Not being able to hold and hug loved ones has been one of the more difficult parts of the pandemic.Alex Chan Tsz Yuk/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesRose Gagnon could not hug her grandchildren for several months.
Not being able to see and touch her loved ones every day because of COVID-19’s social distancing protocols was taking a...
The eruption of Krakatoa in 1883 sent volcanic dust and gases circling the Earth, creating spectacular sunsets captured by artists.William Ashcroft via Houghton Library/Harvard UniversityOn the evening of Sept. 5, 1883, people in Honolulu witnessed a spectacular sunset followed by a period of extended twilight described as a “singular lurid...
Americans throw away around $5.89 billion worth of frozen food a year.E+ via Getty ImagesOpen the freezer door and there, way in the back, may be an old carton of ice cream growing spikes of ice. Or a forgotten frozen lasagna covered in icy crystals. Or drying of meat surfaces if not well covered.
People sometimes call this phenomenon “freeze...
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_Tyrannosaurus rex_ was a relentless predator who lived during the Cretaceous Period more than 65 million years ago.Roger Harris/Science Photo Library via Getty Images
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People suffering from long-term effects of COVID-19 face uncertainty about the nature of their symptoms and how long they might last. Halfpoint Images/Moment via Getty ImagesMy first patient that day was a woman in her early 40s, an avid marathon runner who had contracted COVID-19 in March 2020. Now, 13 months later, she noted that she still felt...
Pre-K students are more likely to be expelled than any K-12 grade.Heather Walker/RooM Collection via Getty ImagesWhen parents think of a child getting kicked out of school, they might imagine drugs found stashed in a locker, a classroom that’s been vandalized, or some kind of sexual or other violent assault. But the fact is that it’s...
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U.S. personnel were evacuated from the U.S. embassy in Kabul, the Afghan capital, as Taliban insurgents broke through the city's defensive line, Aug. 15, 2021.AP Photo/Rahmat GulThe president of Afghanistan has fled and the government apparently fallen, after Taliban insurgents captured the capital city of Kabul on Aug. 15, 2021. The Taliban also...
Personnel were evacuated from the U.S. embassy in Kabul on Aug. 15, 2021, as Taliban insurgents broke through the capital city's defensive line.AP Photo/Rahmat GulPanic and turmoil grip Afghanistan after Taliban insurgents captured the capital city of Kabul and the president fled on Aug. 15, 2021.
There would be “no transitional government in...
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Los grupos de salud y apoyo del VIH ofrecieron pruebas de COVID-19 y otros servicios comunitarios durante la pandemia
iStock / Getty Images PlusiStock / Getty Images PlusA lo largo de la pandemia, los vecindarios han desempeñado un papel fundamental y bien documentado al brindar los servicios sociales y de salud necesarios para que las...
The Osage Nation were once among the wealthiest people in the world.FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesPop singer Britney Spears’ quest to end the conservatorship that handed control over her finances and health care to her father demonstrates the double-edged sword of putting people under the legal care and control of another person.
A judge may...
