If you’ve ever come home from your neighborhood drugstore and noticed that the pills in your prescription look different than what you are used to, you’re not alone. This can be a common occurrence, and a number of factors can impact what goes into your prescription bag. For example, the […]
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The Trump White House has undermined government data for years, through intent and incompetence. Getty Data is more important than it’s ever been, which is why the latest news out of the White House is so disturbing. The Trump administration has ordered hospitals to stop reporting COVID-19 numbers to the […]
Outside Publis School 161 in New York, March 24, 2020. (Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times) Wading into the contentious debate over reopening schools, an influential committee of scientists and educators Wednesday recommended that, wherever possible, younger children and those with special needs should attend school in person. Their report — […]
Schools should try to reopen if they think they can do so safely, prioritizing students with disabilities and children in kindergarten through fifth grade, according to a report released Wednesday. However, schools likely won’t be able to take all the necessary precautions without an injection of resources from states and […]
Drug overdose deaths climbed to a record high last year, reversing a historic decline in 2018 that President Donald Trump touted as one of his administration’s key accomplishments, new federal data show. There were 70,980 reported deaths from overdoses in 2019, surpassing the peak of 70,699 deaths in 2017, according […]
President Donald Trump’s top trade adviser came under fire Wednesday for assailing Dr. Anthony Fauci in a new op-ed, with even the White House distancing itself from the diatribe after waging its own smear campaign against the nation’s top infectious disease expert over the weekend. Alyssa Farah, White House director […]
As pandemic re-opening efforts show mixed success, across the U.S., there have been reports of long lines for COVID-19 testing, and shortages in some places. One solution could be pooled testing, a strategy that’s already been used in China, Germany, Israel and South Africa to test a large number of […]
While the summer sun is great for a day outside, it can pose an issue if you’re trying to get some rest. Thankfully, blackout curtains are a simple solution to the problem. According to Dr. Daniel Barone, a neurologist at Weill Cornell Medicine and New York-Presbyterian, one of the easiest […]