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Australia
Summer of golf falls victim to COVID again as men’s and women’s Australian Opens are cancelled
The 2021 Australian Open and the 2022 Women’s Australian Open have been cancelled as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to play…
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After Pandemic Ravaged Nursing Homes, New State Laws Protect Residents
When the coronavirus hit Martha Leland’s Connecticut nursing home last year, she and dozens of other residents contracted the disease…
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‘We Sent a Terrible Message’: Scientists Say Biden Jumped the Gun With Vaccine Booster Plan
The Biden administration’s plans to make covid-19 booster shots available next month has drawn a collective scream of protest from…
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School or ‘Russian Roulette’? Amid Delta Variant and Lax Mask Rules, Some Parents See No Difference
The child had just started kindergarten. Or, as her mother called it, “Russian roulette.” That’s because her school district in…
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Covid Politics and Fatigue Work Against Contact-Tracing Foot Soldiers
Amanda Michelle Gomez Health departments nationwide scaled back their contact tracing in late spring or early summer when covid-19 cases…
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The Newest Disease Detection Tool for Covid and Beyond: Poop
Since reopening campus at the University of California-San Diego last summer, university officials have relied on the tried-and-true public health…
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‘The Vaccination Queen’: Nurse Practitioner Takes Covid Shots House to House in Puerto Rico
MAYAGÜEZ, PUERTO RICO — Abigail Matos-Pagán entered a bright-blue house in Mayagüez earlier this summer and was met by Beatriz…
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New Moms Latched On to Remote Breastfeeding Help. Will Demand Wane as Pandemic Fades?
Kate Ruder Madison Cano knew she wanted to breastfeed her son, Theo. But breastfeeding was painful for her. The skin…
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How the IOC delivered the most challenging of Games
The Olympic Games has survived world wars, a terrorist attack and cold war boycotts. Before the Tokyo 2020 Games began,…
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As Australia revels in gold, the Tokyo Olympics draw mixed reactions elsewhere in the world
Soon after Simon Biles’s withdrawal from Tokyo’s team gymnastics event on Wednesday, The Onion rendered the world’s sportswriters redundant with…
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