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Pediatric Psychologist On The High Rates Of Children Orphaned By COVID-19

8:34pm September 18, 2021

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Rachel Kentor, pediatric psychologist at Texas Children's Hospital, about children who have lost their primary caregivers to COVID-19.

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Former FDA Scientist Says More Data Is Needed On COVID-19 Booster Shots

8:28pm September 18, 2021

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former FDA scientist Luciana Borio about the decision by an FDA advisory panel to recommend Pfizer booster shots only for certain people at higher risk for COVID-19.

Nurse Katrina Philpot (left) protests against COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandates in Santa Fe, N.M., in August.

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In The Fight Against COVID, Health Workers Aren't Immune To Vaccine Misinformation

1:18pm September 18, 2021

by Deepa Shivaram

About a quarter of U.S. health care workers have refused the COVID-19 vaccine as of July. They share demographic traits with other unvaccinated people and are putting hospitals in a tough spot.

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'Vaccine Talk' Facebook Group Is A Carefully Moderated Forum For Vaccine Questions

9:59am September 18, 2021

Kate Bilowitz moderates a Facebook group where people exchange views on vaccinations. She shares what moderating it has been like during the pandemic.

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The Pfizer Booster Shot Is Only Being Recommended For People 65 And Over

9:00am September 18, 2021

by Joe Palca

A Food and Drug Administration panel voted against giving most Americans a third Pfizer vaccine despite President Biden's plan to provide a COVID-19 booster to anyone over the age of 16.

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'Coronasomnia,' Pandemic-Induced Insomnia, Is Not Just An Anecdotal Phenomenon

9:00am September 18, 2021

Scott Simon speaks with Jennifer Martin of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine about how to navigate disordered sleep as a result of the pandemic.

Trees Could Be A Mental, Physical And Climate Change Antidote

7:54am September 18, 2021

by Martha Bebinger

A growing body of research shows the many ways trees improves our mental and physical health. There's a push to understand more.

A newly-opened COVID-19 hospital in Kabul. Dr. Wahid Majrooh, the acting minister of public health in Afghanistan, must address the pandemic's toll at a time when the Taliban takeover has triggered a freeze in hundreds of millions of dollars in health-car

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Afghan Health Minister: Health Care Is 'On The Verge Of Collapse' But 'I'm Optimistic'

6:48am September 18, 2021

by Kamala Thiagarajan

Dr. Wahid Majrooh tells NPR that "If I am hesitant and doubtful now it won't help anyone, and people in need of care will be the first to be affected."

Maillard Howell, head of fitness at Reebok and co-owner of Dean CrossFit, doesn't promise clients they'll be the most ripped person on the beach. Instead, he tells them, "you're going to be able to play with your kids without getting out of breath."

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Why Working Out Should Be About More Than What You See In The Mirror

6:00am September 18, 2021

Exercise is important, but balancing exercise with mental health and your own body confidence can be a tricky thing to pull off. These tips can help you along your fitness journey.

A health care worker prepares third doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines for a senior living facility in Worcester, Pa., in late August.

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An FDA Panel Says Only High-Risk Americans And Those 65+ Should Get COVID Boosters

8:31pm September 17, 2021

by Scott Hensley

Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration supported boosters of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for a smaller group of people after they voted against recommending it for anyone 16 and older.