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Few places are more effective transmitters for spreading the coronavirus than colleges and universities. From dorm rooms to fraternities and sororities, huge classrooms to crowded stands at football...
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It’s been three-and-a-half years since COVID-19 first upended society and we’re still living with the outbreak. The pandemic’s latest variants, EG.5 and BA.2.86, are circulating through the...
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Data provided by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates a growing concern over an increase in COVID-19 cases this fall. Already, hospitalizations are increasing and deaths have been...
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The newest COVID-19 variants, EG.5 and BA.2.86 – also called Eris and Pirola, respectively – may not be as concerning as initially thought, and booster shots should provide protection against...
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After a period of soaring firearm purchases in the United States brought on by the turbulence during the pandemic years, gun sales in many states have declined, based on data from the FBI. ...
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Forget streaming — summers are all about drive-ins! There’s nothing quite like piling into the car with snacks and blankets for an old-fashioned outdoor viewing. There were precedents as early as...
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines life expectancy at birth as “the average number of years a group of infants would live if they were to experience throughout life the age-...
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The federal government officially ended the COVID-19 public health emergency on Thursday, May 11, more than three years after the outbreak caused massive disruption in the U.S. Various...
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Deaths in the U.S. have skyrocketed over the last several years. While the U.S. population rose just 1.4% from 2018 to 2021, the number of deaths rose 22.0% – the largest increase in mortality in...
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This article was written with the assistance of A.I. technology, and has been edited and fact-checked by Melly Alazraki. Utica-Rome, New York, had the largest increase in car thefts during the...
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Infectious diseases have plagued humankind throughout history. When small bands of hunter-gatherers contracted an illness, it might have remained relatively contained; but as agrarian societies...
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On Jan. 20, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the first laboratory-confirmed case of COVID-19 in the U.S. What followed was nearly two years of serious illness, massive...
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