Opioid overdoses soared during the pandemic: Study – Jaweb
A year ago, the U.S. was in the grips of an epidemic — the scourge of opioid addiction, with more than 70,000 lives lost to drug overdoses in 2019, according to the National Institute...
The Best Movies on Amazon Prime Video Right Now – (Details)
Sign up for our Watching Newsletter to get recommendations on the best films and TV shows to stream and watch, delivered to your inbox.As Netflix pours more of its resources into original content, Amazon...
Health care worker taken to ER just a few hours after getting second COVID-19...
An X-ray technologist from Orange, California, fell ill and was taken to an emergency room just a few hours after receiving his second dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine earlier this month — and four...
The Pandemic Has Erased Entire Categories of Friendship – Jaweb
A few months ago, when millions of Americans were watching the Netflix series Emily in Paris because it was what we had been given that week, I cued up the first episode and was...
People Harmed by Vaccines Will Have Little Recourse – Jaweb
The U.S. government paid out $4.4 billion over more than 30 years covering injuries relating to a host of vaccines—from flu to polio—but payouts for potential injuries from Covid-19 vaccines will be covered by...
Byron Lars Is Still Here – (Details)
For the veteran fashion designer Byron Lars, who was named “rookie of the year” by Women’s Wear Daily in 1991, fashion moments never stop.Inside an apparel factory in the Chinese city of Shenzhen, a...
Biden and Democrats focus on health care messaging – Jaweb
Joe Biden and Democrats are leaning in on health care messaging with less than 50 days to go until the election, reports CBS News associate producer Sarah Ewall-Wice.This morning, Biden’s campaign unveiled two new ads...
Gary Peacock, Master Jazz Bassist, Is Dead at 85 – (Details)
Gary Peacock, an upright bassist whose fastidious but open-minded style carried him through a diverse career in jazz, culminating in a three-decade run with the pianist Keith Jarrett’s Standards Trio, died on Friday at...
inequality reaps high Covid toll in south Wales valleys – Jaweb
From church halls and gravesides, Welsh hymns would float across the hills when the village of Tonyrefail mourned its dead. But communal singing, like much else, has fallen victim to coronavirus and the south...
This Is How Reading Rewires Your Brain, According to Neuroscience – Jaweb
We all know reading can teach you facts and knowing the right thing at the right time helps you be more successful. But is that the entire reason just about every smart, accomplished person...
From AIDS to COVID-19, America’s Medical System Has a Long History...
In the early days of the pandemic, Susan Castor, a 64-year-old Filipino American nurse, would make her rounds taking care of patients at a...
