America’s Covid vaccine campaign is not a disaster
A true confession to start the new year: I am now a giddy, guilty, vaccinated-American. I therefore would like to comment on the current profound…
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Kathleen Cody named new Healthy Beginnings executive director
High Desert Education Service District and the Healthy Beginnings board of directors announced this week that Kathleen Cody has accepted the…
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OSU researchers find beneficial organisms could help treat type 2 diabetes
Researchers at Oregon State University have found that a few organisms in the gut microbiome play a key role in type 2 diabetes, opening the door to…
Continue ReadingCDC hopes to double the number of coronavirus samples checked for new mutations
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hopes to more than double the number of coronavirus genomes sequenced to watch for new mutations in…
Continue ReadingMental health is one of the biggest pandemic issues we’ll face in 2021
With progress in efforts for Covid-19 vaccines and predictions for when the population will receive them, there seems to be a light at the end of the…
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More than 4.2 million Americans have been given their first Covid-19 vaccine. Experts say the US needs to go faster
With more than 4.2 million people given their first doses of Covid-19 vaccines so far, experts say the pace of inoculation in the US needs to speed…
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California reports more than 45,000 new coronavirus cases as surge continues into new year
California reported Sunday that 45,352 people newly tested positive for Covid-19, continuing a surge that has pushed hospitals and their exhausted…
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Europe has kept its schools open for much of the pandemic. Now closures loom
The coronavirus pandemic transformed the working and social lives of millions of European adults in 2020. Children too have suffered immensely, with…
Continue Reading43 staffers at a California hospital tested positive for Covid-19. An inflatable costume may be to blame
Hospitals around the United States are racing to keep up with surges of Covid-19 patients at numbers they have not seen at any other time in the…
Continue Reading43 staffers at a California hospital tested positive for Covid-19. An air-powered costume may be to blame
Hospitals around the United States are racing to keep up with surges of Covid-19 patients at numbers they have not seen at any other time in the…
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US surgeon general contradicts Trump on Covid-19 death toll
US Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams on Sunday said he has “no reason to doubt” the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s…
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For more than a month, US hospitals have had more than 100,000 coronavirus patients every day
Hospitals around the United States are racing to keep up with surges of Covid-19 patients at numbers they have not seen at any other time in the…
Continue Reading‘This is about total collapse of the health care system if we have another spike’ of Covid-19
Even if you don’t have coronavirus, record-high Covid-19 hospitalizations could have a devastating impact on you. “If you are in a car…
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As US inches closer to 350,000 Covid-19 deaths, one model projects about 115,000 more could die in next four weeks
The US topped 20 million total infections and inched closer to 350,000 Covid-19 deaths on the first day of 2021 — proof of a grim reality…
Continue ReadingUS surpasses 20 million Covid-19 cases while experts foresee tough times in January
The US surpassed 20 million total recorded Covid-19 cases on Friday, hours after the country ushered in 2021 and left behind its deadliest month of…
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US surpasses 20 million Covid-19 cases as experts warn it’ll take months for vaccines to turn the tide
The US surpassed 20 million total recorded Covid-19 cases on Friday, hours after the country ushered in 2021 and left behind its deadliest month of…
Continue ReadingIt’ll be months before vaccines are widespread enough to turn the tide of the pandemic in the US, experts say
As the world ushered in 2021, the US set a Covid-19 hospitalization record for the fourth straight day and left behind its deadliest month of the…
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Covid-19 vaccines are an answered prayer for all faiths
Bringing the Covid-19 pandemic to an end will require the active participation of religious Americans, who should view vaccines as an answered prayer…
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Covid-19 hospitalizations across the US are the highest they’ve ever been as nation rings in new year
As the US ushered in 2021, more than 125,300 Covid-19 patients remained hospitalized — another record for the fourth day in a row. The high…
Continue Reading The science of how to stick to New Year’s resolutions and truly change your habits
Next year will be a crucial year for Erika Kirgios as she works to complete her doctorate, publish academic papers and try to land a faculty job at a…
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