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Many people delayed routine doctor visits during social distancing. Now that distancing guidelines have eased, people still…
Without a vaccine, the cost of reaching herd immunity during a pandemic is counted in lives lost, and it won't quickly…
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'Normal' body temperature varies from person to person by age, time of day, where it's measured, and even menstrual…
Martian meteorites allow scientists here on Earth to decode that planet's geology, more than a decade before the first…
School systems realized that they couldn't deal with the pandemic on their own.
If a high school doesn't offer advanced coursework, having students take such a class remotely offers a promising alternative.
Many of the public employee pension plans run by states don't have enough money in them to make upcoming pension payments…
Though many in the US are disoriented and disheartened by the lack of an effective federal response to the coronavirus pandemic,…
Amid trying times, the collaboration between Western science and Eastern philosophy provides numerous health benefits and…
Pandemic devastation surrounds it on all sides, but tiny Uruguay has COVID-19 under control – just the latest win for…
Behaviors that would have been seen as pathological a few months ago are now applauded as adaptive and resourceful. Where…
Prejudice toward older Americans can impact their physical and emotional health.
Goddesses have traditionally protected against sickness and cured the ill, according to Hindu belief. More recently they…
Though often seen as socially conservative, the Catholic church has a strong progressive strain that can be traced back…
People have lived with infectious disease throughout the millennia, with culture and biology influencing each other. Archaeologists…
You may want to think twice before giving up your right to sue if you get sick, but you probably won’t have much choice.
More than 40,000 restrictions, most imposed by states, leave rights, benefits and opportunities out of reach for Americans…