The pandemic is becoming a grief crisis
It’s been nearly a year since Julie Horowitz-Jackson’s mother, Arlene, died of Covid-19 in a nursing facility in Philadelphia. “What hit me recently is that the world is opening back…
Why even a small increase in Covid-19 cases is so scary
Over the past few days, Covid-19 cases have taken an upward turn — a trend that led Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky to say she has…
America is now on track to vaccinate all adults by July 4
July 4 this year could also be America’s Independence Day from Covid-19. At current rates, America is administering nearly 2.8 million Covid-19 vaccine doses a day — roughly enough to…
Biden wants to give electric cars a huge boost. Will people buy them?
About 2 percent of new cars on US roads right now run on electricity. The auto industry expects that by 2030, half of new car sales will be electric. And…
When will teens and kids be able to get the Covid-19 vaccines?
With the news Wednesday from Pfizer/BioNTech that preliminary data suggests their vaccine is effective and safe in youth ages 12 to 15, Covid-19 shots for those under 16 seem like…
9 GAA games live as part of this week’s TV coverage
NINE GAA GAMES are live on TV this week as part of a hectic week of action. Mayo and Tyrone face off next Saturday night. Source: Laszlo Geczo/INPHO On Saturday…
New data disproves a big concern about Covid-19 lockdowns
Last year, as then-President Donald Trump railed against Covid-19 lockdowns and called on states to reopen their economies, he claimed the shutdowns would lead to a spike in suicides: “You’re…
Where billions of cicadas will emerge this spring (and over the next decade), in one map
For 17 years, cicadas do very little. They hang out in the ground, sucking sugar out of tree roots. Then, following this absurdly long hibernation, they emerge from the ground,…
Why you can’t compare Covid-19 vaccines
In the US, the first two available Covid-19 vaccines were those from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna. Both vaccines have very high “efficacy rates” of around 95 percent. But the third vaccine…
How to make this winter not totally suck, according to psychologists
This winter is brutal. The cold weather has made it hard to socialize outdoors, coronavirus variants are spreading, and the US is about to surpass half a million Covid-19 deaths.…
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