logo
episode-header-image
Feb 2021
12m 29s

Third Vaccine On The Way, Fauci Hails 'S...

NPR
About this episode
tail spinning
Up next
Yesterday
Trump is rewriting the rules of the economy…is it ‘crony capitalism’?
President Trump has spent his first year back in office blurring the lines between business and government. The administration has bought shares in private companies like Intel, NVIDIA, and others involved in mining and energy. President Trump has also publicly pressured CEOs, an ... Show More
7m 16s
Jan 18
Beth Israel Congregation rebuilds after arson, saying "there's healing that comes"
A week after an arson fire at Mississippi's oldest synagogue, Rachel Myers, a leader of the congregation's religious school, talks about how the congregation is doing and how it will rebuild. It’s not the first time the congregation has been attacked. In the late 1960s, the synag ... Show More
10m 15s
Jan 16
How the Trump Justice Department is targeting his perceived opponents
Under the Trump administration, federal prosecutors have been sent to investigate federal lawmakers, the chairman of the Federal Reserve and the widow of Renee Macklin Good.The Department of Justice is once again at the center of the news.At least five federal lawmakers say they ... Show More
10m 19s
Recommended Episodes
Apr 2021
The U.S. Vaccination Rate Continues To Slow
Short Wave's Emily Kwong talks with NPR health correspondent Allison Aubrey about some of the latest coronavirus news, including the return of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in the U.S. and vaccine outreach in harder to reach communities. Have questions about the latest coronaviru ... Show More
11m 15s
Dec 2020
Race for the Vaccine
On the same day the COVID-19 death toll surpassed 300,000 in the United States, the first vaccines are being administered, finally giving millions of Americans hope for a better future and a return to normalcy. We explore how officials expect to deliver a safe and effective vacci ... Show More
37m 42s
Jun 2021
Covipod #9 : Le vaccin, moins efficace chez certaines personnes
<p>Aujourd'hui, dans Covipod, nous nous penchons sur le cas des personnes que les deux doses de vaccin ne suffisent pas à protéger contre la Covid-19, et sur les mesures à prendre pour s'assurer qu'elles n'attrapent pas la maladie. Nous ferons ensuite un bref état des lieux autou ... Show More
5m 43s
Sep 2021
Ep 959 | Are the Vaccinated Actually the True Super Spreaders? | Guest: Dr. Lynn
Nothing makes sense. “The Delta variant” canard doesn’t explain how the virus is now much worse than ever before when nearly every adult is vaccinated in a lot of areas getting hit hard. Today, we are joined by Dr. Lynn (pseudonym), associate medical director of America’s Frontli ... Show More
1h 13m
Apr 2021
How COVID vaccines are revolutionizing medicine | Adrian Hill
This past year, scientists racing to stop the novel coronavirus delivered vaccines at a pace and scale the world has never seen before. Adrian Hill, director of Oxford University's vaccine research institute, recounts how he and his team developed the AstraZeneca vaccine. He expl ... Show More
1h 6m
May 2021
Rural Tennessee’s Vaccine Hesitators
<p>Vaccine hesitancy is a major reason that many experts now fear the United States will struggle to attain herd immunity against the coronavirus.</p><p>And while many initially hesitant demographics have become more open to vaccinations, one group is shifting much less: white Re ... Show More
28m 47s
Nov 2020
A Vaccine Breakthrough
<p>It’s a dark time in the struggle with the coronavirus, particularly in the United States, where infections and hospitalizations have surged.</p><p>But amid the gloom comes some light: A trial by the drug maker Pfizer has returned preliminary results suggesting that its vaccine ... Show More
24m 29s
Oct 2020
Into the Black Doctors Vetting the Vaccine
<p>For six months, people across the country have been waiting for the same lifeline: a vaccine for the coronavirus. The U.S. government has pledged $10 billion to help drug makers develop and distribute a vaccine in record time through “Operation Warp Speed.” </p><p>But the emp ... Show More
25m 9s