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A dental examination room in London, England. Photo: Getty ImagesWith states across the U.S. beginning to relax distancing restrictions related to covid-19, plenty of people are probably questioning whether they should get back to normal activities, including scheduling non-urgent medical appointments like physicals and teeth cleanings. So let’s talk about it.In truth, any outing that…

A child rides a scooter through Venice, California in late April 2020. Photo: Getty ImagesChildren across the U.S. and Europe are coming down with a rare but life-threatening condition that appears to be connected to covid-19. But as doctors continue to study the ailment, some experts are arguing that it should stop being compared to…

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275 South Africans repatriated from US, hundreds more to arrive this weekAmong them was multiple South African surfing champion Jordy Smith and his wife. The champ had been training for the forthcoming global surf tour, in Hawaii, when the global Covid-19 pandemic struck. He told News24 about how the journey had begun chaotically in Washington."There…

COVID can come for anyone, but older adults, men, and black people have elevated risk of death. Photo illustration by Natalie Matthews-Ramo/Slate. Photos by Unsplash. By this point in the pandemic, we have internalized that the coronavirus could affect any of us. But COVID-19 is not an equal-opportunity killer, either. No one is immune, but…