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Health & Safety

Houston Hospital Struggles To Manage Surge Of COVID-19 Cases

8:13am July 31, 2020

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Dr. Joseph Varon, chief of critical care at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, about how his hospital is faring in the fight against the coronavirus in Texas.

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News Brief: Pandemic Sales, COVID-19 Hospital Data Glitches, 2020 Census

7:43am July 31, 2020

Even in financial uncertainty, some firms turn a profit. Major glitches reported in a federal government database for hospital data. And, the Census Bureau's door-knocking program will end early.

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The Trump administration abruptly required hospitals to stop reporting COVID data to CDC and use a new reporting system set up by a contractor. Two weeks in, the promised improvements in the data have yet to materialize.

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COVID-19 Hospital Data System That Bypasses CDC Plagued By Delays, Inaccuracies

5:35am July 31, 2020

After the Trump administration moved hospital COVID-19 data reporting to HHS, bypassing the CDC, the new data system has been rife with erratic updates and anomalies.

A scientist is pictured working during a visit by Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (unseen), to Oxford Vaccine Group's laboratory facility at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford, west of London on June 24, 2020, on his visit to learn more about th

Vaccine Candidate Delivers Protection In A Single Shot (In Monkeys)

10:28pm July 30, 2020

by Joe Palca

Studies involving COVID-19 vaccine candidates in monkeys show promise of an effective vaccine, but it will take large-scale human trials to know for sure if they work.

3 Months Of Hell: U.S. Economy Drops 32.9% In Worst GDP Report Ever

6:03pm July 30, 2020

by Scott Horsley

The coronavirus triggered the sharpest economic contraction in modern history in the second quarter as the pandemic hammered the economy, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

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Colette Pierce Burnette is the president of Huston-Tillotson University in Austin, Texas. The HBCU is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state.

HBCU President: 'I Slept Better' After Deciding On All Online Classes In The Fall

6:00pm July 30, 2020

by Ailsa Chang

Colette Pierce Burnette of Huston-Tillotson University says keeping students and staff safe was paramount. Black people are dying from COVID-19 at two and a half times the rate of white people.

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A Market For Urban Farmers — If It Can Attract Customers

5:23pm July 30, 2020

by Paul Garber

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Relatives of those who have died from COVID-19 visit graves in the special area of the Municipal Pantheon of Valle de Chalco, Mexico. The coronavirus has taken a heavy toll on the country, especially its poorest citizens.

'If Coronavirus Doesn't Kill Me, Hunger Will': Mexico's Poor Bear Brunt Of Pandemic

4:58pm July 30, 2020

by James Fredrick

Low earners have been doubly hit: They make up the highest share of virus-related deaths and lack the funds to stay afloat as the pandemic plunges Mexico deeper into recession.

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NBA Players Share What It's Like To Live In A 'Bubble'

4:33pm July 30, 2020

The NBA season resumes Thursday night, with teams living and playing at Disney World. The temporary basketball campus is called a "bubble," and NBA players have documented their lives there.

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'It's Very Daunting And Overwhelming': School Nurses On Preparing For The School Year

4:33pm July 30, 2020

by Clare Lombardo

School nurses are often the first line of health care for students. They are now working with their districts to help make plans for the upcoming school year — but some don't have much of a say.

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