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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Shingles to brain damage: Americans report COVID side effects

    The New York Times uncovered a wide range of COVID vaccine side effects as part of its year-long probe. Despite reports to the CDC, concerns have gone unanswered.

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 14, 2024 • 1 min read

    The New York Times uncovered a wide range of COVID vaccine side effects as part of its year-long probe. Despite reports to the CDC, concerns have gone unanswered.

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Digital News & Culture Editor

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      Apoorva Mandavilli

      Pulitzer Prize-winning science and global health reporter at The New York Times

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    The full episode

    3 of 4
    Highway 1 in Big Sur: We keep rebuilding, nature keeps destroying
    1. 0:00How much does China threaten the US economy?
    2. 10:25Highway 1 in Big Sur: Doomed to be forever rebuilt?
    3. 20:16Shingles to brain damage: Americans report COVID side effectsYou’re reading this
    4. 36:06Netflix in legal trouble over hit series ‘Baby Reindeer’
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