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Society & Culture

The world is reopening. So why are more people lonely?

by Peter Ramjug
Health

Why is the U.S. behind on its COVID-19 vaccination goals?

by Eva Botkin-Kowacki
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Health

The COVID-19 outbreak in India hit hard in his native Bangalore. So he built a hospital there.

by Emily Arntsen
Society & Culture

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the vulnerability of people in nursing homes. But the real danger is loneliness.

by Eva Botkin-Kowacki
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Health

When can we say that the COVID-19 pandemic is over?

by Eva Botkin-Kowacki
A person in Kenya receives the COVID-19 vaccine.
World & National News

Why has Africa suffered fewer COVID-19 deaths than predicted?

by Ian Thomsen
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Business

Will those ‘quarantine 15’ weight-loss ad campaigns backfire?

by Molly Callahan
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Health

COVID-19 is more dangerous for older people. But what about locking down alone?

by News@Northeastern - Contributor
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Health

After COVID-19, will we ever shake hands again?

by Hillary Chabot
Associate Professor Rebeca Rosengaus studies social insect behavior and researches how insects control and contain pathogen outbreaks in their own colonies.
Science & Technology

For ideas about fighting pandemics, look to termites and ants

by Eva Botkin-Kowacki
A woman lights a candle to commemorate victims of the COVD-19 pandemic at the Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic on May 10, 2021.
Health

Have Covid-19 deaths been undercounted? New reports say ‘yes’ and here’s why it matters.

by Ian Thomsen
Shivam Patel, 13, receives his first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination from nurse Diawna Jenkins as his father, Rajesh Patel, observes from the background at the Cook County Public Health Department on May 13, 2021, in Des Plaines, Ill. AP Photo by Shafkat Anowar
Health

Should kids get a COVID-19 vaccination? Ask them.

by Eva Botkin-Kowacki