Jason Beaubien
Stories
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Health
Latin America Is Facing A Hunger Pandemic
A new report describes a region where hunger and malnutrition is sharply increasing — and only likely to get worse as COVID-19 pushes more people into poverty.
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Health
WHO Trial Finds Remdesivir Has 'No Meaningful Effect' In COVID-19 Patients
The medicine is one of the few to win regulatory approval as a treatment for the disease, but has fallen out of favor with the health authority.
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Health
Protecting Women Against HIV Just Got 9 Times Easier
A single injection of a drug called cabotegravir given every two months has been shown to be more effective than a daily oral dose of Truvada.
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Health
The Campaign To Wipe Out Polio Was Going Really Well ... Until It Wasn't
It looked as if polio would be the second human disease to be eliminated by vaccine — after smallpox. But "2020 has been a terrible year," the head of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative says.
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National
Americans Are Dying In The Pandemic At Rates Far Higher Than In Other Countries
Per capita deaths in the U.S. from COVID-19 and other causes are 85% higher than in countries like Germany and Israel. "The United States really has done remarkably badly," a study author says.
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Health
More Companies Are Using Technology To Monitor For Coronavirus In The Workplace
As businesses reopen, tech firms are offering monitoring systems to screen for the coronavirus. They range from apps that ask about symptoms to software that tracks employees' movements at work.
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World
Nobel Peace Prize Goes To The Dog (aka The Mascot Of WFP)
The U.N. World Food Programme has a canine mascot named Foxtrot. Reports are that the pooch is rolling over with joy at the news of the prize.
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Kids And Superspreaders Are Driving COVID-19 Cases In India, Huge Study Finds
Nearly 700,000 people in India were tested for the coronavirus as part of a massive contact-tracing study. The results served up some real surprises.
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National
A Tech Powerhouse, U.S. Lags In Using Smartphones For Contact Tracing
Google and Apple teamed up on using smartphones to track coronavirus infections. But the systems are only available in a few states, where they're being used by a tiny percentage of the population.
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Health
Sleep Away Camps Offer COVID-Free Bubbles For Remote Learning
Many summer camps were closed due to COVID-19 but some sleep away camps found ways to successfully operate. Some plan to offer COVID-free bubbles where students can live and attend classes remotely.