We dont want to blame anybody, Gabriel, 20, said. It is something tragic that happened and we want to move on. Research has shown that the lessons people draw from their social networks can be more powerful than anything they read on the news or receive from a government or…

As the Harkin campaign trumpeted, Mr. Jepsen once claimed he had been a paratrooper in World War II, but when challenged had acknowledged that he had not entered the Army until 1946, a year after the war ended. In a more damaging revelation, two Iowa radio stations reported that Mr.…

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By Reuters Staff People wearing masks for protection against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pass a mural dedicated to healthcare workers, in Pasig City, Metro Manila, Philippines, October 30, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippine health ministry reported 1,530 new coronavirus infections and 41 COVID-19 deaths on Sunday. In…

By Reuters Staff FILE PHOTO: An employee from Sao Paulo state government works near a screen showing World Health Organization (WHO) dashboard about the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak around the world at a ‘Crisis Office’, set up to monitor social isolation and health information in Sao Paulo, Brazil, June 23,…

British Columbia’s top doctor says contact tracers are “stretched to the max” and falling behind as they try to keep up with the province’s growing COVID-19 infection rate. The latest modelling data from provincial health officer Bonnie Henry came as B.C. surpassed 20,000 cases with four more deaths and 1,130…

By Reuters Staff FILE PHOTO: A health worker in protective suit waits for people at a test center in front of a hospital, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Warsaw, Poland October 27, 2020. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland reported a record high 548 new coronavirus-related deaths…

By Reuters Staff People wearing face masks walk on a street, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Shanghai, China November 13, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Mainland China reported 18 new COVID-19 cases on Nov. 13, up from eight cases a day earlier, the countrys national health authority…

Government-run testing sites in New York had waits, but they were often somewhat shorter. At a testing site under a large white tent in front of a public housing complex in Harlem, the line at midday did not extend far. I specifically avoided going to a CityMD because the lines…

With one in 54 children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder in the US, the issue of how to treat patients diagnosed with the condition has become almost as acute as the prevalence of the condition itself. That’s one reason why Jia Jia Ye and the team at the healthcare startup…