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fromThe Mercury News
11 hours ago

Books Inc. finds buyer in effort to keep doors open

Barnes & Noble Booksellers, a retailer that itself has closed some stores, has emerged as the sole candidate to buy Books Inc., according to documents on file with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Barnes & Noble agreed to pay $3.25 million, according to a letter of intent dated July 7. The potential purchase appears to be an all-or-nothing gambit to survive, a court filing by Books Inc. Chief Executive Officer Andrew Perham indicates. Books Inc. filed for bankruptcy in January.
US news
#vaccine-policy
fromHarvard Gazette
16 hours ago

A smell test for science - Harvard Gazette

Olfactory implants using small-electrode stimulation show early promise to restore smell for anosmia patients, potentially improving taste, safety, and mental-health outcomes.
Miscellaneous
fromIndependent
1 day ago

Nothing found by cadaver dog at site of search for missing boy in north Dublin

Tusla will conduct well-being checks on children whose cases may have been closed during the pandemic while searches continue for a missing boy in Donabate.
fromWHYY
1 day ago

How COVID changed everything - WHYY

Five years ago we were in the throes of the Covid pandemic. Many businesses were shuttered, their employees working from home or online. Essential workers were putting their lives at risk. Most schools had gone to remote learning. Hospitals were overwhelmed and bodies were literally piling up. By the end of September 2020, 200,000 Americans had died from the virus which would eventually take more than one million lives in this country alone.
Public health
fromLos Angeles Times
1 day ago

As COVID wave washes over California, some health officials urge residents to mask up

A COVID wave is washing over California, with the state seeing continued increases in the number of newly confirmed cases and hospitalizations as some officials urged the public to take greater precautions. The extent of the recent increases has prompted some county-level health officials to recommend that residents once again consider wearing masks in indoor public settings, at least until transmission has declined. California currently has "high" coronavirus levels in sewage, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Coronavirus
Coronavirus
fromBuzzFeed
2 days ago

If You Live In These Areas Of The US, You Need To Be Extra Cautious Of COVID Right Now

COVID-19 cases are surging in the West and South, notably Texas, California, Oregon, Nevada, New Mexico, with higher test positivity rates and unreliable tracking.
#cdc
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 days ago
US politics

Senate Republican Goes On Wild Anti-CDC Rant About Monkeypox: Don't Have to Worry' If You're Not a Homosexual Man'

fromAxios
3 weeks ago
Public health

These states have the highest COVID cases right now as "stratus" variant erupts

fromwww.mediaite.com
2 days ago
US politics

Senate Republican Goes On Wild Anti-CDC Rant About Monkeypox: Don't Have to Worry' If You're Not a Homosexual Man'

fromAxios
3 weeks ago
Public health

These states have the highest COVID cases right now as "stratus" variant erupts

#vaccines
Yoga
fromYogaRenew
3 days ago

Hands-On Adjustments in a Post-COVID Yoga World

Hands-on adjustments in yoga have declined, yet many students still value respectful, well-timed touch for clarity, connection, and support.
Education
fromwww.npr.org
5 years ago

The Most Popular High School Plays And Musicals

High school theater rankings shifted in 2020: The Addams Family tops musicals, Clue tops full-length plays, and widespread coronavirus cancellations threaten arts funding.
#vaccination
Coronavirus
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Covid cases rising in US as officials plan to restrict booster vaccines

Covid-19 cases are rising again in the US with new vaccine restrictions complicating vaccination efforts, risking more severe future waves.
Relationships
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

The moment I knew: stuck in Chile in the early days of Covid, he brought me out of my anxiety loop

Moving in together too quickly magnified incompatibilities between two independent partners, triggering escalating conflict and unsolvable distance before the pandemic.
Public health
fromIndependent
6 days ago

'The nurses became your family' - the lasting impact of the pandemic for cancer patients and treatment rates

A record number of new patients are receiving chemotherapy nationwide, with Covid-related healthcare disruption and delays possibly driving the increase.
US politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
6 days ago

The key traits people define as having lived a good life' after death

A study of 38 million obituaries shows major crises reshape which traits societies value, with references to caring dropping during the Covid pandemic.
Television
fromSlate Magazine
1 week ago

Most TV Shows Get This Major Plot Point Totally Wrong. This New Netflix Series Nailed It.

