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Top U.S. doctors say kids need masks and social distancing in schools this fall

Schoolchildren swab and test themselves for COVID-19 to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the classroom at South Boston Catholic Academy in Boston, Massachusetts, January 28, 2021. Allison Dinner | Reuters Students should wear masks and practice social distancing at school to ensure safe in-person learning this fall, top U.S. doctors said… Read More: Top U.S. doctors say kids need masks and social distancing… »

Scientists create tool to explore billions of social media messages, potentially predict political and financial turmoil

For thousands of years, people looked into the night sky with their naked eyes — and told stories about the few visible stars. Then we invented telescopes. In 1840, the philosopher Thomas Carlyle claimed that “the history of the world is but the biography of great men.” Then we started posting on Twitter. Now scientists… Read More: Scientists create tool to explore billions of social media messages,… »

Less Social Distancing in Areas With More Trump Supporters: Study

FRIDAY, April. 23, 2021 — Politics matter when it comes to Americans’ health: A new study shows that lower-income Republicans are less likely to socially distance than others. The data — from more than 15 million cellphone users in more than 3,000 U.S. counties between March 2020 and January 2021 — also found that Black… Read More: Less Social Distancing in Areas With More Trump Supporters: Study »

Coronavirus and Sex: Dos and Don’ts During Social Distancing

—By Gonzalo R. Quintana Zunino, Concordia University Lately, the one topic the entire world is concerned about is the novel coronavirus. In line with that, as a sex positive neuroscience sex researcher, I am writing this article with a couple of goals: to inform readers how sex relates to the current pandemic, and to prevent… Read More: Coronavirus and Sex: Dos and Don’ts During Social Distancing »