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    Gambling on College Football Almost Fixed My Dysfunctional Family

    My first mistake was feeling sorry for him.The first season my brother and I bet on college football against each other, I beat him...

    Connie Culp, First Face Transplant Recipient in U.S., Dies at 57

    Connie Culp, the first patient in the United States to receive a face transplant, died on Wednesday at the Cleveland Clinic, which had performed...

    Yellow fever – French Guiana, France

    On 23 July 2020, the France IHR National Focal Point reported a confirmed autochthonous (locally...

    Indian Billionaires Bet Big on Head Start in Coronavirus Vaccine Race

    PUNE, India — In early May, an extremely well-sealed steel box arrived at the cold room of the Serum Institute of India, the world’s...

    Coronavirus Live Updates: Officials Meet on Capitol Hill After $600-a-Week Lifeline for Jobless Expires

    Top officials work to break impasse over jobless benefit that helped keep afloat millions of unemployed Americans.Hours after unemployment benefits for tens of millions...

    Can Humans Give Coronavirus to Bats, and Other Wildlife?

    Many people worry about bats as a source of viruses, including the one that has caused a worldwide pandemic. But another question is surfacing:...

    How Can I (Kindly) Tell People to Wear Masks in Public?

    NORAI’m sorry you mistook a “serious” relationship for one that was permanent (or might yield great-granddaughters). That doesn’t always happen, as you now know....

    The Coronavirus Infected Hundreds at a Georgia Summer Camp

    As schools and universities plan for the new academic year, and administrators grapple with complex questions about how to keep young people safe, a...

    Pandemic Loneliness in Late Life

    By the end of June, when my husband landed in the hospital, its administrators had begun allowing one visitor per patient, much to my...

    Overlooked No More: Roland Johnson, Who Fought to Shut Down Institutions for the Disabled

    He survived 13 years of neglect and abuse, including sexual assault, at the notorious Pennhurst State School and Hospital outside Philadelphia before emerging as...

    Coronavirus Live News: World Updates

    A stark lack of testing in many African countries has kept officials from being able to track the pandemic, prompting fears that a recent...

    Contact Tracing Is Failing in Many States. Here’s Why.

    The C.D.C. has sent about $11 billion in relief funds to states and local jurisdictions for expanding coronavirus testing and contact tracing. A survey...

    Spring School Closures Over Coronavirus Saved Lives, Study Asserts

    But other experts noted that the impact of preventive measures taken by states — including stay-at-home orders, closures of restaurants and nonessential businesses and...

    Gum Disease Tied to Alzheimer’s Disease Risk

    Severe gum disease and tooth loss may be linked to an increased risk for developing dementia, a new study has found.Researchers looked at 8,275...

    In Indonesia, False Virus Cures Pushed by Those Who Should Know Better

    First, Indonesia’s agriculture minister promoted wearing a necklace containing a eucalyptus potion to cure the coronavirus. Not to be outdone, the governor of Bali,...

    Live Coronavirus News Updates and Analysis

    Coronavirus outbreaks have swept through three Alaska fish processing facilities and a factory trawler in recent weeks, stressing an industry already facing an unstable...