Long Story Short uses subtle pandemic moments within an absurdist family saga to fuse humor and grief, highlighting television's varied responses to COVID-19.
Alternative medicine
fromNatural Health News
1 week ago

Study confirms COVID-19 tyranny accelerated brain aging by over 5 months

Pandemic lockdowns, enforced isolation, and prolonged compliance correlate with accelerated brain aging and structural brain changes, disproportionately affecting elderly, men, and disadvantaged groups.
fromThe Verge
1 week ago

FDA approves updated covid vaccines, but with severe new limits

FDA approved COVID-19 vaccines for seniors 65+ and high-risk individuals while revoking Pfizer's EUA for children under 5; CDC director Susan Monarez's status is contested.
fromSFGATE
1 week ago

'Stratus' COVID-19 strain surges in Bay Area as vaccine rollout sows confusion

The XFG "Stratus" COVID-19 strain now dominates Bay Area infections, is more transmissible, causes varied symptoms, and coincides with high disease levels as schools reopen.
fromAxios
1 week ago

Trump's CDC director ousted in stunning departure

The CDC's chief medical officer Debra Houry also resigned her position, according to internal emails viewed by Axios. Daniel Jernigan, CDC's director of the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases and the CDC's director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases Demetre Daskalakis, also resigned their posts on Wednesday, according to the emails. Requests for comment from HHS and the White House were not immediately returned.
Public health
fromLos Angeles Times
1 week ago

Why COVID keeps roaring back every summer, even as pandemic fades

By many measures, the coronavirus is a thing of the past. Masks have been stored away. Social distancing is just a vague memory. Interest in vaccines is waning. COVID, for many, feels like an inevitable annoyance, like the flu. Then, each summer, we get a rude reminder. The season of travel and fun continues to bring a spike in COVID-19 activity, far less profound than during the height of the pandemic but enough for people to notice and worry.
Coronavirus
fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

Did COVID-19 Increase Xenophobia and Racism?

Moral Foundations Theory (MFT) proposes that humans have innate capacities to hold certain moral values, which are then either nurtured or stunted by socio-cultural forces. The five morals typically listed are care, fairness, in-group loyalty, respect (for authority), and purity; other versions propose additional values such as liberty (which was primarily devised to distinguish Libertarians). Political conservatives tend to score highly across all five morals, while political liberals tend to score highly only in care and fairness ( Haidt & Nosek, 2009). Parasitic-Stress Theory (PST) proposes that human values were fundamentally shaped, as we evolved, by the interaction of our ancestors with parasites and diseases ( Fincher & Thornhill, 2014).
Public health
fromLos Angeles Times
1 week ago

COVID rising fast in California, fueled by new 'Stratus' variant tied to Omicron

COVID-19 cases and wastewater viral concentrations are rising across California, driven by Omicron subvariant XFG (Stratus), with increasing test positivity and hospital indicators.
#remote-work
fromWAMC
1 week ago
Remote teams

Is remote work over? SUNY Empire dean talks why companies are pulling employees back to the office

fromWAMC
1 week ago
Remote teams

Is remote work over? SUNY Empire dean talks why companies are pulling employees back to the office

Healthcare
fromBioMed Central
2 weeks ago

Expanded and unclear responsibilities: the evolving role of home care workers as a lifeline during the COVID-19 pandemic -a focus group interview study - BMC Health Services Research

Home care workers faced expanded, unclear responsibilities, increased workload, stress, and health risks during the COVID-19 pandemic, requiring stronger management support and organizational preparedness.
Public health
fromwww.berkeleyside.org
1 week ago

Berkeley Unified reports COVID-19 cases at some schools in first weeks of the year

COVID-19 cases have been identified at several Berkeley Unified schools; symptomatic individuals should test and those positive should follow public health guidance before returning to school or work.
Arts
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 weeks ago

COVID forces San Jose's City Lights Theater to end its season early

COVID-19 outbreaks forced City Lights Theater to cancel performances, creating financial and emotional strain for local and national theater organizations.
fromwww.dw.com
2 weeks ago

Africa: A tentative start in mass vaccine production DW 08/21/2025

Africa is increasingly building local vaccine and drug manufacturing capacity to reduce dependence on imports after COVID-19 exposed severe supply vulnerabilities.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Chimamanda has returned to fiction after 12 years. But is the author stuck in the 2010s?

