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2 Broadway Stars Grapple With COVID And ALS: 'We're Adapting To A New Reality'

1:29pm October 14, 2020

by Terry Gross

Married Broadway stars Danny Burstein and Rebecca Luker both contracted COVID in the spring. Burstein was hospitalized. Luker's case was less severe, but it came soon after she was diagnosed with ALS.

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From left: Deng Ge is a rap mogul who became a lockdown activist. Poet Sally Wen Mao Mao uses her art to express her anger about how Chinese people are being portrayed in the pandemic. Writer and comic artist Laura Gao, living in the U.S., has a video cha

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How 3 Women From Wuhan Cope With COVID-19: Rap, Poetry And Mooncakes

1:06pm October 14, 2020

by NPR Special Report

We interview a rap mogul (turned community volunteer), an author focused on a nine-tailed fox and a grandmother with a sense of humor. They're part of our special report on women facing the pandemic.

Utah Drops Color Code. Adopts New System For COVID-19 Restrictions

8:10am October 14, 2020

by Sonja Hutson

With a new COVID-19 transmission index, counties in Utah will automatically be moved to different levels — high, moderate or low — based on conditions such as infection rate and ICU capacity.

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Doctor Offices In Wisconsin Step In To Help Register Voters

8:10am October 14, 2020

by Maayan Silver

A new effort to register first-time voters is centered on hospitals and clinics in the hopes of helping disadvantaged communities get more representation.

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How Tobacco Plants May Be Key In Preventing COVID-19

8:10am October 14, 2020

by Joe Palca

Historically tobacco plants are responsible for their share of illness and death. But two companies are using the plants to produce proteins for a vaccine. One candidate vaccine is in clinical trials.

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The Latest Developments On COVID-19 Treatments And Vaccines

7:12am October 14, 2020

by Allison Aubrey

Pfizer received FDA approval to enroll adolescents in its COVID-19 vaccine trial. Experts say it's an important step aimed at determining whether a vaccine could be safe and effective in children.

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News Brief: Day 3 Of Barrett Hearings, 2020 Census, Coronavirus Vaccines

5:58am October 14, 2020

Supreme Court confirmation hearings continue for Judge Amy Coney Barrett. Census counting will end early, according to a Supreme Court order. Plus, the latest on COVID-19 treatments and vaccines.

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Until now, children under 16 have not been included in any of the U.S. COVID-19 vaccine trials.

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Will Kids Get A COVID-19 Vaccine? Pfizer To Expand Trial To Ages 12 And Up

9:22pm October 13, 2020

by Allison Aubrey

Pediatricians have been asking policy makers to include children in COVID-19 vaccine trials. Now, the FDA has given Pfizer approval to enroll adolescents as young as 12 years old.

The number of people dying from COVID-19 since May 10th, is on average 50% higher than every other country in the study, adjusting for population size.

Americans Are Dying In The Pandemic At Rates Far Higher Than In Other Countries

8:36pm October 13, 2020

by Jason Beaubien

Per capita deaths in the U.S. from COVID-19 and other causes are 85% higher than in countries like Germany and Israel. "The United States really has done remarkably badly," a study author says.

Anti-vaccine activists protested at the Massachusetts State House in August against Governor Charlie Baker's mandate that all students enrolled in child care, pre-school, K-12, and post-secondary institutions must receive the flu vaccine this year.

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Facebook Bans Ads Discouraging Vaccines, In Latest Misinformation Crackdown

7:24pm October 13, 2020

by Shannon Bond

The move is a reversal of Facebook's longstanding reluctance to block problematic content. Critics say public health misinformation has flourished on the social network.