Nurses describe their hope and assurance after being fully vaccinated against coronavirus
After receiving her second dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine, New York nurse Sandra Lindsay felt “like I’ve completed the marathon,…
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Wisconsin pharmacist who left vials out believed vaccine could harm people and change their DNA, police say
The Wisconsin pharmacist arrested last week after allegedly removing vials of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine from cold storage is a conspiracy theorist…
Continue ReadingHow to remotivate kids for more distance learning
Motivating kids to do schoolwork was hard enough in pre-pandemic times. No matter how skilled the teacher, and how clever the lesson plans, most kids…
Continue Reading10 things we learned in 2020 about living a good life
What do you need for a meaningful life? Even as 2020 strained communities around the world, it offered some object lessons in living well. In the…
Continue ReadingMediterranean diet named best diet for 2021
The gold medal for best 2021 diet went to the Mediterranean diet for the fourth year in a row, according to rankings announced Monday by U.S. News…
Continue Reading5 things to know for January 5: Senate runoffs, Covid, transition, Jacob Blake, Iran
Still waiting for the latest stimulus check? Find out when and how it’s coming your way. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed…
Continue ReadingNeanderthal child’s skeleton buried 41,000 years ago may solve long-standing mystery
Is burying the dead a practice unique to Homo sapiens? Or did other early humans such as Neanderthals lay their loved ones to rest under the earth?…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea sends anti-piracy unit to Persian Gulf after Iran seizes tanker
Seoul has dispatched an acclaimed anti-piracy unit to the Strait of Hormuz after a South Korean-flagged tanker was seized by Iran in the Persian Gulf…
Continue ReadingHow to remotivate kids for more distant learning
Motivating kids to do schoolwork was hard enough in pre-pandemic times. No matter how skilled the teacher, and how clever the lesson plans, most kids…
Continue Reading10 things we learned in 2020 about living the good life
What do you need for a meaningful life? Even as 2020 strained communities around the world, it offered some object lessons in living well. In the…
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One American dies from Covid-19 every 33 seconds as the vaccine rollout hits snags
While hopes of vaccinating 20 million people by New Year’s Day sputtered out, the US now faces staggering new challenges in the fight against…
Continue ReadingAlready free of coronavirus, this Pacific islands country could become the first in the world to be vaccinated
A cluster of islands in the Pacific Ocean that’s one of the few places on Earth entirely free from Covid-19 could become one of the first…
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Hunting for ‘Disease X’
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo — Showing early symptoms of hemorrhagic fever, the patient sits quietly on her bed, wrangling two…
Continue ReadingPakistan’s most populous province bans virginity tests for rape survivors in landmark ruling
Virginity tests on sexual assault survivors have been outlawed in Pakistan’s most-populous province, in a landmark ruling that’s the…
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‘Nurses Anonymous’: Online support group helps nurses cope with emotional stress of pandemic
Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — As we begin a new year, it will still be the same stresses for…
Continue ReadingUK says its aircraft carrier strike group is ready to deploy. China’s already watching
Britain is officially an aircraft carrier power again. The Royal Navy announced on Monday that the UK’s Carrier Strike Group, centered on…
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Colorado Springs restaurants resume indoor dining, fear the future
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – While many southern Colorado counties are now allowing indoor dining at 25 percent capacity, some restaurants are…
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India embarks on one of the world’s most ambitious vaccine rollouts after emergency use approval
India is embarking on one of the world’s most ambitious mass immunization programs ever undertaken, after regulators approved the…
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Iran ramps up uranium enrichment and seizes tanker as tensions rise with US
Iran announced Monday that it had resumed enriching uranium to 20% purity, far beyond the limits laid out in the 2015 nuclear deal, in a move likely…
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