Dream Count examines middle-aged Black women's bodily and emotional ravages across Africa and the diaspora, set against Covid, with candid, unapologetic realism.
fromArs Technica
2 weeks ago

Top pediatricians buck RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine meddling on COVID shot guidance

COVID-19 hospitalization rates in young children remain high, with recommendations for vaccinations focusing on high-risk groups.
Insurers may struggle with conflicting recommendations on vaccine coverage, particularly between the CDC and medical groups.
Canada news
fromThe Conversation
2 weeks ago

As back-to-school season approaches, Canadian employers are making a mistake by mandating workers back to the office

Canadian employers are enforcing in-person work policies, which compromise workplace equity and public health amid an ongoing viral illness season.
#architecture
fromArchDaily
4 weeks ago
Design

"Even If You Want to Be a Gardener, Study Architecture": Archigram Co-Founder Sir Peter Cook on Boldness, Creativity, and Architectural Education

fromArchDaily
4 weeks ago
Design

"Even If You Want to Be a Gardener, Study Architecture": Archigram Co-Founder Sir Peter Cook on Boldness, Creativity, and Architectural Education

#mrna-vaccines
Public health
fromwww.dw.com
3 weeks ago

Experts alarmed by US cuts to mRNA vaccine research DW 08/08/2025

Funding for mRNA vaccine research has been significantly cut, raising concerns about future biomedical research in the US.
Public health
fromMedCity News
4 weeks ago

RFK Jr. Cancels $500M in mRNA R&D Contracts as HHS Turns Focus to Older, Slower Vaccine Technologies - MedCity News

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is terminating mRNA vaccine research contracts for nearly $500 million due to reported ineffectiveness against respiratory infections.
fromMedCity News
4 weeks ago
Public health

RFK Jr. Cancels $500M in mRNA R&D Contracts as HHS Turns Focus to Older, Slower Vaccine Technologies - MedCity News

fromFast Company
2 weeks ago

Qantas fined another $59 million for illegally firing workers during the pandemic

Qantas Airways fined AU$90 million for illegally firing over 1,800 staff during the Covid-19 pandemic.
fromBusiness Insider
2 weeks ago

White House AI czar David Sacks says 'AI psychosis' is similar to the 'moral panic' of social media's early days

David Sacks views 'AI psychosis' as a moral panic similar to past tech anxieties, emphasizing underlying mental health issues.
#stratus-variant
#tony-holohan
fromIndependent
2 weeks ago
Public health

David Quinn: If Tony Holohan runs for the Aras, let's have that Covid debate we have been avoiding

fromIndependent
2 weeks ago
Public health

David Quinn: If Tony Holohan runs for the Aras, let's have that Covid debate we have been avoiding

#mrna-technology
fromAxios
3 weeks ago
Public health

RFK Jr.'s vaccine pullback stokes fears of lost medical breakthroughs

fromAxios
3 weeks ago
Public health

RFK Jr.'s vaccine pullback stokes fears of lost medical breakthroughs

fromwww.cnbc.com
2 weeks ago

Croatia just revised its digital nomad visa to last up to 3 years: 'Digital nomadism is here to stay,' expert says

Remote work is steadily growing, so we think digital nomadism is something that is here to stay. It's not going to grow as it grew during the pandemic, but we see that people like millennials and Gen Zers are more likely to travel and keep traveling and with their families now too.
US news
fromBoston.com
3 weeks ago

Got the sniffles? Here's what to know about summer colds and the COVID-19 variant called stratus.

COVID-19 is increasing in most U.S. states despite lower summer virus activity.
fromBrooklynVegan
3 weeks ago

Ashes and Diamonds (mems Bauhaus, PiL, Sade) announce debut album: hear "On a Rocka"

'Yes it's been a long wait. We actually started this project about seven years ago but because of Covid it's taken all this time to be truly satisfied with the final product,' Ash says.
London music
fromThe Nation
3 weeks ago

Covid Contrarianism Has Crossed the Aisle

The new right emerged as a response to societal changes post-2020, such as enforced lockdowns and vaccinations, criticizing perceived excesses of social justice movements.
US politics
fromABC7 San Francisco
3 weeks ago

FEMA still owes SF millions of dollars for unhoused hotel expenses and more during COVID-19 pandemic

Homeless housing initiatives during COVID-19 led to increased drug addiction problems and overdose deaths in San Francisco.
#public-health
fromThe Oaklandside
3 weeks ago

East Bay restaurants are struggling under the weight of COVID-era loans. This food entrepreneur is rallying support

Many small businesses face closure due to burdensome Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) from the COVID pandemic, which lack forgiveness options.
Food & drink
fromwww.berkeleyside.org
3 weeks ago

East Bay restaurants are struggling under the weight of COVID-era loans. This food entrepreneur is rallying support

EIDL loans helped many restaurants during COVID but carry a debt burden that may lead to closures.
fromMail Online
3 weeks ago

Men can't cope under pressure! Married blokes are more likely to CHEAT

'Our recent research found that parents, compared to non-parents, reported higher desire for and engagement in infidelity during periods of significant external stress, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.'
Relationships
Public health
fromSFGATE
3 weeks ago

