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    In many Covid-19 obituaries, personal details are accompanied by virus pleas.

    By Sunday, deaths from the coronavirus were approaching 300,000 in the United States, a toll comparable to losing the entire population of Pittsburgh or...

    In Iowa, an emergency room nurse is first in line for vaccination.

    IOWA CITY, Iowa — The vaccine arrived at the University of Iowa Hospital at 7:30 a.m. in a refrigerated FedEx truck, and it was not...

    Falls Are Tied to Social Isolation

    Living alone or being socially isolated may increase the risk for falls in older people, British researchers report.Their study, in Scientific Reports, included data...

    Hearing Aids Could Use Some Help

    But, Dr. Lin said, “most of what you see out there — ‘$50 miracle device!’ — is complete garbage. People can’t tell which to...

    Why Paying People to Be Vaccinated Could Backfire

    The approval of the first Covid-19 vaccine in the United States was hailed over the weekend as the beginning of the end of the...

    Improving Your Balance to Prevent Falls

    As Mr. Locker, now 70, explained, “The exercises in Postural Retraining use the body’s own weight to prompt the postural muscles to balance the...

    U.K. to Ease Rules on Blood Donations by Gay and Bisexual Men

    Britain announced on Monday that it would loosen restrictions on blood donation by gay and bisexual men beginning next year, a “landmark” shift in...

    Trump Administration Plans a Rushed Effort to Encourage Americans to Be Vaccinated

    “There is a bit of a whipsaw effect,” said Joel White, a Republican strategist who focuses on health policy. “If Trump is out there...

    Covid Patient Study Shows Some Benefit From an Arthritis Drug

    Adding an arthritis drug called baricitinib to Covid treatment regimens that include the antiviral drug remdesivir might shave a day or more off recovery...

    Fears of a ‘Twindemic’ Recede as Flu Lies Low

    Despite early worries, flu patients are not competing with Covid-19 patients for ventilators, and the threat of dueling outbreaks may be waning. Source link

    Make Your Own Seltzer – The New York Times

    For many, sparkling water is the perfect beverage — versatile and utterly refreshing, able to cleanse the palate and it contains zero calories. And...

    Guide to Jigsaw Puzzles – The New York Times

    Here are some puzzles, mostly priced between $10 and $200, for the novice or the aficionado.Jigsaw for BeginnersHappily, most ordinary jigsaw puzzles announce their...

    Grief Films For Children – The New York Times

    There’s no way to sugarcoat it: The pandemic has plunged the world into a crisis of grief. It has caused the deaths of more...

    Recipes for Chocolate Truffles – The New York Times

    Slightly uneven little spheres dusted in cocoa to simulate the soil on a freshly dug fungus — the black Tuber melanosporum — defines a...

    Jigsaw Puzzle Activity – The New York Times

    This has been a long and winding year, but it’s almost at an end. To solve this puzzle, cut out the pieces of the...

    C.D.C. Panel Recommends Pfizer Vaccine for Patients as Young as 16

    An independent committee of experts advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday afternoon voted to recommend the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine for...