Vitamin C Fails Again As Treatment For Sepsis Sepsis is one of the most common causes of death for hospitalized patients. The search for an effective treatment has been frustrating. Richard Harris
What Is A Cold Chain? And Why Do So Many Vaccines Need It? Many of the coronavirus vaccines like it cold. Really cold. Sub-zero cold. Why is this the case? And how is the world handling this frigid requirement? Pranav Baskar
Biden Administration To Deliver 25 Million Masks To Health Centers And Food Banks Officials said Wednesday that the masks will be delivered in the coming months, and are expected to reach an estimated 12 to 15 million vulnerable Americans. Rachel Treisman
3rd COVID-19 Vaccine May Be Available Soon In The U.S. The Food and Drug Administration has released its assessment of an application from Johnson & Johnson for emergency use authorization for its vaccine. It finds the vaccine safe and effective. Joe Palca
A Tale Of The Taps: Which Hand-Washing Station Is Best In Emergencies? In areas with limited access to clean running water, hand-washing stations can help limit the spread of disease. But experts say not all taps are created equal. Rosemary Misdary
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. Clare McGrane
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
