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COVID vaccine conundrums
Nov 29, 2022

COVID vaccine conundrums

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Pediatricians worry about the burden of upfront COVID vaccine costs as federal funds dwindle. Plus, why incessant PR email blasts don't really work.

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Home prices are falling. That's good news for the Fed's fight against inflation.

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Nov 29, 2022
September data shows they were still higher than a year earlier, though.
National home prices dropped 1% in September from the previous month — in tune with the Federal Reserve's hopes.
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Elon Musk joins a long line of Apple App Store critics

by Kristin Schwab
Nov 29, 2022
Large companies like Meta and Spotify have said Apple demands too big a share of revenue for selling in the App Store.
The App Store generates more than double the amount of money Google Play makes, in part because Americans favor iPhones over Android.
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PR emails are a given in the publicity business, but do they really work?

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry
Nov 29, 2022
Slate writer Dan Kois said "yes" to most of the publicity emails he got in a single day. In return, he got a firsthand look at how the publicity business works.
"I get a lot of PR emails every day," said Slate writer Dan Kois. "You know, over 100 just sort of roll in."
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12,000 striking academic workers reach tentative agreement with University of California

by Stephanie Hughes
Nov 29, 2022
The ramifications of what union leaders call the largest strike in U.S. higher ed history will likely reach far beyond California.
Unionized academic workers and supporters marched at the UCLA campus Nov. 15.
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COVID-19

Pediatricians brace for the end of federal COVID-19 vaccine funding

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Nov 29, 2022
Once funding for COVID vaccines run out, doctors will have to pay upfront for the doses — and hope that they make their money back.
Pediatricians will have to pay for COVID vaccines after federal funding runs out — and that has many of them worried.
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Adventures in Housing

When solo homeownership is not in the budget, some friends "double up"

by Sarah Leeson
Nov 29, 2022
Sharing a home with a nonromantic adult can come with big benefits, in addition to the break in rent.
Co-habitation, or "doubling up," is a living solution for adults who can't afford homeownership on their own.
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Music from the episode

Sundress Butcher Brown
Waterfalls TLC
Love Of My Life Erykah Badu
Redbone Childish Gambino
Tidal Wave The Shacks
Starring You Shafiq Husayn

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer
Maria Hollenhorst Producer II
Andie Corban Producer I
Sarah Leeson Producer I
Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II
Richard Cunningham Associate Producer I
Dylan Miettinen Associate Digital Producer

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