WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Friday rejected an emergency appeal by a California church that challenged state limits on attendance at worship services that have been imposed to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Over the dissent of the four more conservative justices, Chief Justice John Roberts joined the court’s four liberals […]
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday suddenly dropped its warning about the risk of choirs spreading COVID-19 at religious services after being told to do so by White House officials, The Washington Post reported. The warning was omitted even though choirs can become “super-spreader” events infecting large groups of people at […]
Another possibility is that people who have higher BMIs also tend to show higher levels of certain markers of inflammation in their bodies, like C-reactive protein. And, in fact, in Dr. Horwtiz’s study, the level of C-reactive protein that patients had in their bodies was more strongly associated with severe illness than age or any […]
NEW YORK, May 29 (Reuters) – A spike in harassment of Asian-Americans since the coronavirus pandemic began has led community activists in the United States to fight back – forming street patrols, rallying on social media, and supporting each other online. Asians of varying national backgrounds have suffered a surge of attacks this year, which […]
A minimum of three things is a great place to start, Moskowitz says, and “they don’t have to be brand new every day.” You might use ones like your health, your spouse, or your pet over and over again. They can also be seemingly trivial, Moskowitz adds—as small and simple as the fact that the […]
Some extremely vulnerable people have been removed from shielding lists via text message, without the knowledge of their GP. This has caused confusion, with charities demanding clearer guidance for this group as lockdown eases. GPs say they should be notified when their patients are added or removed from the lists. Shielding has now been extended […]
Running outside safely during the new coronavirus pandemic means acquainting yourself with a new piece of gear: the running mask. I run early (and solo) within Chicago’s city limits, but I still constantly calculate angles and hop curves to maintain 6 feet between myself and each of my fellow athletes, pedestrians, cyclists, and unleashed dogs. […]
Conservative Christian activists have largely framed the debate over whether houses of worship should resume in-person worship as a matter of defending religious freedom. But tucked into these arguments about religious liberty, some have also been pushing a claim that doesn’t seem to stand up to scrutiny ― the claim that if businesses like grocery […]
With everything going on amid the new coronavirus pandemic, you might have realized that you have no earthly idea of how to deal with extended isolation, anxiety, uncertainty, or the dozens of other mental health struggles of our new normal. Which is totally understandable, TBH. The ability to withstand a difficult situation like the one […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators are telling five drugmakers to recall their versions of a widely used diabetes medication after laboratory tests found elevated levels of a contaminant linked to cancer. The Food and Drug Administration said late Thursday that several batches of the drug metformin tested positive for unsafe levels of N-Nitrosodimethylamine, a […]
As the coronavirus pandemic has become a mainstay of our lives, everyone is awaiting an effective treatment or a vaccine for COVID-19 that will allow our country to begin normalizing. There’s been near-constant speculation about which potential drugs could be effective against the virus, but early tactics for treatment were mostly based on scientists’ best […]
I find it a little magical that so many people are having articulate and vulnerable conversations during this pandemic. But there’s an ever-changing emotional climate to consider. We don’t always know how our off-hand sentences will make each other feel. This is what comes to mind when people randomly express their sympathies about the fact […]
It sounds bananas, but authorities in India say a troop of monkeys attacked a medical official and stole blood samples belonging to patients who had tested positive for the coronavirus. Earlier this week, a lab technician at a state-run medical college in Meerut was walking across campus when some rhesus macaques converged on him. The monkeys […]
Jeffrey Reid has been earning a 10% premium on his wages working in a grocery store’s meat department in Silver Spring, Maryland, during the coronavirus pandemic. But Reid’s employer, Giant Food, plans to phase out that additional pay at the end of this week. Reid called it “absolutely absurd” for him and others to return […]
It isn’t an overstatement to say the new coronavirus pandemic has changed our lives in countless ways. But one of the more random experiences involves all of the period stories that chronicle how weird many people’s menstrual cycles have become during this time. If you’re dealing with this, it might be hard to say exactly […]