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Calif. COVID-19 Restrictions Shut Down Indoor, Outdoor Restaurant Dining

6:02am December 21, 2020

Brooke Williamson owned four restaurants in Los Angeles before the coronavirus pandemic began. She talks to NPR's Noel King about losing three of those restaurants in the past several months.

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At-Risk Teachers Struggle With Returning To In-Person Classes

6:02am December 21, 2020

by Liz Schlemmer

Staffing schools for in-person learning hasn't been easy. In North Carolina, the pressure to keep schools open during the coronavirus pandemic has left some teachers without any good options.

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What Will The Film Industry Look Like Post COVID-19 Pandemic?

5:37am December 21, 2020

by John Horn

The movie industry has been through such a dramatic shift during the pandemic. Many theaters have closed, and there are worries the industry will never return to the previous normal.

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Crowds are seen at Washington's Reagan National Airport on Friday. More than a million people went through airport security each of the past two days, despite the coronavirus pandemic.

Millions Of People Flying Despite Public Health Pleas To Stay Put

8:56pm December 20, 2020

by Matthew S. Schwartz

More than 1 million people went through checkpoints at U.S. airports on each of the past two days. That's down considerably from a year ago, but still an increase over typical pandemic travel levels.

A pharmacist fills a syringe to prepare a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for front-line health care workers in Torrance, Calif., Saturday. A panel of CDC advisers said people 75 and older and some essential workers should be next in line.

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Older People, Some Essential Workers Should Get Vaccines Next, CDC Panel Says

8:00pm December 20, 2020

by Pien Huang

A federal advisory committee voted to put adults 75 and over and frontline essential workers next in line for COVID-19 vaccines.

An empty syringe on a table at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center after a care worker received the COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 16, 2020.

'This Is An Exciting Thing.' For Frontline Workers, Vaccine Comes As A Massive Relief

7:28pm December 20, 2020

by Will Stone

Despite some early bumps, the arrival of the first shipments of a COVID-19 vaccine was celebrated this past week by those who've been caring for patients since the early days of the pandemic.

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Dr. Leana Wen On The Science Of COVID-19 Vaccine

5:13pm December 20, 2020

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former Baltimore Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen about the science behind the coronavirus vaccines.

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The Ethics Of Who Gets The COVID-19 Vaccine And When

5:13pm December 20, 2020

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Ruth Faden, founder of the Berman Institute of Bioethics at Johns Hopkins University, about the ethics of determining who gets vaccinated when resources are limited.

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NPR Answers Your Vaccine Questions

5:13pm December 20, 2020

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

We answer listener questions related to the two new COVID-19 vaccines.

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Race And The Roots Of Vaccine Skepticism

5:13pm December 20, 2020

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with science writer and medical ethicist Harriet Washington about the factors that contribute to vaccine skepticism among communities of color and ways to address them.