Health investigators across the U.S. are finding it nearly impossible to keep up with the deluge of new COVID-19 infections and carry out contact tracing efforts that were once seen as a pillar of the nation’s pandemic response. States are hiring new staff and seeking out volunteers to bolster the […]
Make it stop. Emily Ratajkowski slammed mom-shamers in her Instagram DMs four months after welcoming son Sylvester. Mark Cuevas’ Fiance Aubrey, More Moms Clap Back at Parenting Police “We are all reflecting back on shaming Britney [Spears] and calling her a bad mom,” the model, 30, captioned a Friday, July […]
Millions of people will flock to Montana’s Glacier National Park this summer after last year’s pandemic-caused tourism skid, and they will once more be able sightsee and camp nearby on the recently reopened Blackfeet Indian Reservation. The tourists’ return is a relief to the owners of the restaurants, campgrounds and […]
More than a half-million people may have died last year as a result of reductions in TB diagnosis and care, setting back progress towards ending the disease by a decade, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates. About 1.4 million fewer people received care for tuberculosis in 2020 than in 2019, […]
This spring, high school senior Nathan Kassis will play baseball in the shadow of covid-19 — wearing a neck gaiter under his catcher’s mask, sitting 6 feet from teammates in the dugout and trading elbow bumps for hugs after wins. “We’re looking forward to having a season,” said the 18-year-old […]
Working mothers on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic Anna Hamilton, a mother of two from Georgia, Syndie Ly, a mother of four from California, and Jennifer Zielke, a mother of four from Tennessee, explain how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted their lives. No one has been untouched. Not the […]
A digital ad running in Georgia and New Hampshire says Xavier Becerra, President Joe Biden’s nominee for Health and Human Services secretary, supports “Medicare for All.” “Becerra supports Bernie’s government takeover of your health care, eliminating your employer-provided coverage,” the narrator says. The ad, funded by the campaign PAC of […]
As the CDC recommends you keep your face covered in public amid the COVID-19 outbreak, it’s a good idea to have a healthy stock of masks in your home to keep you and your family safe (and to avoid washing the same face covering over and over). We teamed up […]
Switzerland announced Friday that all shops, bars and restaurants must close from 7:00pm as it struggles to tame a resurgence in the coronavirus pandemic. The country has some of the worst per capita infection rates in Europe and with those numbers back on the rise, the government fears the situation […]
As a teenager, Sandi Thomas appeared for several years on “Dance Connection,” a popular television show in Washington, D.C. For decades, she continued busting a move for the sheer joy of it. “I loved dancing around the house and that sort of thing,” Sandi said. “But all that stopped when […]