pandemic

Can US get lucky again with bird flu?
Commentary, Nation World
ALEXANDRA M. LORD The Conversation 
Feb 12, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — In recent months, Americans looking for eggs have faced empty shelves in their grocery stores. The escalating threat of avian flu ha...
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Preparing for an inevitable AI emergency
Commentary
KEVIN FRAZIER The Fulcrum (TNS) 
Jun 20, 2024
Artificial intelligence is advancing at a speed and in ways that were unanticipated even by the foremost AI experts. Just a few decades ago, AI was la...
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The stark contradictions in our medical system
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
CORY FRANKLIN Chicago Tribune 
Jan 12, 2023
CHICAGO (TNS) — In a Jan. 2 “Monday Night Football” game, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest and collapsed on the field. An imm...
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Grief Touches Everyone
Health
Rebecca Fortner 
Oct 01, 2022
Everyone is touched by grief at some point in their lives. This is even more true given the Covid-19 pandemic. But for many, the topic isn’t easily di...
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Biden sent the wrong message on COVID
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
Sep 26, 2022
“The pandemic is over,” President Joe Biden declared this month as he toured the Detroit Auto Show. “We still have a problem with COVID. We’re still d...
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Is the COVID pandemic over?
Sep 25, 2022
President Biden finally dared to say it last week, declaring in an interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes” that the “pandemic is over.” Various public-health ...
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Pandemic backsliding in learning is real
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Sep 02, 2022
The gold-standard measure of educational trends has the word “progress” in its name. But the National Assessment of Educational Progress unveiled Thur...
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Wiser than you know and ready to fly
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
May 15, 2022
Dear Graduate: Look at you! All shined up, capped, gowned and ready to take on the world. Congratulations on reaching the finish line. Those four year...
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Warning signs of mental health issues
Health
May 08, 2022
A 2017 study from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation estimated that 792 million people across the globe lived with a mental health disord...
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