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  • Kintsugi
  • January 7, 2022January 7, 2022

Vaccinated and test positive? What to know about omicron, COVID for this holiday season.

Adrianna Rodriguez USA TODAY As COVID-19 cases surge, fueled by the highly transmissible omicron variant of the coronavirus, Americans wonder how to approach the holidays a

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  • Prof Patty
  • March 24, 2021March 24, 2021

Five things that must happen to get people vaccinated

BY PETER SULLIVAN – 03/13/21 06:55 AM EST Increase vaccine supply Get shots in arms, including in hard-to-reach communities Overcome vaccine hesitancy: An NPR-PBS-Marist poll relea

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  • Prof Patty
  • December 31, 2020December 31, 2020

Phase 1a, 1b or 1c? Do You Know Your Coronavirus Vaccine Group?

Group 1a is health care workers and residents and staff of nursing homes, regardless of age. Group 1b is elderly people who are 75 or older and essential frontline workers, i.e. people with jobs in

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 31, 2020October 31, 2020

I volunteered for a COVID-19 vaccine trial in New Jersey: Here’s what it’s been like since the shot

Lindy Washburn, NorthJersey.com  10/14/2020 On the afternoon of Sept. 22, I became a data point in the search for a vaccine to prevent COVID-19. That’s when I received the fir

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 31, 2020

Effective Flu Shots

4 Things You Can Do to Make Your Flu Shot More Effective Get vaccinated by the end of October for it to be most effective, according to the CDC A study in International Journal of Be

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NY Times

  • Trump Risks Igniting a Nuclear Wildfire
  • What Does Body Positivity Mean in This New Weight Loss Era?
  • Light Snowfall Coming to New York, New Jersey and Long Island
  • In Xi Jinping’s Purge of the Military, a Search for Absolute Loyalty
  • Cortina’s 70-Year-Old Curling Stadium Is a Star at the Winter Olympics

NPR

  • Why do humans kiss?
  • Four people on NASA'S Crew-12 arrive at the International Space Station
  • What monogamy in the animal world tells us about ourselves
  • What elephant whiskers can teach us about touch
  • On their way! 4 people on NASA Crew-12 mission launch to International Space Station

The Progressive

  • The Human Cost of Unregulated AI Tools
  • The Equity Docket: When Only White Bloodshed Moves the Masses
  • U.S. Imperialism Was Built In from the Beginning
  • The Imperialist King Must Return His ‘FIFA Peace Prize’
  • The Voice That Answered Hind Rajab

FactCheck.org

  • Trump and Musk Amplify Long-Ago Debunked Mail-In Vote Fraud Claim
  • Trump Oversells Recent U.S. Economic Growth
  • WHO Didn’t Recommend Lockdowns, Contrary to Health Officials’ Suggestions
  • Manufacturing Construction Spending Declines Under Trump
  • ICE Officers and Bonuses

Snopes.com

  • Is 'every morning's a Smirnoff morning' vodka ad real or spoof?
  • Debunking chart that falsely suggests transgender people are more likely to commit mass shootings
  • 19 false or misleading Pam Bondi rumors, investigated
  • Watch out for alleged video of Trump, Epstein with young girls at party
  • What to know about rumor ICE agents aren't being paid

Tradeoffs

  • A Better Way to Care for Older Adults with Opioid Addiction
  • Mental Illness Left Their Loved Ones on the Streets. California’s Big Fix Hasn’t Helped
  • One State's Sprint for its Share of $50 Billion for Rural Health: Part 2
  • One State's Sprint for its Share of $50 Billion for Rural Health: Part 1
  • Race to the Bottom: Where's the Cavalry?

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