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Kate Kleinert was home by herself one day in summer 2020 when she received a friend request from an attractive stranger on Facebook. He introduced himself as Tony, a Norwegian physician stationed in Iraq. Kate, who is 69, often received friend requests from single men. They usually fell in the same category: handsome, successful, and stationed…

Enlarge / Mycobacterium tuberculosis. A judge in Washington issued an arrest warrant Thursday for a Tacoma woman who has refused to have her active, contagious case of tuberculosis treated for over a year, violating numerous court orders. The judge also upheld an earlier order to have her jailed, where she can be  tested and treated…

Older people who have few social connections and interactions are at a higher risk for developing dementia, a new study has found. Charles Dharapak/Charles Dharapak via AP hide caption toggle caption Charles Dharapak/Charles Dharapak via AP Older people who have few social connections and interactions are at a higher risk for developing dementia, a new…

A man cries over his mother's grave in the Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery, in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, on Sept. 29, 2020. Iris Gonçalves Alves died at age 54 the previous day from COVID-19, according to the information on her burial record. During the worst times of the pandemic in Manaus, only three relatives could attend…

People wait in line at a testing site to receive a free COVID-19 PCR test in Washington, DC. Monday the CDC announced that people can isolate for five days, instead of 10, after they've tested positive for the coronavirus and have no symptoms. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images People wait…

A medical worker administers a coronavirus test at a new testing site at the Times Square subway station in New York City on Monday. Scott Heins/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Scott Heins/Getty Images A medical worker administers a coronavirus test at a new testing site at the Times Square subway station in New York…

Enlarge / Eric Schmitt, Missouri attorney general. Covid-19 Coverage View more stories As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations rise sharply in Missouri, local health departments are abandoning efforts to stop the spread of the pandemic disease, saying their hands have been tied by the state's attorney general and a recent court ruling. One local agency, the…

Growing up in the 1930s in a small, marshy town in the Calabrian region of Italy, Rose Frusciante was constantly bombarded by mosquitoes. But one bite in particular proved dangerous. Homebound senior Louise Delija, 93, receives a meal delivery in Brooklyn, New York. Since the pandemic began, demand for help from seniors has ballooned. Ted…

Photo: Kichigin (Shutterstock)Over the summer, when it became clear that my 10-year-old son’s school district was going to offer both face-to-face and virtual options for returning to school in the fall, his mom and I wanted him to feel like he had input into whatever decision was made. My son is shy and introverted, but…

Enlarge / A crew member of an evacuation flight of French citizens from Wuhan gives passengers disinfectant during the flight to France on February 1, 2020, as they are repatriated from the coronavirus hot zone. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued the first federal quarantine order in more than 50 years…