Na meer as 50 years as an emergency room nurse, Betty Grier Gallagher het meer as die reg verdien om af te tree. Maar volgens diegene wat haar geken en liefgehad het, she just couldn’t. Sy gee soveel om.
Dolly Parton has received her first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine
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Dolly Parton is showing everyone how it's done by receiving her first Covid-19 vaccination shot. The country music star got the shot at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville and recorded the whole thing...
Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine given to first patients in Ohio
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The long-awaited, one-dose Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine has now been administered in the United States. Barbara Schmalenberger, 86, was the first to receive the vaccine at the Schottenstein Center, in Colu...
Louisiana ranks as the worst state for children during the Covid-19 pandemic, Save the Children says
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The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc for families across the US, as school closures and social distancing have made it difficult to provide for kids. But in Louisiana, families are faring worse than in an...
Trump’s surgeon general questions guidance about getting 2 Covid-19 vaccine shots
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Former US Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams on Monday questioned the Biden administration's current guidance on getting both Covid-19 vaccine shots for the Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines -- which were tested an...
‘I value different things now.’ Readers share how the pandemic will change their spending habits
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Many Americans have changed their spending habits dramatically since the pandemic began. Some lost income and had to cut back. Others found that staying home brought on forced savings since dining out, entertainment...
Whole towns are refusing Covid-19 vaccines in Mexico
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For Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, vaccinating all Mexicans is a matter of responsible national health policy as well as social justice. "Vaccines will start arriving little by little," het hy gesê ...
Covid-19 vaccines needed to be rescued by boat as heavy rain caused flooding in Kentucky
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A batch of Covid-19 vaccines had to be rescued by boat after heavy rains threatened the power supply at a Kentucky health facility, according to Gov. Andy Beshear. The doses were rescued from the Lee County Health D...
Biden must balance the horror of Covid-19 with the hope to come
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It may not feel like it right now after a horrific winter, but America has never experienced a moment this hopeful since the pandemic began. The tantalizing promise borne by the quickening rollout of new vaccines, h ...
Domestic violence incidents rose in the US during pandemic lockdowns, analysis finds
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Domestic violence incidents rose in the United States by about 8.1% after the imposition of pandemic-related lockdowns, according to an analysis by the National Commission on Covid-19 and Criminal Justice. The analy...
Why kids are hitting the pandemic wall
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After almost a full year of grappling with the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, including nearly nine months of virtual school, 11-year-old London Loree simply has had enough. Enough of Zoom classes and technology...
A Golden Globes production veteran explains how to put together a show during a pandemic
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In die 30 years Melissa Trueblood has worked in production, she's seen it all -- even if she claims she doesn't have the coolest stories. Maar 2021 has dealt her one of her tallest orders yet: to help the Golden Glo...
A family is trying to get ‘orbisculate’ into the dictionary to honor their dad who died of Covid-19
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You know when you dig into a grapefruit and, skielik, its juice squirts you in the eye? There's a word for it. Hallo, orbisculate. It's a word that the Krieger family of Boston is trying to get into the dictionary ...