Photo credit: PeopleImages/istockphoto New Realities Like so much else, the COVID-19 health crisis has upended our retirement planning and preparedness. A survey conducted by TD Ameritrade between April and May reveals that the current coronavirus-induced economic downturn will affect Americans’ retirement plans more than the Great Recession of 2008, and […]
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Curtis Webster, Jr. needed community. It was 2014, and he wanted to find other parents like himself, men who were married to physicians: Webster’s wife, Allison, is an emergency room doctor. So Webster went on Facebook and created a group called “Dads Married to Doctors.” It turned out he was […]
The evidence is clear: Cloth masks can help significantly reduce the spread of the coronavirus. That’s why California must make masks mandatory in all public places. Sources say Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to address the question of mandatory masks today. Multiple scientific studies show that, until there’s a vaccine, […]
Researchers are diving deep into human genetics, hoping to find clues that might explain why many people brush off COVID-19 without even knowing they have it, while others are hospitalized or even die from the disease. For inspiration, geneticists are looking to HIV. The absence of one gene called CCR5 […]
Father’s Day 2020 is another occasion that feels significantly different than the year prior. Sunday, the day devoted to dads may conjure up thoughts of George Floyd, a father whose death in police custody ignited nation-wide protests demanding justice and racial equality. Or perhaps, one might think of his daughter Gianna, 6, who, […]
The majority of the world has been in Covid-19 lockdown for a quarter of the entire year. Although things are beginning to ease up, there are still restrictions in place and a lot of us are still more or less cooped up with our significant others. For most of us, […]