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    Plan to Ditch the Mask After Vaccination? Not So Fast.

    With 50 million Americans immunized against the coronavirus, and millions more joining the ranks every day, the urgent question on many minds is: When...

    Los Angeles County finds fewer cases among health care workers as more get vaccinated.

    What was once a flood of health care workers catching the coronavirus in Los Angeles County has now slowed to a trickle, in large...

    When I Lost My Sense of Taste to Covid, Anorexia Stepped In

    I found myself relating to one of Ben & Jerry’s founders, Ben Cohen, who has very little sense of taste and no sense of...

    How Exercise Enhances Aging Brains

    Exercise can change how crucial portions of our brain communicate as we age, improving aspects of thinking and remembering, according to a fascinating new...

    Biden Vows Enough Vaccine ‘for Every Adult American’ by End of May

    But Johnson & Johnson and its partners fell behind in their manufacturing. The company was supposed to deliver its first 37 million doses by...

    In L.A. County, Covid Is Hitting Black and Latino Residents Hardest

    Life, Death and Grief in Los Angeles Photographs by Meridith Kohut Text by Fernanda Santos With more than 10...

    How Do Virus Variants Get Their Names?

    20H/501Y.V2.VOC 202012/02.B.1.351.Those were the charming names scientists proposed for a new variant of the coronavirus that was identified in South Africa. The convoluted strings...

    Photographer Captures ‘Last Stop’ in Britain’s Covid War

    Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together.I had covered wars before,...

    In Their Own Words: Why Experts Say Elementary Schools Should Open

    Scientists and doctors who study infectious disease in children largely agreed, in a recent New York Times survey about school openings, that elementary school...

    Here is What We Know About the Rollout of the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine.

    When Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine won emergency use authorization on Saturday from the Food and Drug Administration, the move augmented the nation’s vaccination...

    A Covid Vaccine Side Effect, Enlarged Lymph Nodes, Can Be Mistaken for Cancer

    Coronavirus vaccinations can cause enlarged lymph nodes in the armpit or near the collarbone, which may be mistaken for a sign of cancer.As vaccines...

    Diagnosing Autism in the Pandemic

    Even before the pandemic, many families faced long waits to get those developmental assessments. “Those who are vulnerable already are always going to be...

    Why I Overcame My Vaccine Hesitancy

    At the mass vaccination site I went to in Brooklyn, everyone I encountered was cheerful, patient and reassuring, even the young woman checking me...

    Surf’s Up. The Temperature Isn’t.

    Growing numbers of surfers are taking to the Great Lakes — even when the weather is well below freezing. Source link

    Plastic Surgeon Attends Video Traffic Court From Operating Room

    The Medical Board of California said it was investigating a plastic surgeon who attended a video traffic court hearing from an operating room while...

    Here is How Johnson & Johnson’s Vaccine Differs from Pfizer and Moderna’s

    A third effective weapon was added to America’s arsenal against the coronavirus on Saturday when the Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization...