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U.S. tosses expiring vaccines as the world waits for doses

U.S. tosses expiring vaccines as the world waits for doses

FromApple News Today


U.S. tosses expiring vaccines as the world waits for doses

FromApple News Today

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Length:
9 minutes
Released:
Aug 12, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Many unused COVID-vaccine doses in the U.S. are being thrown away, even as many countries can’t get enough shots. NPR explains why transferring unused doses abroad is so complicated.
As newly remote workers move to small places, turning them into “Zoom towns,” rising housing prices are driving out longtime residents. The Washington Post looks at the impact in one community.
The Quinault Indian Nation has lived on the coast of Washington state for thousands of years. The Seattle Times reports on how climate change is forcing the tribe to move, and says it’s a problem affecting more and more Indigenous communities.
CNN looks at the effort to preserve natural silence in places that haven’t been polluted by human-made noise.
Released:
Aug 12, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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