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    Pressure on California hospitals is still mounting fast, Newsom says.

    Hospitals across California have continued to fill rapidly to dangerous levels as state and local officials try to dampen the explosive spread of the...

    Are Cities Safe During a Covid-19 Outbreak?

    In editorials published in the spring on the Brookings website and in NextCity, a nonprofit news organization, Dr. Loh and her co-authors have argued...

    Is American Dietetics a White-Bread World? These Dietitians Think So

    Even when Dr. Crayton was president of the academy, in 2015 and 2016, she felt out of step with its other leaders. “I have...

    Coronavirus Apps Show Promise but Prove a Tough Sell

    In states that have their own apps, without the benefit of push notifications, the numbers are far lower: about 5 percent in New York,...

    Easy DIY Home Repairs – The New York Times

    Some newer toilets use a canister with a thin rubber washer instead of a traditional flapper, Ms. Sebestyen said. In those toilets, replacement washers...

    Spice Up Your Holiday Cookie Decorations

    It’s time to break out the cookie cutters. Despite a forecast of canceled parties and virtual family gatherings, baking traditions go on. In fact,...

    What to Consider Before You Travel

    According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, an employer may ask its employees to stay home until it’s clear they don’t have the coronavirus...

    Anti-Vaccine Doctor Has Been Invited to Testify Before Senate Committee

    WASHINGTON — A doctor who is skeptical of coronavirus vaccines and promotes the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a Covid-19 treatment will be the lead...

    Family Rifts and Estrangement Threaten Mental and Physical Health

    Among those Dr. Pillemer interviewed were children who never knew their grandparents or who missed out on all manner of family events — holiday...

    A Rare Pandemic Silver Lining: Mental Health Start-Ups

    “It’s a crowded space,” Alex Katz, the founder of Two Chairs, which opened its doors with a single clinic in San Francisco in 2017,...

    Scandal Dogs China’s ‘King of Vaccines,’ Partner to AstraZeneca

    Oversight has been weak, contributing to a spate of scandals over substandard vaccines. While the government after each incident has vowed to do more...

    How Moderna’s Vaccine Works – The New York Times

    Moderna, a Massachusetts-based vaccine developer, partnered with the National Institutes of Health to develop...

    Trump Officials Push Ambitious Vaccine Timeline as California Locks Down

    Before Sunday, much of California was already under a curfew prohibiting residents from leaving their homes to do nonessential work or to gather from...

    Acute hepatitis E – Burkina Faso

    Between 8 September and 24 November, 2020, the North-Central region of Burkina Faso reported a...

    They Beat Back the Virus (Again and Again and Again)

    HONG KONG — First, it was travelers and university students bringing the coronavirus back to Hong Kong from Europe and the United States. Then,...

    The Coronavirus Won’t Stop Evolving When the Vaccine Arrives

    In a 1988 essay on pandemics Joshua Lederberg, Nobel laureate and president of The Rockefeller University, reminded the medical community that when it comes...