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Eating disorders among teen girls doubled during pandemic, CDC study shows – The Guardian
Emergency room visits for eating disorders among 12- to 17-year-old girls doubled during the coronavirus pandemic, according to new research from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – a troubling existing trend that was likely worsened by the
The Doctor Giving DeSantis’s Pandemic Policies a Seal of Approval
The Florida Department of Health did not respond to The New York Times’s requests to interview Dr. Ladapo. Before the pandemic, Dr. Ladapo, 43, who immigrated from Nigeria when he was 5, was an accomplished clinical researcher at U.C.L.A., with
Biden extends the national pandemic emergency first declared in March 2020.
President Biden said on Friday that he would extend the national emergency that was first declared in March 2020 in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The additional authority had been set to expire on March 1. The decision, contained in
SafeBoda bets on super app to boost recovery from pandemic slump
Powered by 25,000 motorcycle taxis at the start of 2020, SafeBoda was at its peak, ferrying thousands of pillion passengers in cities across Uganda and Nigeria. And then the covid pandemic hit, throwing everything into a spin. Containment measures like
COVID pandemic can be ‘reset’ for schools
HARTSVILLE, Tenn. — U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said Thursday it is the job of school leaders to listen to parents, students and educators as they continue to grapple with the lingering effects of the pandemic on the nation’s public schools. The
Californians Feel Less Optimistic About the Pandemic Than They Did Last Spring
As you’re probably aware by now, Covid-19 infections and hospitalizations are plummeting in California — the first pandemic-related good news in months. And while there’s no way to know what the coronavirus will do next, many hope the Omicron surge
Understanding how space tech can help the world fight COVID pandemic
Michael Strahan, former football star and host of “Good Morning America,” will be taking off with a crew of five other passengers on Dec. 9, amidst a global pandemic and rising cases of the new omicron variant. Strahan won’t be the first civilian
Omicron variant upends global pandemic response.
Britain will also require travelers from abroad to get a PCR test within 48 hours of their arrival and require contacts of those who test positive with a suspected case of Omicron to self-isolate for 10 days, regardless of vaccination
NYC Public-School Enrollment Plummets during Pandemic
Jodi Cook helps her son off the school bus in Brooklyn, N.Y., September 20, 2021. (Hannah Beier/Reuters) New York City public-school enrollment dropped by about 17,000 students this year, with a drop of roughly 64,000 since the start of the
Jobless claims fall again as enhanced pandemic benefits fade away
Weekly jobless claims hit another pandemic-era low last week as the elimination of enhanced benefits sent fewer people to the unemployment line. First-time filings for unemployment insurance totaled 290,000 for the week ended Oct. 16, down 6,000 from the previous
Americans exercised less, drank and smoked more during COVID pandemic
During the pandemic, U.S. adults have on average exercised less, drank and smoked more, and spent more time in front of computer or TV screens, according to a study published Tuesday. UCLA researchers surveyed American adults in October 2020 about five “lifestyle
U.S. Drug Overdoses Reached Record High amid Pandemic Shutdowns
Cataldo Ambulance medics Timothy Stahl (left) and Derek Travers (right), with the help of a firefighter tend to a 38-year-old man who was found unresponsive after an opioid overdose in the Boston suburb of Malden, Mass., October 19, 2017. (Brian
Reid Hoffman on the evolution of ‘blitzscaling’ amid the pandemic – TechCrunch
When LinkedIn co-founder and Greylock lover Reid Hoffman first coined the time period “blitzscaling,” he kept it basic: It is a thought that encourages business owners to prioritize speed above efficiency all through a interval of uncertainty. Years later, founders
Reddit takes a teach-the-controversy approach to pandemic and vaccines
Getty Images | Yuriko Nakao Reddit yesterday defended its stance on allowing pandemic misinformation after hundreds of subreddit moderators joined an open letter urging the company to “take action against the rampant Coronavirus misinformation on their website.” The open letter