Jason Beaubien
Stories
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Argentina Takes A Shot With Russia's Sputnik Vaccine
The nation has been hard hit by the pandemic. The president vowed to start a vaccination campaign by the end of 2020. That did happen — but not exactly as they'd hoped.
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Why The World Is Seeing Some Of Its Most Extreme Pandemic Lockdowns
Even as the European Union began vaccine rollouts on Sunday, nations around the globe are instituting severe lockdowns and travel restrictions. Fear of the U.K. variant is a key reason.
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Even Disaster Veterans Are Stunned By What's Happening In Honduras
Back-to-back hurricanes have taken an unprecedented toll on the Central American nation and its neighbors.
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Global Causes Of Death: Significant Shifts From 2000 To 2019
The number 1 and 2 causes of death remain the same, but there have been a number of notable changes. And now there's a new disease to assess on the global landscape: COVID-19.
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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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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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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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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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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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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.