How Risky Is COVID for an 81-Year-Old?
Once again, Joe Biden has COVID-19.
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Once again, Joe Biden has COVID-19.
Looking out from the harbor used to be an exercise in optimism.
What are we to make of a life that can age and grow young again at the turn of the seasons?
Why is everyone so worked up about hyphens?
A Japanese antiviral appears to shorten symptoms and protect against chronic disease. Also, it doesn’t taste like soapy grapefruit.
There are pills for bulimia and binge-eating disorder. Why not anorexia?
Progestin, the active ingredient in the first over-the-counter daily contraceptive pill, can be used to treat PCOS, endometriosis, migraines, and more.
Penmanship was once considered a window to the soul. The digital age has closed it.
There’s a lifeguard shortage in America. It’s been going on for a century.
A lot went wrong with COVID, but the responses that worked could help guide us in future pandemics.