One would think that our culture has evolved to a point beyond turning to the guy who starred as the electrician inNewsRadiofor medical advice. One would, however, be incorrect. For the past 18 months, Joe Rogan, the host of a wildly successful podcast that Spotify acquired in a much-ballyhooed deal, …
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Going to Provincetown for Circuit Week is a tradition for Michael Donnelly. “It’s a great opportunity to catch up with friends,” the data scientist, who lives in New York, says. The popular theme week, also known as Twink Week, starts July Fourth weekend and is immediately followed by Bear Week, …
Read More »This Brand Says Its Air Purifier Is 99% Effective At Warding Off Viruses (Including Covid)
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. For years, air purifiers were seen as a “nice to have” addition to the home, but not really an essential device, unless you lived in smokey environments or …
Read More »New CDC Guidelines: Fully Vaccinated Can Gather Indoors Without Masks
People who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 can safely gather indoors without masks or social distancing, according to new guidelines released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday. During a White House coronavirus briefing, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky explained some of the new guidelines that may …
Read More »'We Saved the Music': Amy Klobuchar on Getting $15 Billion for Venues Into Stimulus Bill
As the coronavirus pandemic began to destroy lives and livelihoods this spring, the music industry quickly realized the dire straits they were facing. Venues were some of the first businesses to close and will be one of the last to open, and critical PPE money — utilized by millions of …
Read More »Jeremih Discharged From Hospital Following Coronavirus Battle
Jeremih has been discharged from a Chicago hospital after the R&B singer spent weeks in an intensive care unit — at one point on a ventilator — while battling complications from Covid-19. The singer told TMZ Saturday that he is now home following the health scare. “First and foremost, I …
Read More »Pfizer's Covid-19 Vaccine Announcement, Explained
As soon as pharmaceutical company Pfizer issued a press release on the morning of November 9th indicating that their Covid-19 vaccine candidate appears to have an efficacy rate of more than 90 percent, the reaction tended to go in one of two directions: The first was sheer excitement. We had …
Read More »President Trump and First Lady Melania Test Positive for Coronavirus
UPDATE:President Trump said that he and First Lady Melania have tested positive for Covid-19. “We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately,” he tweeted. “We will get through this TOGETHER!” **** President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump have begun the “quarantine process” following the news that one …
Read More »Meet the People We're Counting on for a Covid-19 Vaccine
T his spring, doing rounds in the Covid-19 units at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, Dr. Kirsten Lyke saw more than 130 patients each day. Some were under observation after developing symptoms like shortness of breath, dry cough, and fever. Others were on ventilators. Many initially tested …
Read More »Amid Covid-19, Parents of Special-Needs Kids Face a Dilemma
Bella, 11, sits in her chair, her left hand tapping a yellow joystick switch. She is animated, her blue eyes sparkling, her wavy hair bouncing as she moves her head. Yesterday, she went back to school for the first time, after five months of lockdown. She has a lot to …
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