Health & Science

When the pandemic began, many hospitals strictly restricted visitors. At some, faith leaders have been limited to phone calls and video chats ever since.

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A race-car accident shook her frontal lobes and cerebellum like a baby rattle, doctors said. Personality change after a trauma like that isn’t uncommon. 

Psychologists have a name for that sense of being different when we’re with different groups of friends: our social selves.

It says the impact of the pandemic and how the disease has followed the contours of the larger society in falling especially hard on Blacks, Latinos and Indigenous people.

“This is America. Be a patriot. Protect your fellow citizens. Step up, do the right thing.”

Of the positive cases interviewed by contact-tracers, more than 40% believed they knew the person who they got the infection from, usually a household member.

When treatment facilities ignore coronavirus protocols, patients are forced to choose between recovery and safety.

Guterres said the pandemic has raised growing questions about the effectiveness of health systems, social services, trust in institutions and systems of governance.

Black workers make up 12% of the United States’ workforce, but hold 5% of science and engineering jobs, according to the National Science Foundation.

On the heels of a storm that destroyed property, displaced hundreds of people and flooded the region’s waterways, the timing is particularly relevant.

The spill is one of more than 100 across the length of the pipeline.

Six New Jersey beaches are under swimming advisories issued Tuesday afternoon due to exceeding the allowable bacteria threshold, state officials said.

The University of Pennsylvania announced that the vast majority of undergraduate classes will be online, with some exceptions like clinical rotations for nursing students.

The best viewing is from a dark location, like a secluded beach, between a few hours before midnight and dawn, according to earthsky.org.