As a lab technician for 3M, Ms. Relph tests industrial masks. The fact that people deny the science behind masks makes me even angrier, she said. She recalled that a Senate colleague of her fathers had stopped by her familys house, without a mask, while her father was in the…

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The incoming president, Joseph R. Biden Jr., has said he will reassert a federal strategy to bring the virus under control, including a call for everyone to wear masks over the next 100 days and a coordinated plan to widen the delivery of vaccines. We will manage the hell out…

Whether youre someone who inexplicably felt comfortable dining indoors during the pandemic (when that was an option), or you want to continue to support your local restaurants, but are concerned about whether theyre taking the proper safety precautions, Yelp wants to make the whole process easier for us. Its also…

Experts do not expect large enrollment gains as a result of this policy, because most higher-income Americans already carry insurance. But it would provide economic relief to families that in some cases are spending 15 percent or even 20 percent of their income on premiums. I think of self-employed folks…

Experts do not expect large enrollment gains as a result of this policy, because most higher-income Americans already carry insurance. But it would provide economic relief to families that in some cases are spending 15 percent or even 20 percent of their income on premiums. I think of self-employed folks…

image captionThe US is in a race to vaccinate its population amid a winter surge A highly contagious coronavirus variant first detected in the UK could become the dominant strain in the US by March, health officials have said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned of “rapid…

image captionThe government plans to vaccinate 300 million people by early August India will on Saturday begin one of the world’s largest vaccination programmes, aimed at protecting more than 1.3 billion people from Covid-19. Millions of doses of two approved vaccines – Covishield and Covaxin – have been shipped across…

Filipino nurses have a long history of working in New York City hospitals, dating at least to the immigration reforms in the 1960s, which broadened the categories of foreign workers who could apply for a United States visa. In the Philippines, nursing schools have taught an American curriculum since as…