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Arizona Nurses Are Burned Out As The State Faces Another COVID Surge

7:49am September 04, 2021

by Katherine Davis-Young

With ICU hospitalizations up 300% from a summer lull, nurses say they're exhausted physically and emotionally. Meanwhile, Governor Doug Ducey continues to ban mandatory vaccines and masking.

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More People Are Relying On COVID-19 Tests, But Experts Say They're Not Foolproof

7:49am September 04, 2021

by Rob Stein

Demand for COVID-19 testing is surging, and that includes rapid home antigen tests. Experts say these tests can be very useful, but it's important to know their limitations.

One neuroscientist finds that simply savoring a cup of tea as a daily morning ritual has helped her quell anxious thoughts in pandemic times. "It felt like I finally had a great excuse to just be present and enjoy the breeze and warmth of the bowl of tea

6 Tips For Coping With COVID Anxiety This Fall And Winter

7:13am September 04, 2021

by April Fulton

It's clear the next couple of seasons won't be the "life as usual" we all hoped for. Rituals, deep breathing and reaching out to friends are just a few ways to manage anxiety when the days grow dark.

Shugri Said Salh recounts her journey from a goat- and camel-herding nomad in Somalia to a nurse and mom of three in California in her memoir, The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert.

A Onetime Nomad Reflects On The Beauty And Harshness Of Life In The Somali Desert

7:00am September 04, 2021

by Lucy Sherriff

Shugri Said Salh recounts her journey from goat- and camel-herding nomad in Somalia to nurse and mom of three in California in her memoir, The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert.

A screen capture of the website established by Texas Right to Life encouraging members of the public to submit "anonymous tips" about violators of the state's new restrictive abortion law.

GoDaddy Is Booting A Site That Sought Anonymous Tips About Texas Abortions

10:59pm September 03, 2021

by Bobby Allyn

The company will no longer host a website that promoted itself as a way to "help enforce the Texas Heartbeat Act." Online activists and boycotters inundated the site with false reports.

More Than 100,000 People Are In The Hospital For COVID. Some States May Ration Care

6:40pm September 03, 2021

by Will Stone

More than 100,000 people in the Unites States are in the hospital for COVID-19. Increasingly, states are again facing decisions about whether they have to ration care.

Nurses work at a COVID-19 testing day for students and school faculty at Brandeis Elementary School on in Louisville, Ky.

Caught Between Parents And Politicians, Nurses Fear Another School Year With COVID-19

6:10pm September 03, 2021

As kids head back to class, school nurses are stretched thin as they manage increased workloads and delta-variant surges. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with three school nurses about this year's concerns.

Allie Henderson with her sister Claire (left) and her mom, LeAnn, outside their home recently in Terry, Miss. "I want people to get vaccinated — because I know what it feels like," Allie says of her near-fatal encounter with COVID-19 this year.

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This Teen's Community Rallied As She Fought COVID. But Many Still Shun The Vaccine

5:41pm September 03, 2021

by Sarah Varney

Allie Henderson's friends, extended family, church and the community prayed for the popular young athlete and then celebrated her recovery. So why won't they follow her plea and get vaccinated?

The FDA Is Looking At The Benefits Of Booster Shots And Vaccinating Kids Under Age 12

5:16pm September 03, 2021

by Allison Aubrey

The Biden administration's COVID booster plan for the general population is supposed to start soon, but the FDA still wants to review its safety — and whether kids under 12 should be vaccinated.

Attorney Describes Legal Strategies Which Could Counter Restrictive Abortion Laws

5:16pm September 03, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with women's rights attorney Kathryn Kolbert on longstanding efforts to chip away at Roe v. Wade and the strategies abortion rights supporters could use to fight such laws.