If you’re waiting for a break from bad news about COVID, don’t hold your breath — or, actually, do hold your breath. Experts have understood for months that the novel coronavirus, which causes COVID-19, can be spread by hitching a ride inside large respiratory droplets that are expelled when someone coughs, sneezes or talks. But…
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added more than 800 COVID-19 cases yesterday, with 750 deaths reported in the state. More than 2,000 have been hospitalized due to the virus with the number of confirmed cases in Alabama topping 22,000 since tracking on the pandemic began.State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris said the uptick makes precautions more important as ever.“COVID-19 spreads…
I need to take a trip that would be either a few hours flying or multiple days driving. Which is safer? As lockdown orders are relaxed to some capacity in countries around the world, travel is starting to see an uptick for the first time since mid-March. But when it comes to taking a longer…
Eric Schulze, MD, PhD is the chief executive officer of Lifetrack Medical Systems (LMS), a medical software and health tech company. Madhu Vijayan is the president of Calibrated Healthcare Network, a health-care information services company that focuses on th…
9 min read The following story contains spoilers for Landman season 2, episode 10, “Tragedy and Flies.” "LIFE AIN'T GOT a plan for you. You got to have the plan. Then you wrestle with life to make it come true.” It was only one episode ago that T.L. (Sam Elliott), summabitch prophet that he is
You’re going through something big, but you don’t speak up. You’re exhausted, but you white-knuckle through the day. Your friends offer help, but you brush it off. If this sounds familiar, you probably pride yourself for being self-sufficient and always tending to your own needs. But when you make a conscious choice to remain an
Honestly, I am trying to take a few days off and enjoy time away for my wife’s birthday. However, I just got the below photo from the father of one of the 51 children impacted by the ByHeart botulism outbreak. He found the formula still on the shelf at a Safeway in Flagstaff, Arizona –