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Living on Earth is an environmental news and information program. Each week host Steve Curwood guides the listener through a mix of news, features, interviews and commentary on a broad range of ecological issues.

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A patient receives a shot in a clinical trial for a potential coronavirus vaccine. U.S. intelligence officials say Russian hackers are attempting to break into U.S. health care organizations working on a vaccine.
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U.S. says Russian hackers are trying to steal coronavirus vaccine research

The hackers have been linked to Russian intelligence and were blamed for hacking Democratic Party emails in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

5 years ago

Medical staff in Mumbai, India, last week. A U.N. report warns that the coronavirus pandemic is interfering with children getting vaccinated. (Anshuman Poyrekar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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Health

U.N. points to ‘alarming decline’ in child vaccinations

It warned of the first drop in 28 years for vaccinations against diptheria, tetanus and pertussis based on preliminary data from the first four months of 2020.

5 years ago

Comet Neowise passes St Mary's Lighthouse in Whitley Bay, UK in the early hours of Tuesday morning. (Owen Humphreys - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images)
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Science

Good news: This comet won’t cause a mass extinction in 2020. Also, it’s really pretty

The first thing to know about a new comet that has appeared in the evening sky is that it's one big ice ball: about 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) across.

5 years ago

a person tanning on the Jersey Shore
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Health

Indoor beach town parties responsible for some N.J. coronavirus cases, official says

Indoor parties in beach towns, but not activity on beaches, are responsible for some coronavirus cases in New Jersey, a state health official said.

5 years ago

Narberth Ambulance Paramedic Andrew Schifferli, left, and EMT Eric McKeever, right, wear full PPE during a call at a nursing home in Wynnewood, PA, on April 17, 2020, in Ardmore, Pa. (Jessica Griffin/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Health

Pa. coronavirus recovery: Wolf announces new, targeted restrictions statewide

The order stipulates that only gatherings of 25 and fewer people should be permitted indoors, and gatherings outdoors should be limited to 250 people.

5 years ago

Drive-thru coronavirus testing
Health

Delaware forges drive-thru coronavirus testing partnership with Walgreens

The testing at pharmacies will begin with a pilot program at one store in each of the state’s three counties and soon expand, public health officials said.

5 years ago

Customers leave a Walmart in Blackwood, N.J.  (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Walmart to require customers to wear masks at all its stores

They are now the largest retailer to introduce such a policy that has otherwise proven difficult to enforce without state and federal requirements.

5 years ago

In this March 16, 2020, file photo, a subject receives a shot in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine by Moderna for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Health

First COVID-19 vaccine tested in US poised for final testing

The vaccine will start its most important step around July 27: A 30,000-person study to prove if the shots really are strong enough to protect against the coronavirus.

5 years ago

Delaware Gov. John Carney
Health

Delaware no longer on quarantine list for Pennsylvania, New Jersey

People from Delaware who travel to Pennsylvania and New Jersey will no longer be required to quarantine for 14 days.

5 years ago

State Sen. Anthony Williams. (Tyger Williams/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Health
Spotlight PA

Pa. Democratic state senator tests positive for the coronavirus

Democratic state Sen. Anthony Williams has tested positive for the coronavirus, becoming the second Pennsylvania legislator to contract the virus.

5 years ago

Manco & Manco Pizza
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Manco & Manco closes pizzerias for cleaning after 3 employees test positive for COVID-19

Two of the employees were asymptomatic, according to restaurant management.

5 years ago

Bags of fresh food wait to be given away in Chicago in May. The number of malnourished people is expected to climb globally, according to the United Nations.
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Health

U.N. report says pandemic could push up to 132 million people into hunger

The coronavirus pandemic could push up to 132 million people into hunger by the end of 2020, according to a new United Nations report.

5 years ago

Masks are required for entry to a shoe store in Glendale, Calif. Most people follow social distancing and guidelines to wear masks when they enter retail stores and restaurants, but some customers don't comply.
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Health

The customer is always right. Except when they won’t wear a mask

In the age of COVID-19, most people follow social-distancing and mask-wearing guidelines when they enter retail stores and restaurants. But then there are the nightmare custom

5 years ago

Policemen in Seattle, Washington, wearing masks made by the Red Cross, during the influenza pandemic, December 1918. (National Archives)
Health
The Conversation

Mask resistance during a pandemic isn’t new – in 1918 many Americans were ‘slackers’

While a majority of Americans support wearing masks, widespread and consistent compliance has proven difficult to maintain in communities across the country.

5 years ago

A letter from current CDC staff recently submitted to Director Robert Redfield demands that the agency address structural racism toward Black employees.
NPR
Health

CDC employees call out agency’s ‘toxic culture of racial aggressions’

Pointing to the coronavirus’ disproportionate impact on people of color, more than 1000 workers at the CDC call on the agency to declare racism a public health crisis.

5 years ago

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