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Delta COVID-19 variant: What are the signs and symptoms?

While vaccination is the best line of defense against the Delta variant, identifying the symptoms can still help curb the spread

From Clubhouse to Kumu: The hows and wheres of making new friends as an adult

As some of us grow older, we can find difficulty in making new friends. Here’s how you can meet new people while stuck at home

Long Covid might be linked to changes in your brain, research suggests

Long Covid is still a mystery to most doctors, but new research shows that it may be linked to alterations in the brain

ESSAY: Between the pandemic and the vaccine, we are all living half lives

Restaurants are open, malls are crowded, traffic is back to being insane—but over 90 percent of the population are yet to be vaccinated

Doctors are making house calls again. Here’s how to book one

Going to the hospital for a general consultation is a risk these days. Luckily, doctors are making house calls again

We can’t let our guard down just because the COVID-19 vaccines are here

While the vaccines are arriving, some people are already partying like it’s the world post-vaxx. This is a supremely bad idea

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If you’re losing your hair during the pandemic, you’re not alone

If your crowning glory has lost its luster and thinned out a bit, it’s most likely because of all the stress

We might be overdoing the whole deep disinfecting thing according to the CDC

If you’ve stocked up on enough bleach to scrub down every surface of your home for the next century, you can dial it down

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OPINION: The politicization and radicalization of caring

If you care about something, that’s great. If you care about something to the point that you’re willing to fight for it, it gets dangerous

The government’s pandemic response: What’s changed since last year?

In Mar. 2020, the government announced a hard lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19. In Mar. 2021, the government announced an “NCR plus GCQ bubble” to curb the spread of COVID-19. Sounds familiar?