The nation faces a grim milestone of having a record number of overdose deaths in 2020. One expert says social isolation increased the risk of dying from an overdose.
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NPR's Bob Mondello is back from his vaccination appointment and feeling safer.
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In the UK, the rate for hospital admissions reaches new heights.
An informal survey found that 60% of Los Angeles police employees would get the vaccine when it's available to them. LAPD Chief Michel Moore describes how the department plans to increase that number.…
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Screenings dropped 63% to 82% during the first pandemic wave but had a higher rate of cancer detection.
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Nearsightedness was 3 times more common in 6-year-old children during the lockdown.
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One key proposal: a "100 million vaccines in 100 days" mass vaccination campaign.
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Men more affected by COVID-19
College students' pandemic distress
The vaccinations will start Monday or Tuesday, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein tells NPR. Thirty inmates tested positive for the coronavirus in one prison on Thursday.
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A new analysis of KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor survey data finds that most Hispanic adults across the country want to get a COVID-19 vaccine at some point though younger adults are more hesitant,…