#Study finds more COVID deaths were reported in US counties with lower internet access

#Study finds more COVID deaths were reported in US counties with lower internet access

“Study finds more COVID deaths were reported in US counties with lower internet access” U.S. communities with limited internet access had higher COVID-19 mortality rates during the first full year of the pandemic, according to researchers.  In a study published earlier this month in the journal JAMA Network Open, University of Chicago authors wrote that for places with more…

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#Moderna CEO sold 8 million in company stock since pandemic

#Moderna CEO sold $408 million in company stock since pandemic

“Moderna CEO sold $408 million in company stock since pandemic” Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel has sold $408 million in company stock since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, during which the firm’s share price soared more than 600% while it developed and rolled out its vaccine. The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based biotech firm developed the second-most popular…

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#I’m meeting strangers for sandwiches to beat loneliness

#I’m meeting strangers for sandwiches to beat loneliness

“I’m meeting strangers for sandwiches to beat loneliness” You’re not alone in your loneliness. In an op-ed published earlier this month, outgoing New York City health commissioner Dr. Dave A. Chokshi declared that locals are suffering from an “epidemic of loneliness” after two years of a pandemic. He cited recent surveys that found “57 percent…

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#Biden refers toVP Kamala Harris as ‘first lady’ in gaffe

#Biden refers toVP Kamala Harris as ‘first lady’ in gaffe

“Biden refers toVP Kamala Harris as ‘first lady’ in gaffe” President Biden committed another gaffe Tuesday – referring to Vice President Kamala Harris as “the first lady.” Biden made the mix-up while noting Harris wasn’t with him at an event because her husband, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, tested positive for COVID-19 earlier in the day….

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#NY undercounted COVID nursing home deaths to boost Cuomo: comptroller

#NY undercounted COVID nursing home deaths to boost Cuomo: comptroller

“NY undercounted COVID nursing home deaths to boost Cuomo: comptroller” The state Health Department intentionally “misled the public” about the number of nursing home deaths from COVID-19 to help burnish former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s reputation before a sexual harassment scandal forced him to resign in disgrace, according to a blistering comptroller’s audit released Tuesday. Auditors…

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#TSA’s just-extended mask mandate has never made any sense

#TSA’s just-extended mask mandate has never made any sense

“TSA’s just-extended mask mandate has never made any sense” The federal rule that requires air travelers to wear face masks, which the Transportation Security Administration first imposed more than a year ago, was scheduled to expire this Friday. But the TSA extended the requirement for at least another month, for reasons even harder to understand than the…

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#Workers ditch ‘goblin mode’ as they return to office

#Workers ditch ‘goblin mode’ as they return to office

“Workers ditch ‘goblin mode’ as they return to office” They’re slob goblins. With employees prepping to flock back to the office amid easing COVID restrictions, many are faced with the same dilemma — how to switch off “goblin mode” now that they’re around other people. Often associated with the coronavirus pandemic, the term entails a…

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#Thailand celebrates ‘National Elephant Day’

#Thailand celebrates ‘National Elephant Day’

“Thailand celebrates ‘National Elephant Day’” Elephants at a Thai garden were served a giant fruit-and-vegetable buffet on Sunday in observance of National Elephant Day. Nearly 60 of the herbivorous mammals at the Nong Nooch Tropical Garden in Thailand’s eastern Chonburi province got to enjoy a two-ton spread on a 26.2-foot table, Reuters reported. Ktampon Tansacha, the garden’s president, told…

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