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It would seem like a natural fit: Americans are still very religious, while members of the clergy often possess the rhetorical skills and community ties that can launch political careers.
Suddenly unable to smell your morning coffee? You likely have COVID-19.
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COVID-19 patients often lose their sense of smell and taste. This is rare for a viral infection. At-home smell tests could be used as a screening tool and help slow the spread of the coronavirus.
Hurricanes Sally and Paulette, Tropical Depression Rene, and Tropical Storms Teddy and Vicky were all active on Sept. 14, 2020.
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There were so many tropical storms in 2020, forecasters exhausted the list of names and started using Greek letters. And that's only one reason 2020 was extreme.
Akan SARS-CoV-2 mampu mengelak dari vaksin?
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Saat virus menyebar dari satu orang ke orang lain, mereka terus bermutasi dan mereplikasi diri. Apakah SARS-CoV-2 dapat berevolusi dan dapat bertahan dari vaksin baru yang sedang dikembangkan?
Le président français Emmanuel Macron rencontre son homologue turc Recep Tayyip Erdogan au siège des Nations unies lors de l'Assemblée générale annuelle des Nations unies à New York le 25 septembre 2018.
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L’ironie des tensions qui opposent la France et la Turquie, et leurs présidents respectifs, Emmanuel Macron et Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, réside dans les nombreuses similarités qui les caractérisent.
Le Half Dome en Californie est composé de granit, une roche avec une densité relativement faible.
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La formation des premiers continents a fait l’objet de débats. L’analyse des zircons au Canada et en Australie suggère que ces processus historiques sont similaires aux mouvements tectoniques actuels.
Could SARS-CoV-2 evolve to dodge the vaccine?
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As viruses are transmitted from person to person they are constantly mutating and replicating. Could the SARS-CoV-2 virus evolve to evade the new vaccines that have just been developed?
The Biden administration can make significant changes in health care for Americans.
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On Nov. 7, when President-elect Joe Biden urged in his address that we “give each other a chance,” his words summoned Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address of 1865.
El senador John F. Kennedy en un acto electoral en el Estadio de Chicago cuatro días antes de las elecciones de 1960.
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The elections of 1876, 1888, 1960 and 2000 were among the most contentious in American history.
A COVID-19 test in Utah. The country’s pandemic response has been politicized, making comprehensive changes to public health more difficult.
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Health policy and politics scholars expect political fallout from the federal response to the pandemic will play out for years, with trust in government taking a big hit.
El periodo de inscripción abierta para planes de seguro médico ‘Obamacare’ en www.healthcare.gov a partir del 1 de noviembre.
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La constitucionalidad de la ley de Cuidados de Salud Asequible, u Obamacare, está siendo desafiada en la Corte Suprema por el gobierno del presidente Donald Trump.
Former House Speaker John Boehner holds a press conference June 25, 2012, after the Supreme Court handed down a 5-4 decision upholding the Affordable Care Act.
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Democrats are outraged at what they say is the hypocrisy of allowing a president to appoint a new Supreme Court justice near the end of his term. One of their biggest practical concerns is the ACA.
Juan Duran-Gutierrez kisses his newborn daughter Andrea for the first time in his home after bringing her home from the hospital on Aug. 5.
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Hispanics born in the US have worse health outcomes than Hispanics in the US who were born in countries from which they emigrated.
El Príncipe Carlos, acompañado por Camila de Cornualles, con el Presidente francés Emmanuel Macron, en Londres, 18 de junio, 2020.
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Originalmente una palabra sánscrita, namaste significa "me inclino ante ti." Es un reconocimiento de nuestra humanidad compartida, y se hace sin tocar – exactamente lo que necesitamos ahora.
Sen. Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence face off in a debate on Oct. 7, 2020.
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The Supreme Court will face another challenge to the Affordable Care Act that is more likely to succeed with the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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The Supreme Court will again consider the fate of the Affordable Care Act next month. But Trump's record and a reading of his health executive order make it unlikely that he can offer a meaningful alternative to the ACA.
Most people are avoiding movie theaters, even as restrictions have eased.
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Evan Pugh University Professor of Biology and Entomology, Eberly Professor of Biotechnology, Director, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, Penn State