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People who get vaccinated may still spread the virus — and other things to know about COVID-19
Feb 05, 2021 17:11COVID vaccines alone will not get rid of the virus in the immediate future. SARS-CoV-2 is spreading rapidly. Ten to 20 percent of the tests globally turn out to be positive.
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New surge of COVID is spreading “like wildfire” in Illinois prisons
Feb 04, 2021 16:13With COVID-19 raging throughout the United States, there is a growing sense of desperation among people in prison. A report put out by the Illinois-based advocacy organization Restore Justice documented how the state’s response to the pandemic has been “anemic.”
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Black Americans are left behind as vaccine rollout expands
Feb 03, 2021 18:29Black Americans are still receiving COVID vaccinations at dramatically lower rates than white Americans even as the chaotic rollout reaches more people, according to a new KHN analysis.
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Study says America’s murder rate increase in 2020 has ‘no modern precedent’
Feb 03, 2021 07:23According to a study released recently, murder rates in the US saw a “historic” increase in 2020 compared to 2019, with more than 1,200 additional killings year-over-year in a sample of 34 American cities.
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How to exercise safely when you have anxiety?
Feb 03, 2021 07:10Although it is well-recorded that exercise can help to relieve anxiety, and even help to prevent panic attacks and reduce the physical symptoms, in the moment, it can feel as though exercise makes those symptoms worse — or even triggers them. Health practitioner Sarah Luper at Keep Moving Care, said it’s important that you don’t let anxiety symptoms — like a quickened heart-rate, irregular breathing or a tight chest — stop you from being active.
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New government report details how Trump failed COVID-19 response 'across the board'
Jan 31, 2021 16:07A government agency known as the "congressional watchdog" has issued a new report recently shedding more light on the Trump administration's failed response to the raging coronavirus pandemic.
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Europe's crisis accelerates; Mexico's virus toll now world's third
Jan 30, 2021 05:26Europe is facing an accelerating health, economic, and political crisis. Amid high coronavirus infection rates, hospitalizations, and deaths in many countries, the European economy remains largely in lockdown, more infectious virus variants are spreading. Mexico surpassed India in coronavirus-related deaths, with about 1,506 new fatalities on Thursday Jan. 28.
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Trump’s vaccine distribution plan has left millions of doses unaccounted for
Jan 29, 2021 17:40Members of President Joe Biden’s coronavirus task force say that data discrepancies between how many vaccines have been distributed to states and how many have been administered show that there are millions of doses unaccounted for in the data.
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EU threatens to block COVID vaccine exports amid AstraZeneca shortfall
Jan 29, 2021 17:36The EU has threatened to block exports of coronavirus vaccines to countries outside the bloc such as Britain, after AstraZeneca was accused of failing to give a satisfactory explanation for a huge shortfall of promised doses to member states.
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UN labor agency: Pandemic job losses four times higher than after 2009 financial collapse
Jan 29, 2021 05:54Surveying the widespread and devastating wreckage the coronavirus pandemic has inflicted on the world economy over the past nine months, the United Nations' labor agency estimated recently that the Covid-19 crisis caused a loss of 8.8% of global working hours in 2020—the equivalent of 255 million full-time jobs.