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hot bod 7/24/2020
The Tiny Item That Makes Hiking So Much Better Don’t underestimate how much you’ll need this.
By Maggie Lange

coronavirus 12:15 p.m.
The U.S. Reported Nearly 2 Million New COVID-19 Cases Last Month Over the past week, there have been an average of more than 61,000 new cases per day.
By Claire Lampen, Hannah Gold, and Amanda Arnold

cruise ships 8/2/2020
It’s Happening Again A coronavirus outbreak aboard a Norwegian cruise ship left 40 people newly infected.
By Claire Lampen

scams 8/2/2020
The Seeds Are Everywhere Mysterious, unasked-for packets of seeds are showing up in mailboxes nationwide.
By Claire Lampen

whoops 8/2/2020
Oh No, Someone Planted the Mystery Seeds An Arkansas man now has a large, squash-looking plant laying siege to his garden.
By Claire Lampen

coronavirus 7/31/2020
Everything We Know About the Mysterious Childhood Illness Linked to COVID-19 While multisystem inflammatory syndrome remains rare, children of color have been disproportionately affected.
By Amanda Arnold

explainer 7/30/2020
What We Know About Kids and the Coronavirus And why the question of when to reopen schools is among the most challenging of the pandemic.
By Erica Schwiegershausen

coronavirus 7/29/2020
Trump Keeps Pushing for Schools to Fully Reopen But the majority of Americans say they’re worried about the risks.
By Erica Schwiegershausen

flu shot 7/27/2020
Yet Another Reason the Flu Shot Is Good Two new studies suggest regular flu shots may greatly reduce your risk for Alzheimer’s disease.
By Katie Heaney

health 7/23/2020
Look Out for Potentially Toxic Hand Sanitizers The FDA has now flagged at least 75 products that may contain dangerous levels of methanol.
By Hannah Gold
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