Delhi: How coronavirus is settling deep down in lungs
NEW DELHI: The novel coronavirus variant that is causing the current wave of Covid-19 is not just highly infectious but also stealthy. City hospitals say...
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Biden picks Anne Milgram, former N.J. attorney general, to lead DEA
Milgram did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The DEA has been without a Senate-confirmed leader since the Obama administration. Former President Donald Trump...
Pennsylvania and L.A. Move Up Dates for Vaccine Eligibility
The state of Pennsylvania and the city of Los Angeles are accelerating plans for wider Covid-19 vaccine eligibility this week, as the United States approaches...
National Poetry Month: Coping With the Covid-19 Pandemic
Amanda Gorman’s inspired and inspiring poem that stole the show at President Biden’s inauguration in January has shown millions of Americans the emotional and social...
How to safely get an eye exam and buy glasses during the pandemic
“At that point, they’re harder to treat,” says Adam Gordon, a clinical associate professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry. Even...
Sanofi’s latest vaccine plan? A €400M Singapore factory full of ‘boundary-pushing’ tech
You’ve heard of blockbuster sales. Now, Sanofi has racked up a blockbuster series of investments in its worldwide vaccine manufacturing network. Sanofi rounded out the...
Maharashtra: Ct value should not influence treatment, say doctors
Pune: A laboratory marker to identify viral loads in Covid swab samples has led to a division in opinions over its utility and use. Ct...
The Big Number: 14.1 million Americans 50 and older suffer osteoporosis
About 14.1 million Americans who are 50 and older (equivalent to nearly 13 percent of that age group) have osteoporosis, meaning their bones have become weak...
A vaccine study in college students will help determine when it’s safe to take masks off
Brewster, a 24-year-old graduate student at the University of Colorado at Boulder, is as impatient as anyone for the pandemic to end, but delaying her...
Excessive Drinking Rose During the Pandemic. Here Are Ways to Cut Back.
For most of her life, Andrea Carbone, a 51-year-old paralegal living in Florida, wasn’t a big drinker. But when the pandemic struck, she worried constantly...