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Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! is NPR's weekly quiz program. Each week on the radio you can test your knowledge against some of the best and brightest in the news and entertainment world while figuring out what's real news and what's made up.

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Health & Science

A train employee boards the commuter rail heading to Boston after waiting for passengers.
Health

How to sort through the uneasiness Thanksgiving brings this year

Deciding to gather or not can seem like just one more thing to deal with in this pandemic-disrupted year.

5 years ago

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Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House's coronavirus response coordinator, speaks during a briefing with the coronavirus task force
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FDA grants emergency authorization for a second COVID-19 antibody treatment

The experimental cocktail from the bio-tech company Regeneron is the same drug President Trump got when he was battling the coronavirus earlier this year.

5 years ago

A medical assistant holds a swab after testing a man on Wednesday at the new COVID-19 testing facility at Boston Logan International Airport. (Elise Amendola/AP Photo)
Health

Planning to test and travel for the holidays? It might be trickier than you think

Which test should you go for? Can you even schedule one? How long should you isolate before your test, and afterward? There’s a lot to consider.

5 years ago

An illustration picture shows vials with COVID-19 vaccine stickers attached and syringes with the logo of U.S. biotechnology company Moderna on November 17.
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What it was like to participate in the clinical trial for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine

PBS Newshour's John Yang reflects on his experience participating in Moderna's vaccine trial. "It started off with self-interest — I wanted to get the vaccine sooner."

5 years ago

The Rittenhouse Farmers' Market has been open during the pandemic. (Aaron Moselle/WHYY)
Health

As COVID limits come back, Philly residents accept the disappointing new reality

The gift we all want — an end to pandemic life — is likely several months away. The just-imposed shutdowns will be with us until New Year’s.

5 years ago

A health care worker treats a COVID-19 patient at the ICU at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas.
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1,000 U.S. hospitals are ‘critically’ short on staff — and more expect to be soon

As COVID-19 hospitalizations surge, new data released by the federal government show how many hospitals are struggling with staffing.

5 years ago

Officers at the Cumberland County Prison walk the halls in Carlisle, Pa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Health

COVID-19’s fall surge hitting Pennsylvania prisons too

Positive coronavirus cases in 22 of the state’s 24 correctional institutions are putting advocates, and families with loved ones on the inside, on edge.

5 years ago

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An Eli Lilly researcher tests possible COVID-19 antibodies in a laboratory
Health

COVID-19 antibody treatment soon to arrive in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Rachel Levine said the federal government will distribute the antibodies to healthcare systems in the state.

5 years ago

A gloved finger prepares the COVID-19 vaccine to administer to a volunteer.
Health

N.J. Health Commissioner expects COVID-19 vaccines to land in N.J. next month

The earliest shipments are expected to go to health care professionals and first responders first, with the vaccine likely becoming available to the public in April or May.

5 years ago

The Bartender Squeezes Citrus Juice Into A Cocktail.
Health

Spate of overdoses hits service industry workers in Philly who thought they were doing cocaine

Since Nov. 12, the city Medical Examiner's office has confirmed three overdose deaths among restaurant and bar workers who thought they were using cocaine.

5 years ago

People stand in line outside Sayre Health Center for COVID testing a week before Thanksgiving in West Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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As demand surges, some Rite Aid and other free COVID test sites in Philly are closed

There are still dozens of options available, although many have long wait times and longer turnaround.

5 years ago

The Rodeway Inn Center City is serving as Philadelphia's quarantine site (Google Street View)
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Philly to open second quarantine hotel for vulnerable COVID patients as cases surge

The 30 beds at the first site sometimes fill up, officials said, with people from shelters or those experiencing homelessness.

5 years ago

In this Nov. 9, 2020, file photo, pedestrians walk past Pfizer world headquarters in New York.
Health

Pfizer seeking emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine in US

The action comes days after Pfizer Inc. and its German partner BioNTech announced that its vaccine appears 95% effective at preventing mild to severe COVID-19 in a study.

5 years ago

Pumpkin with a Medical Face Mask
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A 2020 Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving usually means we’re going big — way over the top. Twice the size bird we could possibly eat; more side dishes than the t ...

Air Date: November 20, 2020

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Ida (right, at 18 years old) was born in Martinsville, Va., and moved to Philadelphia when she was 3 years old. She married Johnny Robinson in November of 1956 (top left) and they raised six children. Johnny (pictured bottom left in 1989) died in 1997. (Courtesy of Diamond Franklin)
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Health

With this Thanksgiving comes a sad first for many families: Lost loved ones

COVID-19 has taken hundreds of thousands of lives in the U.S. already, some very quickly. There will be mourning, and remembering

5 years ago

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