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As Pandemic School Year Starts, Survey Shows Most Parents Are Overwhelmed
As the school year begins across America under the shadow of COVID-19, a new survey shows most parents are feeling overwhelmed and abandoned. Just 1 in 7 parents said their children would be returning to school full...
- Posted August 19, 2020
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Health Highlights: Aug. 19, 2020
Women's Bodies Can Impede Less Desirable Sperm California Has First Plague Case in Five Years
- Posted August 19, 2020
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1 in 4 Connecticut Nursing Home Residents Had COVID: Survey
When COVID-19 was raging in the Northeastern United States, more than 25% of Connecticut nursing-home residents were suffering from the coronavirus, a new survey reports. Nursing homes are very susceptible to the pandemic because the patients are...
- Posted August 18, 2020
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Climate Change Could Bring Heat ‘Health Crisis’ to U.S. Cities
Some of the leading hotspots in the United States are on track to become even more sweltering in the coming decades — thanks to a combination of greenhouse gas emissions, urban development and population growth. In a...
- Posted August 18, 2020
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Will the College Football Season Be Sidelined by COVID?
The odds are not good for college football conferences that have decided to press forward with their fall season despite the coronavirus pandemic, experts say. The Big 10 and PAC 12 have decided not to play sports...
- Posted August 18, 2020
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COVID Spread Among Students Prompts UNC to Return to Online Teaching
In a potential harbinger of what could unfold on college campuses across the United States this fall, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill said Monday it will revert back to online teaching after testing showed...
- Posted August 18, 2020
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Health Highlights: Aug. 18, 2020
Coronavirus Test Could Give Inaccurate Results Judge Blocks Trump's Removal of Health Care Protections for Transgender People Coronavirus Pandemic's Impact on Homeless People in U.S. Not As Bad as Feared 1st Post-Lockdown Cruise Departs From Italy Neck Gaiters "Worse Than Nothing"...
- Posted August 18, 2020
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Delayed Surgery for Early Breast Cancer Won’t Harm Survival: Study
Women with early-stage breast cancer whose surgery has been postponed during the coronavirus pandemic need not worry about the delay, new study findings suggest. A longer time from diagnosis to surgery doesn’t affect overall survival of women...
- Posted August 17, 2020
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COVID-19 Clinical Trials Lack Diversity, Researchers Say
Although minorities are paying a disproportionate price in the rate of COVID-19 illnesses and deaths, they are underrepresented in clinical trials, a new study finds. The researchers call upon the government, medical journals and funders of research...
- Posted August 17, 2020
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Autopsies Show Microplastics in All Major Human Organs
Microscopic bits of plastic have most likely taken up residence in all of the major filtering organs in your body, a new lab study suggests. Researchers found evidence of plastic contamination in tissue samples taken from the...
- Posted August 17, 2020