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Profesores renuncian al ver en riesgo su salud durante la pandemia

January 27, 2021 at 10:57 a.m.

Anna Hoard impartía una clase de preescolar cuando su pecho empezó a contraerse y se le dificultó respirar. Mientras los niños se esforzaban por mantener los tapabocas sobre sus narices...

SAN FRANCISCO - JANUARY 28: Secret and Sure deodorant, made by Procter & Gamble Co., is seen on display at the Arguello Supermarket January 28, 2005 in San Francisco. Procter & Gamble Co. announced that it is buying shaver and battery maker Gillette Co. for $57 billion in a deal that would create the world?s largest consumer-products company. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

¡No, el desodorante no causa cáncer de mama!

October 26, 2020 at 12:26 p.m.

Hablemos de senos. Es un tema que la doctora Amy Patel pasa mucho tiempo discutiendo en una búsqueda interminable para disipar los mitos que las mujeres creen sobre el cáncer...

Bikefest brought thousands of riders to the Lake of the Ozarks. They patronized bars and restaurants such as Shady Gators.

‘We’re one of the winners in this COVID thing.’ A record summer at Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks

September 22, 2020 at 1:20 p.m.

LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — Bars couldn't keep up with the demand for Coors Light. Same with auto dealerships and new cars. Boat dealers had trouble keeping up and...

Paul Rudd records hilarious PSA message asking ‘fellow millennials’ to wear a mask

September 15, 2020 at 12:03 p.m.

Actor Paul Rudd famously never ages (or so says social media), so you might be surprised to hear the Shawnee Mission West graduate is 51 years old. But he channeled...

Kansas City Chiefs running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire watches a drill during an NFL football training camp practice Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, in Kansas City, Mo.

NFL debut of Kansas City Chiefs running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire has arrived. That’s thrilling for several reasons.

September 9, 2020 at 9:08 a.m.

The last rookie to start an opener at running back for the Chiefs, which also happened to be on a Thursday night, couldn't have envisioned a more unfortunate first touch....

Don’t like how you look on Zoom? More people are asking plastic surgeons to fix that

August 28, 2020 at 3:29 p.m.

Long before stay-at-home orders forced millions of us to talk to each other online, folks weren't all that keen on what they looked like on Zoom. Heather Schwedel was one...

BLACKBURN, ENGLAND - JULY 16: An elderly couple walk through Blackburn town centre on July 17, 2020 in Blackburn, England. Blackburn with Darwen Council have imposed local restrictions, with nearby Pendle district increasing testing, in an effort to avoid a local lockdown being forced upon the area amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Mi madre nos visitó en verano. El coronavirus también llegó

August 27, 2020 at 2:38 p.m.

Mamá estaba en cuidados intensivos, y uno de sus médicos llamó. Las noticias no eran buenas. Si su nivel de oxígeno no mejora, dijo, y si necesita un respirador, sus...

Can you believe it? Here are 8 coronavirus myths people still think are true

August 21, 2020 at 1:56 p.m.

Months into the worst pandemic to hit the United States in more than 100 years, people still believe that 5G mobile networks cause COVID-19, this health catastrophe was planned, eating...

In this May 17, 2019, file photo, a measles vaccination is seen at the Knox County Health Department in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Sri Lanka and Maldives have become the first two countries in the World Health Organization's South-East Asia region to eliminate both measles and rubella ahead of a 2023 target, the U.N. health agency announced Wednesday.

COVID-19 plus measles? Kids aren’t getting their vaccines, and doctors are worried

August 19, 2020 at 2:21 p.m.

COVID-19 has infected some of Dr. Sonder Crane's youngest patients — the newborn who tested positive because its mother had the coronavirus, the 14-month old who caught it at day...

Stacy Jackson, 47, tested positive for the coronavirus. She spent several days in the hospital and was nearly placed on ventilator. The Kansas City, Mo., resident wants people to take the virus seriously and not try to rush back to normal.

A COVID-19 survivor’s warning: Don’t rush back to normal. It doesn’t exist

May 15, 2020 at 4:06 p.m.

The pain was worse than childbirth. Stacy Jackson given birth five times. She's not being dramatic. She could barely breathe. "My body felt like someone had beat me and drugged...

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