Isaac Rothbart’s twins had always known their daddy doesn’t like fireworks. But he’d never told his kids why. Then, while celebrating their fifth birthday at Disney World, the family wound up close to an unexpected pyrotechnics show. Rothbart “didn’t react well.” His wife noticed him shutting down and ushered the whole family indoors. That’s when…… MORE
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The outlook is brighter for the US on Covid-19. It’s why school life may return to almost-normal in the fall
Between the first 12-year-olds receiving their Covid-19 vaccines and new guidance that vaccinated people can remove their masks indoors, the outlook for school in the fall resembles what it was like before the pandemic. After more than a year in which many students were learning remotely, children and educators should expect to return to in-person…… MORE
How should parents with children younger than 12 use the CDC’s new mask guidelines? Dr. Wen explains
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s newly loosened masking and physical distancing guidelines for people fully vaccinated against Covid-19 doesn’t include children under age 12. That’s because the 49 million US kids younger than 12 don’t yet qualify for any of the Covid-19 vaccines. The CDC’s guidance says that unvaccinated people still need…… MORE
CDC facing formidable challenges in convincing conservatives to get Covid-19 vaccines
Public health experts at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are facing challenges — even struggling — as they try to figure out how to convince hesitant Republicans to take the Covid-19 vaccine, federal officials familiar with the situation told CNN. “It’s kind of a mess to figure out with this particular audience…… MORE
Most states require parental consent for Covid-19 shots for ages 12 to 15, but not all. Here’s the list.
Nearly all states require some form of parental or guardian consent for vaccine providers to administer Covid-19 shots to people ages 12 to 15, a CNN analysis finds. But there are a few exceptions. Five states — Alabama, Iowa, North Carolina, Oregon and Tennessee — either allow some ages in that group to consent for…… MORE
What’s the science behind CDC’s decision to say fully vaccinated people don’t need masks?
A fresh batch of data from a big study of health care workers across the country helped prompt the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to say fully vaccinated people can go without masks in most circumstances, the agency said Friday. The study found that real-life use of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines provided…… MORE
What to make of the CDC’s new guidelines for vaccinated people? Dr. Wen explains
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that people fully vaccinated against Covid-19 do not need to wear masks or practice physical distancing in virtually all indoor and outdoor settings. This was an abrupt shift from the CDC’s previous guidance, which had detailed color-coded pictures that many criticized as being too confusing and…… MORE
Kevin Curry’s depression almost killed him. Food, fitness and fortitude brought him back
Ever since he was a child, Kevin Curry would pray for God to “fix” him and take away his sadness. “Everything feels good, but I don’t feel good,” Curry said. “Why is that? Why is it sunny outside and everybody wants to go and play? The only thing that I want to do is run…… MORE
UK may start vaccinating young people in hotspots to combat spread of variant found in India
Growing concerns over the spread of the coronavirus variant first identified in India may force the United Kingdom to tweak its Covid-19 vaccination program to prioritize people in the most affected areas, a top health official said Friday. Data released by Public Health England (PHE) on Thursday showed the number of confirmed cases of the…… MORE
Lab rats are overwhelmingly male, and that’s a problem
The data didn’t make sense. Five years ago, University of Maryland researcher Alisa Morss Clyne was studying pulmonary hypertension — a type of high blood pressure that affects the arteries in the lungs — in human cells she had cultured in her lab. But the results she was seeing just didn’t stack up. “We had…… MORE
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Bob Baffert spent a lifetime getting to the top of the field in horse racing. Controversy now stalks him
‘No regard for human safety’: Police chief says 7 people remain hospitalized from Rhode Island shooting
South Carolina sheriff announces changes to bond hearings following the death of a mentally ill Black man in custody
Jay Barbree, space journalist and ‘Moon Shot’ author, dies at 87
Three Nashville police officers are suspended without pay over botched apartment raid in 2020
Michael Jordan to present Kobe Bryant at Hall of Fame induction
Two workers were killed in an explosion while doing maintenance on an Oklahoma dam
Federal trial for three other ex-officers charged in George Floyd’s killing set for August
Husband charged with murder of missing wife in Colorado is also charged with voter fraud for filling out her ballot
A Black softball player says she was forced to cut off her hair beads at a game. Her family wants to change the rule they say is discriminatory
A fire on a capsized cargo ship off the Georgia coast has been extinguished using seawater
Medina Spirit cleared to race in the Preakness Stakes after passing drug tests
