They studies follow recent federal guidance that all schools teaching students from kindergarten through grade 12 should continue to implement mask-wearing policies through the end of the current school year. View original article Contributor: Emily Anthes
A Harvard psychologist, he originally attributed personality traits to nurturing only. Then he concluded, We’re largely born this way. View original article Contributor: Sam Roberts
This phase of the pandemic, when adults can be vaccinated but young children cannot, is confusing for many families. View original article Contributor: Claire Cain Miller, Margot Sanger-Katz and Kevin Quealy
Early studies reveal the toll that lockdowns, isolation and stress have taken on those who care for older Americans. View original article Contributor: Paula Span
Children 12 to 17 are now eligible to get vaccinated against Covid-19. Here’s what we know about giving Covid shots to kids. View original article Contributor: Tara Parker-Pope and Dani Blum
Insurers and Congress wrote rules to protect coronavirus patients, but the bills came anyway, leaving some mired in debt. View original article Contributor: Sarah Kliff
On May 20, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration extended the time that Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine can be stored in the refrigerator. The vaccine, which people get in two doses, still needs to be shipped frozen at ultra-cold temperatures in the companies’ special thermal shipping container. Doses can be kept frozen in these containers for … Read more
Colorado’s new law makes it illegal to post personal information about health workers, officials and their families that threatens their safety. View original article Contributor: Meryl Kornfield
The Times’s longtime Personal Health columnist and the nation’s most famous doctor met recently to talk about life as octogenarians and beyond. Listen to their conversation. View original article Contributor: Tara Parker-Pope
A newly identified coronavirus may not pose a serious threat, but the finding highlights the need to monitor animal viruses more proactively, scientists say. View original article Contributor: Emily Anthes