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Televisits for medical care took off during the worst days of the pandemic, quickly becoming commonplace, but many states are rolling back many of those pandemic workarounds.

Telehealth’s limits: Battle over state lines and licensing threatens patients’ options

September 7, 2021 at 11:09 a.m.

If you live in one state, does it matter that the doctor treating you online is in another? Surprisingly, the answer is yes, and the ability to conduct certain virtual...

Natosha Daniels poses for a portrait in front of her home in Round Rock, Texas on August 28, 2021. Daniels has three school-aged children in Round Rock, Texas. She thinks disagreements over this school year' s COVID safety rules distract from addressing losses in learning and mental health problems, which disproportionately affect Black students.

To quarantine or not: The hard choices schools are leaving to parents and staff

September 7, 2021 at 10:47 a.m.

On the second day of high school in Texas, Natosha Daniels' 14-year-old daughter went all day without eating because she did not want to remove her mask. The teen's school...

Van Court says when you start lessons about investing, you should also begin lessons in investing concepts, like compound interest. Investopedia defines compound interest as "interest calculated on the initial principal, which also includes all of the accumulated interest from previous periods on a deposit or loan." For example, if a child invests $100 at 5% compound interest annually, they will earn $5 on their investment the first year, $5.25 the second year and $5.51 their third year, for a total of $15.76 over three years. Investopedia notes this number will increase with each year.

Headed away to school? Here’s what students with health issues need to know about insurance

August 26, 2021 at 10:48 a.m.

College is a time of transition, but for those managing chronic medical conditions, it may also be the first time they will be wholly responsible for their own health: setting...

Maine | Total COVID-19 deaths in Maine: 67 per 100,000 people (total: 901) - Total COVID-19 infections in Maine: 5,355 per 100,000 people (total: 71,666) - 65 and older population: 21.3% - Total population: 1,338,404 (SeanPavonePhoto/Getty Images)

COVID politics and fatigue work against contact tracers

August 23, 2021 at 3:42 p.m.

Health departments nationwide scaled back their contact tracing in late spring or early summer when COVID-19-19 cases started to decrease as vaccination efforts took center stage. Then delta hit. Now...

Cairo residents Lee Wright and son Roman Wright pose for a photo on June 23, 2021 not far from the city' s abandoned hospital, where they were building a nail salon. Both men decided not to get vaccinated." I' m like my dad," Roman Wright says." I was born and raised in church all my life. So I say we believe in God.

In Rural America, twisting arms to take a COVID vaccine first takes trust

August 23, 2021 at 11:33 a.m.

CAIRO, Ill. — Lee Wright was hard at work, constructing a nail salon near the city's abandoned hospital, when Jody Johnson stopped by to introduce himself on a recent afternoon....

Dr. Vickie L. Cartwright, Broward County Public Schools Interim Superintendent visits Dolphin Bay Elementary School in Mirarmar on the first day of school, Wednesday, August 18, 2021.

School or ‘Russian roulette’? Amid delta variant and lax mask rules, some parents see no difference

August 23, 2021 at 10:29 a.m.

The child had just started kindergarten. Or, as her mother called it, "Russian roulette." That's because her school district in Grand Junction, Colorado, experienced one of the nation's first delta...

University of Illinois Extension director Jody Johnson exchanges contact information with Cairo residents Lee Wright and son Roman Wright.

In Rural America, twisting arms to take a COVID vaccine first takes trust

August 23, 2021 at 10:21 a.m.

Cairo residents Lee Wright and son Roman Wright pose for a photo on June 23, 2021 not far from the city' s abandoned hospital, where they were building a nail...

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the COVID-19 response and the vaccination program in the East Room of the White House on Wednesday, August 18, 2021 in Washington, D.C. During his remarks, Biden announced he is ordering the United States Department of Health and Human Services to require nursing homes to have vaccinated staff in order for them to receive Medicare and Medicaid funding. The President also announced that Americans would be able to receive a third booster shot against COVID-19. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/TNS)

The White House says COVID booster shots for all. Here’s what you need to know

August 19, 2021 at 9:35 a.m.

The Biden administration announced plans Wednesday to offer boosters to all U.S. adults as soon as next month, saying that recent data, including some made available only in the past...

Un trabajador de salud prepara una dosis de la vacuna de Pfizer-BioNTech en la escuela secundaria West Philadelphia, en Philadelphia, el 4 de agosto.

Lo que debes saber sobre el refuerzo de la vacuna contra covid

August 18, 2021 at 5:00 p.m.

La administración Biden anunció el miércoles 18 de agosto planes para ofrecer refuerzos de la vacuna contra covid-19 a todos los adultos estadounidenses a partir del próximo mes, y dijo...

The delta variant raises the stakes for many who were already concerned about catching COVID-19 when they return to work.

‘I don’t want to risk my life for a paycheck’: Immunosuppressed people grapple with returning to workplace

August 18, 2021 at 9:49 a.m.

Elizabeth Groenweghe got a kidney transplant 14 years ago. She now takes several medications to prevent her body from rejecting her transplant organ. But these medications also weaken her immune...

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