COVID-19

Revisiting Club Quarantine, DJ D-Nice's dance party

5:41pm March 12, 2025

by Juana Summers

DJ D-Nice wanted to bring people together during the pandemic. In 2020, Club Quarantine was born, attracting hundreds of thousands of music lovers. DJ D-Nice reflects on that moment, five years later.

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COVID is still evolving and will find new ways to evade immune systems, scientists say

4:45pm March 11, 2025

by Rob Stein

SARS-CoV-2 has been evolving the ability to evade the immune system about twice as fast as the fastest-evolving flu virus. It averages more than a dozen significant changes every year.

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Triad flu rates mirror statewide trend, but numbers are falling

4:42pm March 11, 2025

by Paul Garber

Flu deaths have spiked to more than 360 across the state this season, and the local cases have similarly spiked upward.

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It's the 5th anniversary of the COVID pandemic and we want to hear your experiences

8:00pm February 28, 2025

It's been 5 years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. Ahead of this anniversary, NPR wants to hear from you.

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5 years after Fang Fang recorded Wuhan lockdown, 2 of her books are being translated

9:35am January 24, 2025

Chinese author Fang Fang posted notes online while being quarantined in Wuhan. They became Wuhan Diary. She talks with us about two more of her books now coming to English readers.

COVID-19 vaccines are prepared at a clinic in Lynwood, Calif. on Friday. Oct. 28, 2022. MARK J. TERRILL/AP

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Triad area hospitals institute visitor restrictions amid wave of respiratory illness

2:51pm January 13, 2025

by Santiago Ochoa

Hospitals are trying to slow the spread of respiratory viruses during peak cold and flu season.

Medical station for Covid-19 vaccines, booster and testing, New York City

Coronavirus FAQ: I didn't get the latest COVID vaccine. Should I? And if so ... when?

1:35pm December 06, 2024

If you haven't rolled up your sleeve for the jab, you're not alone. In fact, you're in the majority. Here's why doctors think the shot is important.

A flu vaccine is displayed at a pharmacy in New York, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. MARY CONLON/AP

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Winston-Salem's A Blessing Connection Center will host a vaccine clinic

1:50pm November 18, 2024

by Santiago Ochoa

A Winston-Salem nonprofit will offer free COVID-19 vaccines to uninsured individuals.

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As weather cools, public health officials remind residents to prepare for rise in COVID cases

2:58pm October 22, 2024

by April Laissle

COVID-19 cases are down in the region after a slight uptick during the summer, according to the latest wastewater data. But public health officials say residents can start preparing now for the typical winter spike.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that up to 86% of new COVID-19 cases stem from the latest mutation, JN.1. The most recent COVID vaccines are expected to help lower chances of serious illness or hospitalization from JN.1.

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COVID-19 still on the rise in the Triad as the end of summer nears

2:35pm August 29, 2024

by Santiago Ochoa

With the end of summer on the horizon, a local health expert explains why COVID-19 numbers in the the Triad are on the rise and what people can do to avoid getting sick.