The Board of Health released a press release noting the availability of at-home COVID-19 test kits. In a release, the board said that at-home COVID-19 test kits will be available at the Health Department's Widger Road office. Supplies are limited, and there is a one per family member limit. … [Read more...] about Health Department has at-home COVID-19 test kits
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Not even Antarctica could stop COVID. It’s a crucial lesson
F.D. Flam COVID-19 wasn’t supposed to get to Antarctica. If any place had a hope of keeping the virus out, it would be a continent with no permanent residents and an annual visiting population of only 5,000. And every control measure was in place — testing, a strict quarantine of everyone visiting, as well as lots of deep sanitation, masks and social distancing. And yet … [Read more...] about Not even Antarctica could stop COVID. It’s a crucial lesson
A promising turn in the quest to treat long COVID
Lisa Jarvis A new study published two weeks ago in Science makes a compelling case that people with long COVID have a chronic imbalance in their immune response. The findings don’t explain why that immune response is out of whack, and need confirming in larger studies. Still, this is an important new piece to the vexing puzzle that is long COVID. One of the challenges … [Read more...] about A promising turn in the quest to treat long COVID
Working while sick has become the terrible new normal
LZ Granderson January is the month to sign up for stuff you’re probably not going to keep doing later. Like cooking class or hot yoga. It’s also the month for setting goals, especially at work, where goals often come with lunch and a side of office politics. Suffice to say January is not the month to be sick. And yet millions of us are. A wave of infections … [Read more...] about Working while sick has become the terrible new normal
BARBER: The weird world of “trickle-down therapy”
Many people without the disposable income to throw at someone with a master’s degree and Wayfair furniture have found themselves part of the audience of an emerging subcategory of influencer: well-intentioned, wholly unqualified online personalities who package therapy speak into free minute-long vignettes. Welcome to the weird world of “trickle-down therapy.” Hope it makes … [Read more...] about BARBER: The weird world of “trickle-down therapy”