If you’ve been thinking about quitting smoking, there’s no time like the present pandemic. With the novel coronavirus sweeping the globe, the science on quitting smoking offers welcome news for smokers who want to build up their defenses in case they contract […]
April 7, 2020 Edit When 30-year-old Ben Luderer started to feel sick, he wasn’t that surprised. Just a few days earlier, his wife, Brandy, had tested positive for coronavirus, but there wasn’t much to it. All she had was a really low-grade temperature, one that […]
KARACHI, Pakistan — Doctors are refusing to show up for work. Clerics are refusing to close their mosques. And despite orders to stay at home, children continue to pack streets across Pakistan to play cricket, their parents unwilling to quarantine them in crowded […]
Officials are racing to get a handle on the novel coronavirus as the number of deaths nears 1,000 in the United States and cases in two of the hardest hit states — California and New York — quickly multiply. “We originally thought that it would be doubling every […]
The School District of Philadelphia will not allow teachers to do “remote instruction” with students while schools are closed during the coronavirus outbreak, according to a letter sent to principals Tuesday night. Because the district cannot ensure equal access to technology among students, […]
As his nearly 2-hour wait to climb the narrow steps and go through the heavily fortified door of the Philadelphia Archery & Gun Club in South Philadelphia came to an end, Andrew Thomas made what would shortly come to sound like a prophecy. “I […]
St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican is normally swarming with tens of thousands of visitors hoping to get a glimpse of Pope Francis as he delivers his Sunday remarks. But for the second Sunday this month, the square stood eerily empty as Italy remains […]
Monday was the worst day for US stocks since 1987’s “Black Monday” — and there’s no real recovery in sight. What happened: The Dow fell 12.9% as fear about the coronavirus pandemic and the ensuing global recession escalated, wiping out three years of gains. […]
‘Tip of the iceberg’: is our destruction of nature responsible for Covid-19? March 18, 2020 Edit Mayibout 2 is not a healthy place. The 150 or so people who live in the village, which sits on the south bank of the Ivindo River, deep in the […]
Glastonbury’s famous Pyramid Stage will remain dark in June, as the festival becomes the latest event to be cancelled due to coronavirus. Taylor Swift, Sir Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar were due to appear, alongside Diana Ross and Dua Lipa. “We’re so sorry that […]
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