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As more and more kids step back into the real world of in-person school, many of them, especially teenagers, may struggle with how to become social beings again. By Geetika Sasan Bhandari In the past few months, I’ve asked several teenagers if they are excited to go back to in-person school, and surprisingly, several have said they would rather continue […]
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Babies on board! Hilaria Baldwin, Ashlee Simpson and more celebrities have made pregnancy announcements amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Living Clearly Method author shared her baby news via Instagram in April. “Sound up. … I’ll let the baby do the talking because I don’t have the words to express how this sound makes us feel,” the fitness guru captioned a […]
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Name: Angie Ho Ruhlin Location: Danville, California Occupation: Teacher and stay-at-home mom Family situation: My husband Charles Ruhlin and I raise our kids, Luke, 10, and Savi, 8, along with our two shih-tzu dogs, Tater and Kiwi Parenting “philosophy” in a sentence: We believe in guiding our kids by allowing them to make their own choices and learning from natural […]
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Jodie Turner-Smith says her newly expanded family is the only thing that makes "sense" in tumultuous 2020. Speaking with Vogue for the magazine's October issue, the Queen & Slim actress, 34, reflects on welcoming daughter Janie with husband Joshua Jackson in April, right in the middle of a global pandemic and a renewed focus on correcting racial injustices. Turner-Smith said […]
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Lisa Ling's Chat with Chris Cornell's Wife Inspired Her to Explore Benzo Addiction in America Ling has also found time to work with her older daughter, Jett, on homework — and has found that she just might have a mini journalist on her hands. "It's been fun to work with my 7-year-old on writing," Ling says. "Because that's what I […]
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There were some ways psychologist Annibel Tejada and economist Tendayi Kapfidze could use their professional training to help them prepare for having triplets. He knew they needed life insurance and extra savings; she knew to watch for signs of prenatal anxiety and depression. But then neither of them could have predicted the huge complication thrown into the mix: Tejada gave […]
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America’s national retailers are preparing to make a comeback after shuttering for several months due to the coronavirus pandemic. And while we can expect to see our favorite names including Macy’s, Nordstrom, and Gap reopen soon, everyone is gearing up to operate under a new normal, where social distancing rules, regular temperature checks, and face masks apply. When clothing giant […]
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The influenza virus can evolve resistance to an anti-flu drug currently in development for use in pandemics but only if there are multiple genetic mutations, a study has found. Scientists at Imperial College London, in collaboration with Public Health England, have discovered that two genetic mutations would be needed for the virus to develop resistance to favipiravir, an experimental antiviral […]
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Infectious disease preparedness work focuses predominantly on an historical list of pathogens derived from biological warfare agents, political considerations, and recent outbreaks. That fails to account for the most serious agents not currently known or without historical precedent, write scholars from the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security in a new report on the traits of microorganisms with high pandemic […]
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A little-known virus discovered 20 years ago could become the next global pandemic. A recent outbreak in South India has renewed interest in Nipah virus, a disease that generally spreads from bats or pigs to humans and kills nearly three-quarters of those infected. It has no vaccine and no cure. The virus has so far killed 11 in the current […]
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