Life expectancy across the country plummeted by nearly two years from 2018 to 2020, the largest decline since 1943, when American troops were dying in World War II. But while white Americans lost 1.36 years, Black Americans lost 3.25 years.
Although national coronavirus metrics have been declining rapidly, infections in areas with low vaccination rates persist -- a particularly worrisome trend, experts say, as new, and more transmissible variants emerge.
In ultra-Orthodox circles in New York, where women marry at a younger age and birthrates dwarf those of the general population, the spread of unsubstantiated rumors about the coronavirus vaccine’s potential adverse effects on fertility and pregnancy have been particularly effective in dissuading young women from getting the vaccine.
"Chanting, mantras, mudras, use of mandalas, and namaste greetings shall be expressly prohibited," according to the law, which also states local school boards may disallow yoga.
As a lengthy, bitter fight over mask requirements for students neared its conclusion, the chairperson of a Florida school board announced that she would agree to lift a mandate that had been in place since September even though she preferred leaving it in place until the end of the academic year. Parents hurled insults in response ...
Potentially dangerous, unanticipated reactions to vaccines may not be obvious; the VAERS a system that is believed to miss many potential side effects.
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