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Nobel Prize honors discovery of temperature, touch receptors
U.S.-based scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian were awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Monday for their discovery of the receptors that allow humans to feel temperature and touch.
Runner who lost her vision finishes Twin Cities Marathon with guides by her side
After months of training, Laura Sosalla, who was declared legally blind earlier this year after a battle with COVID-19, ran the last mile of the Twin Cities Marathon alongside the women who helped her train and guided her along the way — exactly how Sosalla wanted her marathon experience to end.
Alaska allows hospitals to ration care amid COVID spike
Alaska on Saturday activated emergency crisis protocols that allow 20 medical facilities to ration care if needed as the state recorded the nation’s worst COVID-19 diagnosis rates in recent days, straining the state’s limited health care system.
Health workers know what good care is. Pandemic burnout is getting in the way
The pandemic has intensified burnout among health care workers, and they say it's eroding their passion for the job and the quality of patient care. Some health care systems are finding solutions in the small details of the work.
California to require COVID-19 vaccines for schoolchildren
California will become the first U.S. state to require COVID-19 vaccinations for children to attend public and private schools in person, in a mandate that could effect millions of students.
Abortion rights hang in the balance, as advocates rally across the country
Abortion-rights advocates are protesting in cities across the U.S. on Saturday, in the wake of Texas' restrictive abortion law. A march to the Supreme Court is planned in Washington, D.C.; a march in Minneapolis is among other events taking place across the country.
U.S. hits 700,000 COVID deaths; case counts now falling in some areas
The United States reached its latest heartbreaking pandemic milestone Friday, eclipsing 700,000 deaths from COVID-19 just as the surge from the delta variant is starting to slow down in some states and give overwhelmed hospitals some relief.