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February 27, 2021 | 10:15 AM

Plunging demand for COVID-19 tests may leave US exposed

Communities across the U.S. are seeing plummeting demand for coronavirus testing.

By Matthew Perrone/AP
February 14, 2021 | 8:52 AM

Where did the flu go? Homebound kids shape a mild season

Regular flu season has been relatively mild this year, why?

By Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Emma Bowman/NPR
July 14, 2020 | 12:12 PM

What happens when a pandemic and an epidemic collide

"For people with HIV, it's double, triple the crisis since the start of the lockdown."
By Susan Brink/NPR

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February 27, 2020 | 1:48 PM

A guide: How to prepare your home for coronavirus

What does preparedness look like? The short answer: Don’t panic — but do prepare.

By Maria Godoy/NPR
February 26, 2020 | 10:55 AM

Coronavirus: More new cases are now reported outside China than inside

“Outside China, there are now 2,790 cases in 37 countries, and 44 deaths,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a briefing in Geneva.

By NPR
February 25, 2020 | 9:29 AM

H1N1 was the last pandemic. Here’s why COVID-19 isn’t yet in that category

Despite worrisome new outbreaks in Iran, Italy and South Korea, the coronavirus disease called COVID-19 is not currently a pandemic, the World Health Organization said today.

By Richard Harris/NPR
Updated: 2020-02-26 11:06:44

Coronavirus 101: What we do — and don’t — know about the outbreak of COVID-19

By Elena Renken/NPR
April 29, 2018 | 8:35 AM

Harm Reduction introduced as a way fight overdose deaths

By Radio Pennsylvania
January 30, 2018 | 4:58 AM

In Pittsburgh, Sessions says new team will target illegal online opioid sales

By Megan Harris and Kathleen Davis/WESA
January 10, 2018 | 7:11 AM

Wolf set to declare opioid epidemic a disaster emergency

By Staff Report/WITF
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