December 31 marks exactly a year since the World Health Organization first received reports of an unknown pneumonia-like illness spreading in Wuhan City, China. The virus, which would turn out to be SARS-CoV-2, the…
COVID-19 claimed its first 100,000 lives in the U.S. at the end of May, four months after the first confirmed case. At the time, some of the states with currently high cases per capita…
Ham is popular at Christmas in many parts of the world — including Spain, Mexico, Peru, the Philippines — whether it’s part of the main course, an appetizer, or a side. It’s an English…
The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way people shop but it has not destroyed their holiday spirit. About 87% of adults in the U.S. plan to celebrate the winter holidays, according to the National…
COVID-19 has been a leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2020, particularly for people over age 35, according to a new report published in JAMA. As of Dec. 21, over 320,000 people…
Obesity has been a major health problem in the United States for decades, and it’s only getting worse. The prevalence of obesity in 2018 was 42.4%, up from 30.5% in 2000, according to the…
Though indoor gatherings rather than in-person instruction are largely blamed for the third — and so far worst — COVID-19 wave, many education officials are shutting down schools for in-person instruction as a precaution. …
The story of American immigration is the story of the unique experiment called the United States. About 14% of U.S. residents were born outside of the country, and 94% identify with an ancestry other…
Several months into the academic year, many school districts across the country are scrapping their original plans for the academic year amid the pandemic, aimed to keep as many schools as possible open. Though…
The world first learned about COVID-19 in December 2019. The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic in March. Since then, news of the novel virus and the disease it causes have been…
The United States is going through an unprecedented coronavirus surge. With new daily COVID-19 cases reaching over 200,000 for the first time on Dec. 3, and more than 2,000 people dying almost every day…
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to worsen. The U.S. alone has added 1 million new coronavirus cases in the five days leading up to Dec. 6. Questions — and their answers — circulating among the…
The United States has been facing a doctors shortage for a few years, but the coronavirus crisis has exposed just how big the problem is. Medical institutions have been warning that there could be…
All states but Hawaii are now designated as COVID-19 hotspots because cases have increased by more than 5% over the past 14 days, and the average positivity rate is either over 10% or growing…
In a time of true crisis, like the coronavirus pandemic, we find out who are the real heroes and absolute essential workers among us. They are, first and foremost, health care workers — many…
School officials and health experts spent months and countless hours ahead of the beginning of the school year developing plans to bring students back into the classroom safely amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, about…
The coronavirus has disrupted American life in unparalleled ways, shuttering businesses, laying off millions of workers, cancelling both big and small events, and forcing much of the U.S. population to self-isolate at home. With…
The third wave of COVID-19 patients is worse than any before. The surge is already larger than what we saw in the spring and summer, and it’s not slowing down. Hospitals all over the…
Rock and roll has been a huge cultural force since it burst upon the musical scene in the 1950s. Not only has it dramatically altered the evolution of popular music, it has influenced fashion,…
The best treatment for a hangover, whether from alcohol or food, is to avoid getting it in the first place. This is no small feat in the case of Thanksgiving, since it’s America’s biggest…
