FDA Analysis Of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine Finds It Safe, Effective The Food and Drug Administration released an analysis of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday morning that appears to support its authorization for emergency use. Scott Hensley
Bridging a vaccine trust gap Washington's vaccine rollout hasn't been equitable, especially for Black folks. One reason: broken trust between Black communities and the medical system. Today we talk to someone who's trying to rebuild it. Patricia Murphy
CDC Report: Educators May Be Central To In-School Transmission Of COVID-19 A CDC report finds teachers may be bigger spreaders of COVID-19 in schools than students. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Grant Rivera, superintendent of the Georgia district involved in the case study.
‘Who knows if I’ll be myself again?’ Covid long-haulers turn to Seattle rehab clinic This Seattle rehabilitation clinic is working to help Covid long-haulers get back "as much life as possible." Eilís O'Neill
Se presentan problemas en las nuevas clínicas provisionales de vacunas para latinos en Seattle Las clínicas de vacunación provisionales en selectos vecindarios, son parte del esfuerzo de la ciudad de Seattle para llegar a los latinos más vulnerables y otros grupos afectados por Covid-19. Sin embargo se han presentado diversos problemas: desde fallas en el sitio web hasta errores con la dirección de las citas. Esmy Jimenez
Vitamin C Apparently Not Useful For Sepsis After All A seemingly easy and cheap treatment for a deadly disease has failed in a major study. Vitamin C is apparently not useful for sepsis after all. That's a lesson for similar COIVD-19 treatments. Richard Harris
Fed Chair Jerome Powell Warns Of Long Road Ahead To Recover Millions Of Lost Jobs Powell warned it will take time to put millions of jobless Americans back to work, while also downplaying inflation threats. Scott Horsley
WA Covid testing program could teach us more about the virus in schools A new partnership with Seattle Children's Hospital will bring 300,000 rapid Covid-19 tests to elementary schools in ten districts in March. Seattle Children's Hospital will collect and analyze the data collected to inform a return to classrooms across the country. Angela King
A few new glitches with Seattle’s pop-up vaccine clinic for Latinos Pop-up vaccination clinics in targeted neighborhoods are part of the City of Seattle’s effort to reach more vulnerable Latinos and other groups hard-hit by Covid-19. But they’ve hit some recent snags, from website glitches to people showing up for appointments at the wrong address. Esmy Jimenez
Why The Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Has Gotten A Bad Rap — And Why That's Not Fair By some measures, the Johnson & Johnson vaccine may appear to be less effective than Moderna and Pfizer. But Dr. Ashish Jha says when it comes to hospitalizations and deaths, it's just as good. Ari Shapiro
