The rising number of COVID-19 cases in states across the country is due in large part to more young people contracting the virus, raising alarms among public health officials.The spikes suggest young adults are both more likely to hold front-line service jobs that put them at risk and more likely to ignore some of the…
As normal activities such as dining out resume, there has been an increase in cases in people in their 20s and 30s in pockets around the country. Some experts say it's because of lack of social distancing and mask wearing. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images As normal activities…
A troubling trend seems to be emerging in the coronavirus pandemic: nearly half of California's newly diagnosed cases are young people. A Bay Area scientist says he looked at the declining number of COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations and suspected more young people were getting the virus. He said it turns out his theory was right.…
President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on young people to lead South Africa's economic recovery post-Covid-19.DA interim leader John Steenhuisen says Youth Day is a reminder of hard-fought freedoms.Parliament's presiding officers say young people's voices are critical to the developmental trajectory of the country.President Cyril Ramaphosa says young people should take the lead in South Africa's…
Youth Day reminds us of the role the young people have played in the past to drive change. In a world that is battling the Covid-19 pandemic, their vibrant energy and mobilising ability is needed more than ever – especially on the African continent, write Dr Hillary Masarurwa, Lee-Hendor Ruiters, Maurisa Moloto & Fergus Turner.It had…
Overwhelmed by the demands of caregiving, Quette dialed 911 when she found her teenage son downstairs in their kitchen struggling to breathe. He had rolled his wheelchair to the oven to keep himself warm as he tried to regulate his temperature, she recalled, and was drenched in sweat from an apparent infection. In that moment
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Here in Washington, we’ve been hearing about tensions between the White House and one of its most controversial — but, at least in some circles, most popular — figures: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Polling of likely voters indicates that the Health and Human Services secretary can be an asset to Republicans when he’s talking about improving the nation’s food supply or labeling ultraprocessed foods. But when he’s talking about removing recommendations for routine childhood vaccinations, he can be a detriment. So, when I