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About 60% of the US population has reduced protection against COVID-19, CDC data shows
Immunity is waning among those who received COVID-19 shots more than six months ago. The news comes…
Kiera Fields
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A robot named Mr. Bah can sense when the elderly are about to lose their balance and catch them before they fall
The robot successfully prevented all falls during a clinical trial with 29 patients, including some…
Hannah Getahun
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Budget: NGOs recommend creating separate ministry, special digital literacy scheme for elderly
It recommended provisions for setting up of skill training and retooling centres for the older peop…
PTI
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As the US vaccine rollout ramps up, here's who's next in line: younger adults, restaurant employees, and grocery workers
States like Colorado and Utah are close to opening up vaccinations to the general public. Others tr…
Aria Bendix
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China is now letting couples have up to 3 children, a huge turnaround from its family-planning restrictions from the '80s
As much as the Chinese government wants to grow the country's share of the world population, it mig…
Neal Freyman, Morning Brew
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Healthcare workers and long-term-care facility residents should get a coronavirus vaccine first, according to US health officials
The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted to recommend who should receive a coro…
Andrea Michelson
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COVID-19 vaccine will be priced at ₹1,000 and would be available by February for healthcare workers and elderly people, says Serum CEO Adar Poonawalla
"It will probably take two or three years for every Indian to get inoculated, not just because o…
PTI
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'Food apartheid' remains a hurdle for millions of Americans, but it severely harms the elderly
Lack of access to fresh food is no accident - it's a multi-faceted issue that hinges on power.
Áine Cain
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People are less lonely when they embrace uncertainty and feel empathy, a study found
A study of middle-aged and older adults in San Diego and Cilento, Italy found those who scored high…
Andrea Michelson
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China's millennials are shunning marriage at alarming rates, and it's creating a nationwide population crisis that Beijing can't magically fix
A 2021 survey found that 43.5% of unmarried women respondents were hesitant to get married because …
Matthew Loh
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Useful tips for elderly living with retinal diseases
New Delhi, June 4 (IANSlife) Over two months with a stay-at-home mandate, elderly people living wit…
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Harvard scientists are developing a coronavirus vaccine specifically for those most vulnerable: the elderly
Vaccines generally aren't as effective for the elderly. A Harvard lab is working on a COVID-19 vacc…
Holly Secon
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There's a frightening loophole in the COVID-19 treatment plan, and my 81-year-old father and thousands of other elderly patients have fallen through it
Masks, six-foot distances, and hand-washing means nothing if positive patients are being released i…
Deborah Kassel, PhD
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'Twilight of Democracy' author Anne Applebaum on the rise of authoritarianism, the dangerous power of conspiracy theories, and why she signed the 'Harper's letter'
Pulitzer Prize-winner Anne Applebaum witnessed first-hand the fall of communism, decline of democra…
Anthony L. Fisher
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Hate against Asian Americans skyrocketed in the last year with the elderly bearing the brunt of incidents
More than 30% of Americans and 60% of Asian Americans have witnessed someone blaming Asian people f…
Erin Snodgrass
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COVID-19 has killed thousands of young Americans. This is not just a tragedy for the elderly.
Cody Lyster of Colorado and Bryant Boyer-Killion of Illinois both died of COVID-19 at age 21. Their…
Aylin Woodward,Susie Neilson
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This therapy llama is helping vulnerable populations in Oregon get through the pandemic
Not only do llamas serve as therapy animals, scientists are studying whether their antibodies can h…
Lisa Desai,Yasmina Hatem,Dyla…
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Most nursing home residents in the US remain unvaccinated despite national plans to prioritize the elderly
Only about 13% of the roughly 3.26 million vaccine doses distributed to nursing home residents in t…
Grace Kay
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Half the world's population doesn't have healthcare, stable income, retirement plans, or childcare. The pandemic created a crossroads to change that.
A report from the International Labor Organization looked at access to social safety net programs a…
Juliana Kaplan
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Lawmakers are fighting over the ethics of taking a COVID-19 vaccine before healthcare workers and the elderly
Critics have pointed to the hypocrisy of many Republicans who downplayed the threat posed by COVID-…