Once everyone’s teeth are brushed, bedtime stories are read and foreheads are kissed, join the Times Opinion writer and mother Jessica Grose of the parenting newsletter for an all-virtual evening of comedy and commiseration. Parenting during the pandemic hasn’t been easy, and we could all use a moment to share our funny, and occasionally perverse, […]
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To start calculating the P.A.F. of cancer resulting from inactivity, the American Cancer Society scientists first pulled anonymized data from the U.S. Cancer Statistics database about cases, nationally and by state, for all Americans 20 and older between 2013 and 2016. The team focused both on total cancer cases and on seven types of cancer […]
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration is aiming to authorize booster doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine for all adults as early as Thursday, a move that would expand the number of Americans eligible for additional shots by tens of millions, according to people familiar with the agency’s plans. The Centers for Disease Control and […]
Delayed Deliverance Ticket stubs, foreign coins. Life’s ephemera tossed into a box. After my husband, Kevin, died of cancer at 49, I packed it away on a shelf, unopened. Now, a decade later, it was time to look. I didn’t expect to find a letter, never delivered, from 2001, in which he admitted that he’d […]
What to Know About Covid Boosters in N.Y.C. Sharon Otterman��Reporting from New York City “No one who feels they are at risk should be turned away,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said Monday. New York is not alone. Several states, like California, Colorado and Arkansas, have taken similarly liberal stances toward the C.D.C. guidelines. The idea, said […]
I keep finding myself biting into an apple or a peach, only to find I’ve eaten half the sticker the store put on there. Is there any harm in eating produce stickers? While the stickers that get placed on fruits and vegetables won’t cause you any harm, it’s probably best to remove them before eating. […]
All around the world the remnants of a global pandemic are testing the resolve of governments and private firms to rid the planet of its waste. Source link
A majority of Canadians say employees who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19 should be dismissed from their jobs, according to a new poll. The survey conducted by Angus Reid, published Monday, showed almost 70 per cent of respondents supported the idea of firing on-board airline employees, school teachers, police officers, paramedics, firefighters and […]
Nova Scotia is reporting 99 cases of COVID-19 and three deaths related to the virus over a three-day period. The province has also recorded 109 recoveries since its last update on Friday. The deaths involve a man and woman in their 80s, who were residents of East Cumberland Lodge long-term care home in Pugwash, […]
What to Know About the Coronavirus in Pets Emily Anthes��Reporting from New York Can I give the virus to my pets? Yes. Humans can transmit the virus to their pets the same way they transmit it to other people: through tiny, respiratory droplets. Most dogs and cats that catch the virus appear to get it […]