
Los Angeles advocates worry that millions in unspent federal pandemic assistance will fund infrastructure projects instead of supporting residents with Long COVID or preventing new infections.

What if the air in your home could act as a silent shield against illness? Responding to the ongoing risks of COVID-19 and other airborne pathogens, many people have taken measures to improve the air in their homes and other spaces. With so many options, from do-it-yourself (DIY) filters to high-end HEPA machines, how do…

Outdoor dining was seemingly everywhere earlier in the pandemic — but as policymakers and much of the public try to forget about COVID-19, spaces for people to gather with lesser risk of contracting the disabling and deadly SARS-CoV-2 virus grow rarer. That’s left individuals and communities who do not want to contract COVID-19 — including…

Opened in 1993 in Mississauga, Ontario, the Apricot Tree Café has built a loyal customer base who love its European-influenced menus, from salads to schnitzel. Owned and operated by Austrian immigrant Franz Hochholdinger and his wife Esther, the café has grown from selling desserts on the basement level of a Toronto suburb shopping plaza to…

The relentlessness of the pandemic, now in its fifth year, is drawn out by the persistence of its denial. The federal emergency ended, Covid-19 precautions have been lifted for years, and though many people are “back to normal,” over 20,000 people in the United States died of Covid-19 since the beginning of 2024. Millions who…
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