Oregonians have made their state the first in the United States to decriminalize use of all drugs, including cocaine and heroin, after voting to approve…
Yes, people who’ve had Covid-19 can still benefit from the vaccine
In the United States, there have been 17 million reported cases of Covid-19 — about 5 percent of the population. Millions more have been infected…
10 ways Biden should fix the EPA
President-elect Joe Biden has nominated Michael Regan, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, to head the Environmental Protection Agency, according to the…
Rookies, injuries and squad depth – what football teams have experimented most?
TYRONE’S FIRST WIN of the Division 1 campaign arrived against Kildare on Sunday despite the absence of a number of established players. There were minus…
Why America can’t rely solely on individuals to stop Covid-19
Americans have spent much of the Covid-19 pandemic blaming one another for the coronavirus’s spread. Don’t go to that beach or park. Don’t go to…
For the first time in 800 years, you can watch a “great conjunction” of Jupiter and Saturn
Jupiter and Saturn are due to converge in their orbits on Monday, appearing as a double planet in the night sky — the first such…
A second Covid-19 vaccine has received FDA emergency use authorization
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday issued an emergency use authorization for Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine, clearing the way for it to be the second…
How to be alone
Many of us dread being alone. We find isolation uncomfortable or downright scary. If you want to know just how eager we are to avoid…
2020 was a time warp
Fourteen thousand years ago, a star called Vela died. Its core collapsed first and then, in a violent burst, propelled the shattered star’s body out…
The isolation of 2020 is doing weird things to our bodies
“I am seeing tons of hair loss,” Mona Gohara says. Patients come to Gohara, a dermatologist and professor at the Yale School of Medicine, for…