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Survivor Stories
Black communities have been hit hard by COVID-19. Here, four families share their experience with the novel coronavirus and what it’s like to come out on the other side, alive and grateful.
![Claudette Himes and husband Leonard Himes stand together on a balcony, weaving COVID-19 masks.](features/survivor-stories/feature.jpg)
Children and COVID-19
Pediatric cases of the novel coronavirus range from asymptomatic to a serious inflammatory syndrome. More is being learned with each new case. But the unknowns are still daunting, for families and doctors.
![A boy in a car gets a COVID-19 test by a medical worker in full PPE](features/children-covid/samsecondtestneg.jpg)
Cutting through the Chaos
Emory doctors have been keeping the public informed—many while treating patients—throughout the pandemic, and facing down misinformation (and even governors) to try to keep us safe. Mini-profiles of our top SOM media experts/public scholars on COVID.
![A screen capture of several speakers on a remote meeting, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, Emory Infectious disease expert Carlos Del Rio, and Emory President Gregory L. Fenves](features/chaos/feature-wide.jpg)
Ready, Set... Pivot
Within weeks after the pandemic began, Emory School of Medicine researchers, working with colleagues from across the university and at partner institutions around the globe, mobilized their resources and expertise to address the largest infectious disease threat to humankind in more than 100 years: COVID-19.
![A nurse gives a COVID-19 vaccine dose to a volunteer.](features/ready-set-pivot/feature.jpg)