French President Emmanuel Macron has scheduled a televised address to the nation, a possible harbinger of tighter restrictions to combat surging coronavirus hospitalizations ByThe Associated Press March 31, 2021, 8:49 AM • 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron scheduled a televised address to the nation… Read More »
Shawn Hayes was thankful to be holed up at a city-run hotel for people with COVID-19. The 20-year-old wasn’t in jail. He wasn’t on the streets chasing drugs. Methadone to treat his opioid addiction was delivered to his door. Hayes was staying at the hotel because of a coronavirus outbreak at the 270-bed Kirkbride Center… Read More »
An 18-year-old showed up in a Long Island emergency room, gasping for breath, vomiting and dizzy. When a doctor asked if the teenager had been vaping, he said no. The patient’s older brother, a police officer, was suspicious. He rummaged through the youth’s room and found hidden vials of marijuana for vaping. “I don’t know… Read More »
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other anti-vaccine crusaders have long and falsely blamed vaccines for breeding an “epidemic” of autism. But is the epidemic even real? According to the authors of a new study, the astonishing explosion in the number of diagnosed cases of autism is the result of a broadening of the definition of… Read More »
Massive cuts to alcohol rehab services mean a “national epidemic” of alcohol-related problems is not being tackled, King’s College London researchers say. And people with drink problems in England are less than half as likely to receive the right help as those in Scotland and Wales. More than £100m has been cut since services in… Read More »