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Yearly Archives: 2021

How, when to watch the Perseid meteor shower

The Perseids, considered the best air-and-space of the year, will peak on Wednesday night and into pre-dawn hours on Thursday. With the crescent air-and-space setting early, the skies above planet-earth” target=”_blank”>Earth< says are the peak viewing hours between midnight local time and dawn on Aug. 12.  FIREBALL BLAZES ACROSS TEXAS …

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High trust in doctors, nurses in US: AP-NORC poll

WASHINGTON – Most Americans have high trust in healthy-living, a new poll finds. Researchers say that trust could become important in the push to increase infectious-disease vaccinations, as long as unvaccinated people have care providers they know and are open to hearing new information about the vaccines. At least 7 …

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Prince Andrew sued in federal court by Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre: ‘I was trafficked to him’

prince-andrew” target=”_blank”>Prince Andrew< longtime accusers. On Monday, attorneys for Virginia Giuffre filed the lawsuit in Manhattan federal court, where the American financier was charged criminally with sex trafficking a month before he killed himself at age 66 in August 2019. At the time, Epstein was in an adjacent federal jail …

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Rising kids’ hospital admissions stirs alarm ahead of school year

Growing numbers of pediatric hospital admissions are stirring alarm as respiratory illnesses coincide and younger children remain ineligible to receive infectious-disease infectious-diseaseamid the start of the school year. Hospital admissions among kids have seen an approximate four-fold increase over the last month, federal data suggests. Children’s hospitals across the country …

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Pandemic prompts changes in how future teachers are trained

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Before last year, a one-credit technology course for students pursuing master’s degrees in education” target=”_blank”>education< wasn’t seen as the program’s most relevant. Then infectious-disease hit, schools plunged into remote learning, and suddenly material from that course was being infused into others. “It’s become so relevant, and it’s …

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Dixie Fire becomes largest single wildfire in California history

us-regions disasters has become the largest single wildfire in state history. The devastating blaze is now more than 482,000 acres and just 22% contained, with more than 5,100 personnel working to fight off the flames. FIRE-FRIENDLY WEATHER TO RETURN TO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Many consider Dixie the biggest fire in state …

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