Bay Area COVID-19 levels surge 32% just before school starts

COVID-19 levels in Bay Area wastewater increased by 32%, suggesting a rise in cases as schools prepare to reopen.
San Francisco
fromsfist.com
3 weeks ago

Casual Carpool is Back, Set to Launch Tuesday in Oakland's Grand Lake Neighborhood

The revival of Casual Carpool services in the Bay Area resumes, aimed at easing the return to office commuting challenges.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 weeks ago

Trump's Former Surgeon General Rips RFK Jr For Trying to Undermine' President's Greatest Achievement'

Adams criticized Kennedy's cuts to vaccine research funding, asserting mRNA technology has saved millions and played a key role in COVID-19 vaccine development.
fromThe Atlantic
3 weeks ago

CDC Staffers Saw the Violence Coming

The shooter, Patrick Joseph White, was reportedly fixated on the idea that the COVID-19 vaccine had made him depressed and suicidal.
Public health
fromwww.npr.org
3 weeks ago

Why is Perfume Genius obsessed with demented things?

Mike Hadreas's experiences with danger and sobriety have shaped his music, leading to meaningful storytelling and introspection through his latest album, Glory.
New York City
fromAP News
4 weeks ago

One woman set out to visit every museum in New York City. Here's what she's learned so far

Jane August aims to visit all museums in NYC, having documented 136 so far and planning to finish by age 30.
California
fromsfist.com
4 weeks ago

Day Around the Bay: United Airlines Grounds All Flights at SFO

COVID levels quadrupled in California during July, consistent with past seasonal trends.
fromFuturism
4 weeks ago

Mathematicians Startled by 17-Year-Old With Uncanny Abilities

Cairo's self-taught skills led her to disprove the Mizohata-Takeuchi conjecture, a long-standing math proposition concerning wave patterns on surfaces.
Education
fromThe Mercury News
4 weeks ago

50 most popular chain restaurants in America

Chain restaurants have significantly influenced American culture and dining habits since 1926.
fromBuzzFeed
4 weeks ago

"It's Basically Scientific Racism": Medical Experts Hate RFK Jr.'s Claim About Black People And Vaccines

Kennedy's comments on vaccine schedules for Black individuals have sparked backlash from medical associations for promoting misinformation.
Artificial intelligence
fromFortune
4 weeks ago

Former Intel board members: America's champion is likely to retreat, and we still need a leading-edge chip manufacturer

The U.S. must prioritize American-owned semiconductor manufacturing to secure its supply chains and technological supremacy in AI and critical technologies.
fromNewsday
4 weeks ago

Manhattan jury awards $4M to LI ophthalmologist Dr. Habeeb Ahmad, court records show

A Manhattan jury awarded $4 million to Dr. Habeeb Ahmad for discrimination after he became disabled from COVID-19, emphasizing employers' duty to accommodate disabled employees.
fromABC7 San Francisco
4 weeks ago

New COVID surge emerges as Bay Area students head back to school

COVID-19 cases are rising in Northern California, posing a risk to children returning to school.
fromFast Company
1 month ago

Trump's reaction to the jobs report follows a familiar playbook of discrediting unfavorable data

Trump discredits uncomfortable economic data and attacks messengers instead of accepting realities.
fromIntelligencer
1 month ago

The COVID Season Was as Good as Sports Get

Daryl Morey stated that the NBA championship LeBron James and the Lakers won in 2020 should have an 'asterisk' next to it, arguing it doesn't represent a genuine victory.
LA real estate
fromNature
1 month ago

Daily briefing: Respiratory illness can 'wake up' dormant cancer cells

Respiratory illnesses like COVID-19 can awaken dormant cancer cells in mice.
fromDefector
1 month ago

Ari Aster Wants You To Take The Bait | Defector

Ari Aster's new film Eddington positions itself as both an exaggeration and a riposte of the collective skittishness and amnesia about 2020. It keeps its focus on a sliver of the state in which Aster grew up, showing the foolish exploits of Sheriff Joe Cross running for mayor.
Film
#education
East Bay real estate
fromABC7 San Francisco
1 month ago

Out of dough: $212K missing and bank account frozen for Walnut Creek bakery after 'ID mishap'

A bakery owner faced financial turmoil when a clerical error temporarily froze her business account, jeopardizing her ability to pay employees.
Philosophy
fromAeon
1 month ago

In a changing world, nests remain a site of safety and nurture | Aeon Essays

Nesting in the animal world plays a crucial role in survival, showcasing behaviors adapted to ensure the thriving of offspring.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Siobhan McSweeney tells a truly surreal tale: best podcasts of the week

A podcast series recounts the surreal experiences of a crew aboard a cargo ship during the Covid pandemic.
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