clinical study.

A worker carries boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine that were being prepared for shipment from a Pfizer facility in Portage, Mich., in December.

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Moderna Increases COVID-19 Vaccine Shipments While Pfizer Lags Behind

5:29pm February 01, 2021

by Sydney Lupkin

The two companies producing COVID-19 vaccines for use in the United States will have to raise production to meet contractual goals of 100 million doses each by the end of March.

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What We Lose When We Lose Acquaintances

4:28pm February 01, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Amanda Mull, a staff writer for The Atlantic, about what we lose when we no longer have relationships with the peripheral people in our lives due to the pandemic.

How COVID-19 Vaccine Production Affects Vaccination Drives

4:28pm February 01, 2021

by Sydney Lupkin

Moderna is rapidly increasing production of COVID-19 vaccine for the U.S., and Pfizer is lagging behind. NPR looks at the production trends to see what it means for vaccination drives.

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Cold War In Congress: The Partisan Divide Over The COVID-19 Relief Package

4:28pm February 01, 2021

by Kelsey Snell

As President Biden tries to get a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package through Congress, Democrats are looking to budget reconciliation to pass the plan if it doesn't get GOP support.

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Sen. Gillibrand On How Democrats Are Approaching The Latest COVID-19 Relief Package

4:28pm February 01, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., about whether the Democrats should move ahead without Republicans to pass a coronavirus relief package.

Palestinian Doctors Say They Lack Enough COVID-19 Vaccines To Protect Themselves

4:28pm February 01, 2021

by Daniel Estrin

The pandemic has hit the Gaza Strip hard. Many ill Palestinians cannot afford to quarantine and doctors in COVID-19 wards have struggled to supply enough oxygen for ventilators.

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