Category: Public Health

Colleges and Universities Plan for Normal-ish Campus Life in the Fall

Universities need full dorms and dining halls to make back some of the estimated $183 billion in losses they’ve suffered over a year of remote education. The hope is widespread vaccination will keep covid chaos to a minimum.

An Indie Artist’s Plea to Look Beyond Algorithms and Curated Playlists

The pandemic-induced lockdowns have only increased the demand for music-streaming services. This independent singer wrote, recorded and produced an album with musicians around the world during the pandemic’s rolling stay-at-home mandates.

For This Hospice Nurse, the Covid Shot Came Too Late

Antonio Espinoza, a hospice nurse in Southern California, ministered to terminally ill patients, including those with covid. He tested positive for covid five days after getting his first dose of vaccine and died a few weeks later.

Breaking down vaccine hesitancy: Why 20 million white evangelicals don’t want the COVID-19 shot

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Flu type B circulating more than A this season — 5 CDC FluView takeaways

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Avoidable COVID-19 cases, deaths tied to California’s early reopening last summer, study finds

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California reports ‘double mutant’ variant 1st detected in India 

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COVID-19 deaths drop, but new cases are on the rise: 14 CDC stats to know

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Michigan adds 8.4K+ new COVID-19 cases in 1 day; Midwest may be on verge of 4th wave

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Vermont Is 1st State to Give Blacks and Other Minority Residents Vaccine Priority

Covid cases have disproportionately affected the state’s Black residents, so officials are moving them to the front of the line for vaccinations before the state expands eligibility to all adults.