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Health | Analysis 26 August 2020 By Clare Wilson Not everyone can wear a face coveringGetty Images/iStockphoto Do you get angry when you see someone without a face covering? They might have a good reason to avoid one, even if it isn’t obvious. Despite claims to the contrary, face coverings don’t reduce the amount of…

Please NoteThe Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free. For more free coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, sign up for our Coronavirus Updates newsletter where all stories are free to read.The World Health Organization warned Tuesday that young people are becoming the primary drivers of the spread of the novel…

The number of coronavirus cases currently exceeds 21 million globally, according to the latest data aggregated by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering, but the actual number of cases is likely much higher. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that 40% of people with COVID-19 are actually asymptomatic, which makes…

Share on PinterestResearch indicates that state laws and approaches have a bearing on average life expectancy. Image credit: BAY ISMOYO/AFP via Getty Images.“Americans die younger than people in other high-income countries,” says Prof. Jennifer Karas Montez, a sociologist at Syracuse University, in New York, and the lead author of a new study investigating life expectancy…

By Michael Marshall These cremated bones are 9000 years oldBocquentin et al, 2020 (PLOS ONE, CC BY) Stone Age people were cremating their dead in fire pits about 9000 years ago, in what is now Israel. The development of cremation may have been linked to a shift in their religious beliefs, away from worship of…