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How India Went From A Ray Of Hope To A World Record For Most COVID Cases In A Day

5:33pm April 22, 2021

by Lauren Frayer

India's COVID-19 caseload plummeted to record lows in February. Now a startling spike is causing health systems — and possibly law and order — to break down. What went wrong?

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A picture taken on March 29, 2021, shows the new passenger terminal of Bahrain International Airport. Bahrain established diplomatic ties with Israel last year. In Israel and Bahrain, vaccine passports will be entirely digital: a QR code on one's phone, r

Vaccine Passports: Israel, Bahrain Reach Landmark Agreement

3:26pm April 22, 2021

by Daniel Estrin

"This is the most effective way to enable movement of people between countries," an Israeli official says. Israel says this is the world's first bilateral agreement on COVID-19 vaccine passports.

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Cooper Plans To Lift Gathering, Distancing Limits By June 1

4:10pm April 21, 2021

by Associated Press

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Brooke Parker, an organizer with the group Solutions Oriented Addiction Response, displays an HIV testing kit in Charleston, W.Va., in March. Outbreaks of HIV/AIDS are expected to rise as resources have been redirected to the fight against COVID-19 — de

Strides Against HIV/AIDS In The U.S. Falter As Resources Diverted To Fight COVID-19

2:41pm April 21, 2021

by Sarah Varney

Experts fear steep declines in testing and diagnoses mean more people will contract HIV and die of AIDS. The problem is particularly acute in the South, the epicenter of the nation's HIV crisis.

A Georgia Tech employee receives a Pfizer coronavirus vaccination on the campus April 8. For a number of Americans, getting their shots is as easy as showing up to their workplace as some companies and institutions provide on-site vaccinations to their em

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For Some Americans, Getting A Vaccine Is As Easy As Showing Up To Work

8:26am April 18, 2021

by H.J. Mai

Companies like Tyson and Amazon are offering on-site coronavirus vaccinations to their employees in order remove barriers to getting the shots.

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Abraar Karan spent time in rural India in 2008 while working for Unite for Sight, a nonprofit group that provides eye care. Above: He interviews a woman about the challenge of living from severe cataracts.

Opinion: How COVID Reveals The Hypocrisy Of The Global Health 'Experience'

7:00am April 18, 2021

by Abraar Karan

Health workers from the West couldn't help out in other countries due to lockdowns and restrictions. So they turned to help at home. But what is their role in lower resource countries moving forward?

People wait for their turn to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at a government hospital in Chennai, India, on Friday.

What Can Wealthy Nations Do To Address Global Vaccine Inequity?

10:15am April 17, 2021

In the U.S., more than 1 out of 5 residents is fully vaccinated against COVID-19. But elsewhere in the world, vaccination rates are much lower. Some poor nations have yet to receive a single dose.

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In July, workers in the restaurant, food and alcohol industry took part in a nationwide protest against South Africa's liquor ban and other lockdown measures.

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Why South Africa Banned Booze — And What Happened Next

12:50pm April 16, 2021

by Eyder Peralta

The hope was that if people weren't out drinking, they wouldn't be spreading the coronavirus. There were unforeseen benefits to the ban, which ended last month — and negative impacts as well.

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Antibody Drugs For COVID-19 Are A Cumbersome Tool Against Surges

10:56am April 16, 2021

by Richard Harris

Drugs that can help keep COVID-19 patients out of the hospital are playing only a small role in Michigan, where the pandemic is accelerating. Logistical challenges are to blame.

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Hartsville, Tenn., resident Rick Bradley, 62, received his first COVID-19 vaccine dose in late March at a local Walgreens, saying, "This is not a summer cold or a conspiracy." He says some neighbors have become so used to COVID-19 that getting vaccinated

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'It's Not A Never Thing' — White, Rural Southerners Hesitant To Get COVID Vaccine

6:31pm April 15, 2021

by Blake Farmer

A majority of white, rural conservatives in Tennessee are open to getting the vaccine at some point, but at least 45% won't consider it. Rates in Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi are also lagging.