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    Inflatable Costume May Be Behind Outbreak at California Hospital

    An air-powered, inflatable costume, worn by a staff member on Christmas to spread holiday cheer, may be to blame for a coronavirus outbreak that...

    Kim Chernin, Who Wrote About Women, Weight and Identity, Dies at 80

    “There is a poetic truth at the heart of ‘The Obsession,’” wrote Christopher Lehmann-Haupt in his New York Times review of the book in...

    Coronavirus surge hits Los Angeles

    Los Angeles County, already in the throes of a devastating surge in coronavirus cases after Thanksgiving travel and gatherings, is being hit with a...

    India Approves Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine and 1 Other

    NEW DELHI — India on Sunday approved two coronavirus vaccines, one made by AstraZeneca and Oxford University and the other developed in India, for...

    Family Geocaching – The New York Times

    If it feels as if you’ve already explored every last nook and cranny of your cramped lockdown life know this: Right under your nose,...

    How To Spend in 2021

    Last year we were just trying to roll with the punches. Hopefully now we can apply some of those survival skills to our finances. Source...

    Cold-Weather Podcasts – The New York Times

    As the holiday season retreats and the long slog of the winter months looms, you can fight the mood or embrace it. Here’s a...

    Post-Pandemic "Firsts"

    We put that question to readers and received more than 800 responses. Here are some of the highlights. Source link

    Some Covid Survivors Haunted by Loss of Smell and Taste

    Michele Miller, of Bayside, N.Y., was infected with the coronavirus in March and hasn’t smelled anything since then. Recently, her husband and daughter rushed...

    AstraZeneca and Sinopharm clear regulatory hurdles in a week of vaccine milestones.

    The world hit a few more pandemic milestones this week with the distribution of the coronavirus vaccines developed by Moderna and by Pfizer and...

    Britain Opts for Mix-and-Match Vaccinations, Confounding Experts

    Representatives of Public Health England and AstraZeneca did not respond to requests for comment.Both Pfizer’s and AstraZeneca’s vaccines introduce into the body a protein...

    Weekly Health Quiz: A New Coronavirus Variant, Diet Guidelines and Really Short Workouts

    Test your knowledge of this week’s health news. Source link

    For a Healthier 2021, Keep the Best Habits of a Very Bad Year

    Here’s a better way to start the new year: Skip the traditional January resolutions and make time for some New Year’s reflection instead.Take a...

    A holiday all about drinking and reveling with mobs of strangers — what could go wrong?

    First there was Thanksgiving, when some families who gathered for turkey and stuffing also shared the coronavirus, causing cases to spike in some places...

    WHO | SARS-CoV-2 Variants

    SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has had a major impact on human health globally;...

    A Pharmacist is Arrested After He Allegedly Allowed 500 Vaccine Doses to Spoil

    A pharmacist at a Wisconsin hospital has been arrested and accused of intentionally removing more than 500 doses of coronavirus vaccine from refrigeration last...