Month: December 2021

The celebrity physician, a candidate in Pennsylvania’s Republican primary for Senate, has a long history of dispensing dubious medical advice on his daytime show and on Fox News. View original article Contributor: Trip Gabriel

In a troubling picture, American women are looking at a rockier road to secure retirement than their male counterparts. View original article Contributor: Paula Span

Infections have more than doubled or tripled in many countries, prompting the authorities to reimpose curfews and quarantines and introduce vaccine mandates as the holiday season gets underway. View original article Contributor: Abdi Latif Dahir and Jeffrey Moyo

At least three major airlines said they have canceled dozens of flights because illnesses largely tied to the omicron variant of COVID-19 have taken a toll on flight crew numbers during the busy holiday travel season. Germany-based Lufthansa said Friday that it was canceling a dozen long-haul transatlantic flights over the Christmas holiday period because … Read more

The COVID-19 pandemic has not, to put it lightly, been a happy time. But it has been and continues to be a rich period for scientists who study happiness. Researchers around the world have followed what happens to wellbeing during the biggest collective threat to happiness most of us have ever known. First, an obvious … Read more

Cancellations are modest, but ‘if your flight is the one that’s been canceled, the world has just ended,’ says analyst. View original article Contributor: Hannah Knowles

He showed that while a healthy lifestyle won’t help us live much longer, it can stave off chronic disease and disability until our final years. View original article Contributor: Clay Risen