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Every day, Nancy Rawson, associate director and vice president of the Monell Chemical Senses Center, tests her sense of smell. She thinks a similar device could soon be used to screen people for early infection with coronavirus, which often causes people to lose their sense of smell. She thinks it would be better than screening for fever at flagging people who should get coronavirus tests.

Loss of smell is an earlier COVID-19 symptom than fever; a sniff test for screening is in the works

October 28, 2020 at 7:05 p.m.

Many of us have encountered new pandemic-related checkpoints as we've tried to enter a workplace or medical office. There's no entry until we pass temperature checks and answer questions about...

Yes, it’s OK to use cash again

October 28, 2020 at 7:05 p.m.

Many people have stopped using cold, hard — and dirty — cash in favor of debit, credit, or contactless forms of payment. Transferred from one person to the next, money...

Sí, está bien volver a usar efectivo

October 28, 2020 at 11:34 a.m.

Muchas gente dejó de usar dinero en efectivo —frío, duro y sucio— en favor de las formas de pago de débito, crédito o sin contacto. Transferido de una persona a...

FIND SOMEONE TO TALK TO | Another great <a href="https://www.theactivetimes.com/healthy-living/lifestyle-wellness/relationships-cultivate-lifetime">source of encouragement</a> can be support groups. There are a variety of community and online forums, workshops and groups for people who are in similar financial situations and can empathize with your issues. Therapists and mental health professionals can also help you talk about your financial stress and help you work toward solutions for managing it.

Suze Orman’s post-pandemic finance tips

October 26, 2020 at 12:45 p.m.

Suze Orman says she knew things were going to get rough in 2020 — though this kind of rough, even a well-known financial adviser could not have known. Before COVID-19,...

OxyContin, in 80 mg pills, in a 2013 file image.

As pandemic started, U.S. fatal overdoses soared in the first quarter of 2020, new data show

October 23, 2020 at 12:40 p.m.

In the first three months of 2020, fatal drug overdoses nationwide rose by about 16%, compared with the same period a year before, new data from the U.S. Centers for...

VISITING PUMPKIN PATCHES OR ORCHARDS: MODERATE RISK | If you're visiting your favorite pumpkin patches or apple orchards this Halloween, it's considered a moderate risk as long as people are using hand sanitizer, wearing face masks and social distancing.

In the pandemic, Halloween is the latest culture war

October 22, 2020 at 1:04 p.m.

PHILADELPHIA — In September, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published guidance for Halloween celebrations: Traditional door-to-door trick-or-treating—or even an outdoor "trunk-or-treat" event _ is a high-risk activity, the...

Laureen Cummings afuera del Partido Republicano en el Condado Lackawanna, en Scranton.

Las mujeres blancas abandonan a Trump

October 20, 2020 at 12:01 p.m.

Elaine Caruso votó por Donald Trump en 2016. Parecía ser el candidato que protegería mejor al país de las amenazas extranjeras a las que temía Caruso, quien vivía al otro...

US President Donald Trump holds a Make America Great Again rally as he campaigns at Orlando Sanford International Airport in Sanford, Florida, October 12, 2020.

Donald Trump said he was ‘immune’ to the coronavirus. Here’s what the science says

October 14, 2020 at 3:30 p.m.

Twitter on Sunday slapped a warning on President Donald Trump's tweet that he can't get or give the coronavirus, saying the post violated rules "about spreading misleading and potentially harmful...

Dentists around the country are seeing a surge in teeth grinding since the start of the pendamic.

Stress from COVID-19 has led to a surge in teeth grinding, dentists say

October 14, 2020 at 3:29 p.m.

When Kate Faith was laid off in March at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, her stress levels skyrocketed. She worried about making ends meet as a single parent to...

As temperatures warm, more people are going to be outdoors making the most of the weather, which means trails and recreational areas might get more crowded. Some parks and trails are closed, but not all are. To follow through with guidelines set forth by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, choose trails that are less inhabited and use social distancing at all times.

Adding radiation therapy to prostate cancer surgery has been a tough call. New science eases the dilemma

October 9, 2020 at 2:28 p.m.

One of the thorniest dilemmas posed by prostate cancer is whether, and when, to give radiation therapy — with its potential bad side effects — to men after surgery to...

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