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Wednesday

Why lots of kids still aren't back in school in Guatemala

The pandemic brought in-person learning to a halt in Guatemala. And it's been a challenge to get some schools open again. Above: Hermogenes Gonzales Mejia school in Guatemala City. which finally welcomed back its students in February. Miranda Mazariegos/NPR hide caption

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Why lots of kids still aren't back in school in Guatemala

The government is struggling to bring all 3 million-plus students back to schools that were shuttered when the pandemic hit. Teachers are ready to resume classes. But obstacles loom.

Monday

Nightly midnight jog by Indian teen inspires millions on Twitter

19-year-old Pradeep Mehra on his 5-mile run home after his shift ends at McDonald's. A chance encounter with a filmmaker led to a video that's gone viral. Vinod Kapri via Twitter/Screengrab by NPR hide caption

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Nightly midnight jog by Indian teen inspires millions on Twitter

19-year-old Pradeep Mehra works 1 p.m. to 11 p.m., then runs home to keep in shape for his goal: joining India's highly selective army. A video of his nightly jog has become a Twitter sensation.

Sunday

CDC recommends 2nd COVID boosters for some older and immunocompromised people

As immunity wanes fom the first booster, the FDA has now authorized a second shot for people 50 and older and some immunocompromised people. The CDC has also recommended that people get the booster. FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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CDC recommends 2nd COVID boosters for some older and immunocompromised people

People who are 50 and older and certain immunocompromised individuals may get a second Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine booster four months after they received the first.

CDC recommends 2nd COVID boosters for some older and immunocompromised people

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Friday

Steven Johnson: The Past, Present, and Future of the Human Life Span
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Steven Johnson: The Past, Present, and Future of the Human Life Span

In the last century, human life expectancy has doubled. This hour, we talk with writer Steven Johnson on the many breakthroughs that made this possible — and where we go from here.

Steven Johnson: The Past, Present, and Future of the Human Life Span

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Wednesday

Delta and omicron met up inside 1 person and made the Frankenstein hybrid 'deltacron'
Francesco Zorzi

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Delta and omicron met up inside 1 person and made the Frankenstein hybrid 'deltacron'

That's how the so-called "deltacron" variant — a mashup of delta and omicron — came to be. This process of recombining tells us a lot about the possible past and future of SARS-CoV-2.

Delta and omicron met up inside 1 person and made the Frankenstein hybrid 'deltacron'

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Tuesday

Nastia Stefanovich, a volunteer at the distribution center in Lviv for goods donated for Ukrainians in need, points out the piles of clothes that have been arriving.

Nastia Stefanovich, a volunteer at the distribution center in Lviv for goods donated for Ukrainians in need, points out the piles of clothes that have been arriving. Jason Beaubien/NPR hide caption

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Donated clothes help in Ukraine. But there's one thing aid experts like better

While welcome, some donations don't address the needs of displaced and homeless Ukrainians who've lost nearly everything they own. Several aid groups are turning to a new tactic: cash aid.

Donated clothes help in Ukraine. But there's one thing aid experts like better

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Monday

How Becoming A Refugee Changes You

Refugees from Ukraine are seen standing in the line for free train tickets in the hall of the main railway station in Przemysl, southeastern Poland, on March 20, 2022. Wojtek Radwanski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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How Becoming A Refugee Changes You

Inside Ukraine, millions of people have been displaced, with millions more living in increasingly dire conditions. In the city of Maruipol, hundreds of thousands of civilians remain trapped — with dwindling supplies of food and water and no electricity. Mariupol has been bombarded by the Russians for weeks now. Petro Andrushchenko, an adviser to Mariupol's mayor, told NPR civilians in bomb shelters are running out of food. Millions of others have fled Ukraine without knowing if or when they'll be able to return home. Amid that uncertainty, they must start a new life elsewhere. It's an experience only people who've been refugees can truly understand. Mary Louise Kelly talks with refugees from Vietnam, Syria, and Afghanistan about their experiences, how fleeing their home country has affected their life and what life is like now. In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment to help you make sense of what's going on in your community.Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

How Becoming A Refugee Changes You

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Saturday

Russia's war with Ukraine is devastating for Ukraine's war on TB

Refugees from Ukraine, which has a high rate of tuberculosis, are often screened for the disease. Above: Dr. Natalie Wöhrle analyzes the X-ray images of the lungs from a screening in Gauting, Germany, on March 12. Matthias Balk/picture alliance via Getty Images hide caption

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Russia's war with Ukraine is devastating for Ukraine's war on TB

The country has a high rate of tuberculosis. They'd been making progress but then came the pandemic ... and now the war. Doctors worryi about increased spread of this contagious and deadly disease.

Russia's war with Ukraine is devastating for Ukraine's war on TB

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Friday

Thursday

Seen as heroes at home, Filipino workers feel 'abandoned' amid Hong Kong's COVID surge

This photo taken on Feb. 20 shows a foreign worker in Hong Kong sheltering with her belongings during the city's current coronavirus surge. Bertha Wang/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Seen as heroes at home, Filipino workers feel 'abandoned' amid Hong Kong's COVID surge

Many of the domestic workers say they were banished from their employers' homes after getting sick — and fired — even though terminating an employee for falling ill is against Hong Kong law.

Seen as heroes at home, Filipino workers feel 'abandoned' amid Hong Kong's COVID surge

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Wednesday

Russia's 226 attacks on health-care targets in Ukraine are part of a larger pattern

Mariana Vishegirskaya stands outside a maternity hospital that was damaged by shelling in Mariupol, Ukraine, on March 9. Vishegirskaya later gave birth to a girl in another hospital in Mariupol. Mstyslav Chernov/AP hide caption

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Russia's 226 attacks on health-care targets in Ukraine are part of a larger pattern

A new report from the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition tallies 1,335 cases of health-care-related violence. We spoke with the coalition chair about the consequences.