Loss of smell in mild Covid-19 cases occurs 86% of the time, study says
Some 86% of people with mild cases of Covid-19 lose their sense of smell and taste but recover it within six months, according to a new study of over…
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Here’s how mutations could help the coronavirus evade vaccines
Two new variants of the coronavirus have emerged that seem to make the virus more easily transmitted. But will they stymie vaccination efforts? One,…
Continue ReadingStates call in National Guard and train volunteers to help boost vaccination pace as US hits a Covid-19 daily death toll record
The US reported its highest daily Covid-19 death count ever Tuesday — a grim milestone that comes as state leaders work urgently to combat a…
Continue Reading How to eat well in 2021
This year will be marked as a year of continued uncertainty, anxiety and — if you’re like many people — a lot of stress-related…
Continue Reading As US hits daily Covid-19 death toll record, states call in National Guard and train volunteers to help boost pace of vaccinations
The US reported its highest daily Covid-19 death count ever Tuesday — a grim milestone that comes as state leaders work urgently to combat a…
Continue Reading1 dead, 3 hospitalized in Portland Legionnaires’ disease outbreak
Health officials say an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease at a Portland apartment complex has killed one person and sickened three others.…
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US passes 21 million coronavirus cases and more than 130,000 people are in hospitals
On a day the United States registered another record for Covid-19 patients in hospitals, the country passed 21 million cases of the coronavirus,…
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Deschutes, Crook counties have used all of the vaccine doses received so far
According to Oregon Health Authority data, 1.3% of residents in Deschutes County, 1.2% in Jefferson County and less than 1% in Crook County have been…
Continue ReadingHouston hospital system is offering its employees a $500 bonus if they get Covid-19 vaccine
Houston Methodist, a Texas hospital system with more than 26,000 employees, is offering a $500 bonus to workers if they get vaccinated against the…
Continue Reading Parents of college kids won’t stop having ‘the talk’ about Covid-19 protocol
Lourdes Pelaez-Kingery was recovering from appendix surgery when she got the phone call that parents of college-age kids have come to dread in this…
Continue ReadingAre American adults capable of quarantining?
If you think quarantine needs a better publicist in the United States, you might be right. New Zealanders went into a strict lockdown and so did…
Continue ReadingHospitals are already overwhelmed. Now some states are beginning to feel the impact of holiday gatherings
Parts of the US are beginning to feel the brunt of last month’s holiday celebrations — at a time when many hospital systems are already…
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Covid-19 likely ranks as the third leading cause of death in the US in 2020, CDC statisticians say
Covid-19 was likely the third leading cause of death in the United States in 2020, according to statisticians at the US Centers for Disease Control…
Continue Reading How 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 Reading Mediterranean 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 Reading How 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 Reading 10 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…
Continue ReadingOne 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…
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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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