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Nursing Homes Are Reopening In West Virginia, But Not Everyone Can Visit Yet

Nursing Homes Are Reopening In West Virginia, But Not Everyone Can Visit Yet

Nursing Homes Are Reopening In West Virginia, But Not Everyone Can Visit Yet After three months of restrictions, nursing homes in the state are beginning to allow visitors again. Families are learning that the experience of reopening won't be the same for everyone.Heard onToggle more optionsMark Shaver hadn't seen his 96-year-old mother, Betty, in months when he hit a breaking point and decided he had to see her. Shaver lived in South Carolina and Betty was in a nursing home in Morgantown, W.Va., when COVID-19 outbreaks began sweeping across the nation. By early March, West Virginia Gov....

June 22, 2020
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Tennessee Becomes 3rd State This Month To Enact Restrictions For Transgender Athletes

Tennessee Becomes 3rd State This Month To Enact Restrictions For Transgender Athletes

Tennessee Becomes 3rd State This Month To Enact Restrictions For Transgender Athletes A new law signed by Gov. Bill Lee on Friday bans transgender athletes from participating in girls' sports, making it the third state this year to approve such a measure.Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has signed into law a controversial bill requiring students to prove their sex at birth in order to participate in middle and high school sports. The bill, which Lee signed on Friday, makes Tennessee the third state this month to adopt legislation aimed at restricting transgender girls from playing female sports....

March 27, 2021
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Some Senators Want Permanent Daylight Saving Time

Some Senators Want Permanent Daylight Saving Time

Some Senators Want Permanent Daylight Saving Time Sen. Marco Rubio is among a group of lawmakers pushing to make daylight saving time permanent. Some states have passed similar measures, but they need federal approval for them to take effect.Americans don't agree if they like daylight saving time or standard time better, but they do that switching between them is irritating. Arizona and Hawaii and have exempted themselves from the switch by remaining in standard time year-round. Other states want to move permanently to DST. Florida's state legislature the Sunshine Protection Act in 2018...

March 13, 2021
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Army Chaplain's Remains Identified After 70 years

Army Chaplain's Remains Identified After 70 years

Korean War Chaplain's Remains Identified After 70 years The remains of Emil Kapaun, the Catholic priest and Korean War prisoner of war, have been identified, the Pentagon said Friday. Kapaun was given the Medal of Honor posthumously in 2013.Department of Defense investigators have identified the remains of U.S. Army chaplain and Catholic priest Emil Kapaun among the unknown Korean War soldiers buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii. It's been a long journey home for the Kansas native who was imprisoned in Korea more than 70 years ago. Former President Barack Obama...

March 7, 2021
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ER Doctor Who Diagnosed First Confirmed NYC COVID-19 Case Reflects 1 Year Later

ER Doctor Who Diagnosed First Confirmed NYC COVID-19 Case Reflects 1 Year Later

ER Doctor Who Diagnosed First Confirmed NYC COVID-19 Case Reflects 1 Year Later : Coronavirus Updates For four months last year, Dr. Angela Chen only saw her child through a window. A year into the global pandemic, the view is a different, but it's impossible to forget the memories of last spring.Heard onToggle more optionsDr. Angela Chen, an emergency medicine doctor at The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, says she is pretty good at dealing with the unexpected. It's part of what drew her to emergency medicine, and her work on emergency cases trained her to navigate uncertain times....

March 11, 2021
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What It's Like When COVID-19 Lasts For Months

What It's Like When COVID-19 Lasts For Months

'Long Haulers' Describe What It's Like When COVID-19 Lasts For Months Some people who get COVID-19 are stuck with lasting, debilitating symptoms. Two women share their stories of how they've been suffering for the "long haul."Heard onToggle more optionsFor Marjorie Roberts, it started on March 26. The healthy, 59-year-old life coach in Atlanta says it started as a normal day. She went out to get the mail. As she walked back to her apartment, she lost her balance. Odd for her, but she didn't think much of it. By evening, "everything came down on me like a ton of bricks," she says. Extreme...

August 10, 2020
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