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Part Netflix, Part Amazon Warehouse, Libraries Adapted During Pandemic | Honolulu Civil Beat
Hawaii Public Libraries were among the first state agencies to physically reopen to the public after pandemic restrictions eased. By Lee Cataluna, January 23, 2022 · 6 min read If public libraries had been struggling for relevance in the digital age, they may have found it during the pandemic. Libraries are often thought of as…
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How Do We Better Treat Chronic Pain? – The New York Times
The Pain Brain – Millions of Americans are living with chronic pain. A quiet revolution in research and treatment is finding new ways to help them heal. By Erik Vance and others… Even before the pandemic, about one in five Americans suffered from chronic pain. After a year and a half filled with anxiety, grief…
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Alabama woman nearly killed by COVID while pregnant: ‘It all could have been prevented if I had gotten a vaccination’ | al.com
Updated: Oct. 19, 2021, 2:30 p.m. | Published: Oct. 19, 2021, 10:56 a.m. Sometimes when she’s feeding her infant daughter, Amanda Harrison is overcome with emotion and has to wipe away tears of gratitude. She is lucky to be here, holding her baby. Harrison was 29 weeks pregnant and unvaccinated when she got sick with…
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Unvaccinated Adults 11 Times More Likely to Die from Covid-19: CDC – Rolling Stone
Hint: A lot more likely By Peter Wade Getting vaccinated can significantly reduce your chances of dying from Covid-19. Like, really significantly. Throughout the month of August, unvaccinated adults were 11 times more likely to die from Covid-19 than fully vaccinated adults, according to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.…
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Why Are So Many Knowledge Workers Quitting? | The New Yorker
The coronavirus pandemic threw everyone into Walden Pond. By Cal Newport, August 16, 2021 Last spring, a friend of mine, a writer and executive coach named Brad Stulberg, received a troubling call from one of his clients. The client, an executive, had suddenly started losing many of his best employees, and he couldn’t really explain…
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The Pandemic Led To The Biggest Drop In U.S. Life Expectancy Since WWII, Study Finds : Coronavirus Updates : NPR
June 23, 20216:32 PM ET Heard on Morning Edition, By Allison Aubrey Twitter A new study estimates that life expectancy in the U.S. decreased by nearly two years between 2018 and 2020, largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And the declines were most pronounced among minority groups, including Black and Hispanic people. In 2018, average…
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Should you wear a mask indoors? 7 vaccinated experts share their plans
Amid new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, many fully vaccinated people in the United States have been eager to hang up their masks, while others are still a little hesitant to give up the protective face coverings. The guidance, which was released in May and said that fully vaccinated people did…
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How older adults can get back into physical exercise following months of pandemic rules – The Washington Post
By Judith Graham, May 31, 2021 at 5:00 a.m. PDT Alice Herb, 88, an intrepid New Yorker, is used to walking miles around Manhattan. But after this year of being shut inside, trying to avoid covid-19, she has noticed a big difference in how she feels. “Physically, I’m out of shape,” she told me. “The…
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Have vaccine, will travel: How a road trip served as a needed jolt from the blahs at home – The Washington Post
Travel By Kate SilverMay 21, 2021 at 7:00 a.m. PDT In early April, when my husband, Neil, and I had both secured vaccine appointments, he suggested a road trip. He had been fixing up a sporty old car — one of his many pandemic sanity projects — and wanted to put it to the test,…
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Buying A House Is Harder Than Ever, And Bidding Wars Keep Breaking Out : NPR
By Chris Arnold Twitter May 18, 202111:08 AM ET, Heard on All Things Considered “You imagine your life in this house, you put in an offer and then two days later it doesn’t get accepted,” Ametrano says. “For me, it’s like very emotionally crushing.” –From article… Trying to buy a house right now is in…
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In-Depth: The search for COVID’s ‘holy grail,’ an antiviral pill – YouTube
ABC 10 News 250K subscribers Even though COVID cases have been on the decline nationwide, scientists are bracing for the possibility that SARS-CoV-2 will become a seasonal virus. In-Depth: The search for COVID’s ‘holy grail,’ an antiviral pill 1,019 views •May 18, 2021 Source: In-Depth: The search for COVID’s ‘holy grail,’ an antiviral pill –…
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Covid-19 booster shot will likely be needed within a year of vaccination, Fauci says – CNN
By Virginia Langmaid and Amir Vera, CNN, Updated 9:49 PM ET, Wed May 19, 2021 (CNN) While the world may be opening up because of the increase in Covid-19 vaccinations, top medical experts say there may be another round of shots needed within about a year. A booster Covid-19 vaccine for people who have already…
