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Zencasts: Mindfulness during a pandemic with Dr. Mary Freitag

Zencasts: Mindfulness during a pandemic with Dr. Mary Freitag

Follow along as Dr. Mary Freitag leads mindfulness meditation exercises to help reduce stress, accompanied by scenes and sounds of birds from Wolsfeld Woods Science and Natural Area.
by Evan Frost

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Change to death certificates could boost COVID-19 counts

Change to death certificates could boost COVID-19 counts

In a change, more respiratory-related deaths will be presumed to be linked to coronavirus even without a positive test.
by Brian Bakst

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Slammed by Trump, 3M says N95 mask exports from U.S. should continue

Slammed by Trump, 3M says N95 mask exports from U.S. should continue

The president and others have criticized 3M, with some officials alleging profiteering during the COVID-19 pandemic. But the company says cutting exports would be a mistake.
by Bill Chappell

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Why modeling COVID-19 is such a challenge

One of the most difficult aspects of daily life right now is the degree to which the future is unknown. Researchers are scrambling to model various outcomes for this pandemic, but the truth is it's an incredibly difficult task.
by Cathy Wurzer

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U.S. sheds 701,000 jobs, ending a record-long hiring streak

U.S. sheds 701,000 jobs, ending a record-long hiring streak

Last month's actual job loss was likely even larger because the government surveyed employers before the heaviest layoffs hit in the past two week. Nearly 10 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits in the last two weeks of March, far exceeding the figure for any corresponding period on record.
by The Associated Press

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Ships with coronavirus patients dock in Florida

Ships with coronavirus patients dock in Florida

The Zaandam and a sister ship sent to help it, the Rotterdam, were allowed to unload passengers at Port Everglades after working out a detailed agreement with officials who feared it would divert needed resources from a region that has seen a spike in virus cases.
by The Associated Press

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