Electronic Health Records May Be Delaying COVID-19 Vaccinations The same electronic systems used to record when patients get a physical or go to the ER are also used to log data when coronavirus vaccines are given. But the systems don't share information easily. Simone Popperl
WHO Weighs In On AstraZeneca Vaccine Effectiveness The WHO issued interim guidance on usage of the AstraZeneca vaccine, after a small study found low efficacy against coronavirus variants.
CDC Says Double-Masking Offers More Protection Against The Coronavirus New research found that wearing a cloth mask over a medical mask significantly boosts protection against droplets that can transmit the virus. Tying knots on the ear loops of medical masks also helps. Laurel Wamsley
Oldest Person In Europe Recovers From Coronavirus Sister Andree, a retired nun who lives in the south of France, turns 117 on Thursday. She says she had no COVID-19 symptoms, but did have to isolate in her room at the nursing home.
Kenyan Musician Composes Song About Life After COVID-19 Coronavirus infection rates in Kenya are the lowest they have been since the beginning of the pandemic, and life seems back to normal. A new song is capturing that moment. Eyder Peralta
Washington overdose deaths rise sharply. Fentanyl availability a main factor ‘The issue is that because pills off the street are basically guaranteed to be Fentanyl, you can't control it. You don't know how strong it is. You don't know what effect it's going to have on you. The likelihood is that it's going to be really devastating.’ Paige Browning
How Educators In Public Schools Are Navigating Teaching During The COVID-19 Pandemic NPR's Audie Cornish talks with teachers in Houston, Baltimore and Davenport, Iowa, about what life on the ground is like for educators in public schools during the COVID-19 pandemic.
WHO: 'Very Unlikely' Coronavirus Leaked From Lab, More Study Needed To Trace Source The coronavirus is "very unlikely" to have started in a Chinese lab but its path from animals to humans needs further investigation, a World Health Organization team said after visiting Wuhan. Emily Feng
WHO Is Fighting False COVID Info On Social Media. How's That Going? A year ago, the World Health Organization declared war on misinformation by partnering with Big Tech, from Facebook to Twitter to ... Uber. They're sending out public health messages. Who's tuning in? Malaka Gharib
WHO Probe Into Origin Of COVID-19 Raises More Questions Than Answers Scientists from the World Health Organization were in Wuhan, China, trying to figure out how the coronavirus got there and how it infected so many people, so quickly. Emily Feng