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Colville Reservation's council has been doing its best to insulate the north central Washington tribe from the coronavirus. But borders are fluid, so the community's precautions haven't been enough.
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"Scientifically, it is highly likely that the immune response by this vaccine also can deal with the new virus variant," BioNTech CEO Ugur Sahin said Tuesday.
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Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted 20-0 to recommend that the agency authorize Moderna's vaccine for emergency use during the pandemic. There was a single abstention.
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Researchers say the pandemic is largely to blame for this year's drastic enrollment declines, but college-going has also been on a decade-long downward trend.
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Data also show more than 230,000 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday and that 113,090 Americans were hospitalized with the virus — a number that's been on the rise.
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After fleeing political violence in Haiti, Annessoir Annelus came to Kansas City and worked his fingers to the bone building a better life for his family.
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In a survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation, 71% of respondents said they would definitely or probably get inoculated — a significant leap over the 63% who said so in an August/September poll.
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The new tests produce results completely at home within 15 minutes. Experts say they could be a 'game-changer' in helping people find out quickly if they need to isolate.
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Two days before a panel of experts is set to review Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine and advise the Food and Drug Administration, documents show the vaccine is 94% effective and well-tolerated.
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Eleven months into the COVID-19 crisis, an unimaginable death toll has been reached. NPR spoke to doctors, nurses and the bereaved about how they face loss every day.