tag | COVID-19

 Ishant Chauhan
May 7, 2021 | 3:39 PM

Is the variant from India the most contagious coronavirus mutant on the planet?

An evolutionary biologist in Belgium found that the variant from the U.K. “had a transmission advantage.” When Tom Wenseleers looks at early data on the variant in India, he has a feeling of deja vu.

By Michaeleen Doucleff/NPR
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Updated: May 7, 2021 | 10:36 am

Pennsylvania dropping vaccine provider map in favor of feds’ version

The federal map allows people to search for COVID-19 vaccine by brand name and see which providers have vaccine in stock.

By The Associated Press and Staff
 Matt Rourke
May 7, 2021 | 7:48 AM

Vaccination against COVID ‘does not mean immunity’ for people with organ transplants

For most people, COVID-19 vaccines promise a return to something akin to normal life. But for the hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. who have a transplanted organ, it's a different story.
By Maria Godoy/NPR

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 Spencer Platt
May 6, 2021 | 4:30 PM

New study estimates more than 900,000 people have died of COVID-19 in U.S.

Researchers at the University of Washington looked at excess mortality from March 2020 through May 3, 2021, compared it with what would be expected in a typical nonpandemic year, then adjusted those figures to account for a handful of other pandemic-related factors.

By Becky Sullivan/NPR
 Matt Slocum
May 6, 2021 | 5:30 AM

Public health, medical experts say removing most COVID-19 restrictions a reasonable next step

“There’s no justification for those types of measures if you cease the public health emergency…We were trying to tame this virus, defang it,”

By Sarah Boden/WESA
 Andrew Harnik
May 5, 2021 | 6:14 PM

Judge strikes down federal eviction moratorium, setting up high-stakes appeal

The case was brought by the Alabama Association of Realtors, which argued that the CDC doesn’t have the power to tell landlords they can’t evict people during a pandemic. The judge agreed.

By Chris Arnold/NPR
 Tim Tai
May 5, 2021 | 5:55 PM

College kids urged to get vaccinated; statewide demand lags

Pennsylvania officials are encouraging hundreds of thousands of college students to get their shots before they go home for summer. Gov. Tom Wolf appeared in State College on Wednesday with the president and head football coach at Penn State University to pitch younger people on the benefits of getting inoculated against the coronavirus.

By Michael Rubinkam/Associated Press
 Jae C. Hong
May 5, 2021 | 5:15 PM

Biden backs waiving international patent protections for COVID-19 vaccines

President Biden threw his support behind waiving intellectual property rights for the vaccines, yielding to international pressure. The move could allow other countries to manufacture the drugs.

By Emma Bowman and Ashish Valentine/NPR
 Mary Altaffer
May 5, 2021 | 3:35 PM

COVID mixed messages; sorting fact from fiction

COVID mixed messages; sorting fact from fiction

By Merideth Bucher
 Matt Rourke
May 5, 2021 | 11:11 AM

Pa. launches vaccine hotline for residents with intellectual disabilities

Pennsylvanians with intellectual disabilities or autism or their caregivers can call 1-800-424-4345 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday.

By Jad Sleiman, Maria Pulcinella and Aaron Moselle/WHYY
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