Itmight be because of social media. Some chess champs have built hugeonline followings on YouTube and elsewhere.More people started playing chess during the COVID-19 shutdowns.Before then, Chess.com had 1.5 million users. That number grew to between 5 million and 7 million while people were...
A bare majority of Americans (52%) agree the pandemic is over, down five percentage points from the spring (57%). Few (35%) agree that America is adequately prepared to deal with another pandemic or widespread health crisis; three in five Americans trust the CDC on COVID, lower than eve...
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the man worked as a broker, bringing North Korean women across the border before selling them off to Chinese men. After North Korea shut down its borders during the pandemic, it became harder for him to make money as a broker. The man then changed s...
Five years ago, the World Health Organizationdeclared the COVID-19 outbreak to be a pandemic, leading to stay at-home orders and shutdowns across the U.S. and world. The nation looks much different since then, and scientists and researchers have learned a lot about the virus, including ho...
He touts an income tax cut passed this year, work to expand interstates and improve highways across the state and a booming economy that survived the COVID-19 shutdown. Democrats hope the debate debate over abortion may change their fortunes. Cunningham has campaigned on vetoing ...
Report of sexual activity was not a requirement for enrollment. Assent and parental consent were obtained for participants under 18. Some follow up visits fell during COVID-mandated shutdowns, and we worked with participants to reschedule and extend follow up as ap...
As brutally demonstrated by the COVID-19 pandemic, an effective immune system is essential for survival. Developed over evolutionary time, viral nucleic acid detection is a central pillar in the defensive armamentarium used to combat foreign microbial invasion. To ensure cellular homeostasis, such a ...
Brad says the time has come to call it a day, citing the impossibility of continuing to trade after last year’s pandemic-induced shutdown and ongoing and ever-changing restrictions. “We’re about to go into another period of restrictions right now, so we just don’t see a way forward...
I was struck about how there was basically zero messaging about the COVID-19 pandemic. Nothing on the JumboTron, nothing in the PA announcements, and almost no signs of a new respiratory disease other than the employees all wearing masks (along with a certain percentage of attendees). The Bl...
In the summer of 2020, disaster struck at the museum. Amid COVID shutdowns, a burst water pipe caused a major flood, damaging and destroying dozens of artifacts. The building needed repairs. "When you see such history just floating and you don't know how it's going to be fixed, it ...