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Public Health Expert Calls To Repair Distrust In A COVID-19 Vaccine

A patient in a first-stage study of a potential vaccine for COVID-19 receives a shot in March at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle. Ted S. Warren/AP hide caption

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Public Health Expert Calls To Repair Distrust In A COVID-19 Vaccine

Public health officials say a promising coronavirus vaccine is on its way in 2021. But does that matter if only half of Americans say they're willing to get such a vaccination?

Politics

Week In Politics: Trump's Tweet On Delaying Election Sees Bipartisan Backlash

by Ron Elving

Week In Politics: Trump's Tweet On Delaying Election Sees Bipartisan Backlash

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Public Health Expert Calls To Repair Distrust In A COVID-19 Vaccine

by Emma Bowman

Public Health Expert Calls To Repair Distrust In A COVID-19 Vaccine

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Open Mouth Kaki King

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Bone Chaos in the Castle Kaki King

Business

White Collar Workers Put On Assembly Line As COVID-19 Shrinks Worker Population

by Paige Pfleger

White Collar Workers Put On Assembly Line As COVID-19 Shrinks Worker Population

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Race

How U.S. Protests For Racial Justice Have Impacted The Country's Global Image

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Author Interviews

Author Morgan Jerkins Reconnects With Her Southern African-American Roots In New Book

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Re:member Ólafur Arnalds

Business

The Coronavirus Pandemic May End The Reign Of Blue Jeans

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Blue Jean David Bowie

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Walk It Off !!!

Beetles And Wasps Vie For Title of Most Diverse Critter

There is a seemingly never-ending variety of beetles, about 400,000 known species! imv/Getty Images hide caption

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Animals

Beetles And Wasps Vie For Title of Most Diverse Critter

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

Beetles And Wasps Vie For Title of Most Diverse Critter

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Health

Boston ER Doctor Helps Patients Register To Vote

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Movie Interviews

Actor Jordan Fisher Gets His Dance On In New Netflix Movie

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Get on Your Feet Gloria Estefan

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Betcha Say That Gloria Estefan

Business

Some Companies Report Huge Profits Despite Economic Decline Due To COVID-19

by Camila Domonoske

Some Companies Report Huge Profits Despite Economic Decline Due To COVID-19

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Economy

Unemployed People Tell Their Stories As CARES Act Benefits End

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Weather

Governor Ron DeSantis Declares State Of Emergency As Isaias Moves Towards Florida

by Greg Allen

Governor Ron DeSantis Declares State Of Emergency As Isaias Moves Towards Florida

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A Walk Tycho

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Alright Tycho

What 6 Of The 7 Countries With The Most COVID-19 Cases Have In Common

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Goats and Soda

What 6 Of The 7 Countries With The Most COVID-19 Cases Have In Common

by Jason Beaubien

What 6 Of The 7 Countries With The Most COVID-19 Cases Have In Common

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Asia

China's Communist Party Wants To Rebuild Countryside But First Must Demolish Homes

by Emily Feng

China's Communist Party Wants To Rebuild Countryside But First Must Demolish Homes

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Sports

Saturday Sports: Hockey and Basketball Follow MLB As Athletes Compete In 'Bubbles'

by Tom Goldman

Saturday Sports: Hockey and Basketball Follow MLB As Athletes Compete In 'Bubbles'

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Race

Oprah's 'O Magazine' Honors Breonna Taylor In Historic Cover

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I Heard You Looking Yo La Tengo

World

Online Memorial Honors Filipino Health Care Workers Who Have Died Of COVID-19

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Moe Honk Brad Mehldau, Brian Blade et. al.

Author Interviews

Kim Johnson Talks Racism, Mass Incarceration In Debut Novel

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For Gladiators Of PowerPoint, Microsoft Championship Will Have To Wait One More Year

Gold medal winners Georgi Boshev, Ryan Catalfu, Ka Hei Chao, Kuan Hou Lei, Lai Tin Ming and Pak Hei Lee show off their trophies during the Pearson VUE Certiport Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship in 2016. The 2020 World Championships were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP Images for Pearson hide caption

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For Gladiators Of PowerPoint, Microsoft Championship Will Have To Wait One More Year

by Ed McNulty

For Gladiators Of PowerPoint, Microsoft Championship Will Have To Wait One More Year

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Pierce Freelon On His Children's Album And The Legacy Of His Creative Black Family

As a professor, musician and community advocate, Pierce Freelon has his hands in many different pots. His new children's album, D.a.D., mixes a bit of all three of his vocations for educational fun. Mark Maya/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Music Interviews

Pierce Freelon On His Children's Album And The Legacy Of His Creative Black Family

by Mandalit del Barco

Pierce Freelon On His Children's Album And The Legacy Of His Creative Black Family

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My Body Pierce Freelon

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Punch Shane Theriot

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