Anna Marie Bresnan, who lives at Philadelphia Protestant Home, a retirement community in Northeast Philadelphia, is 84 and has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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Coronavirus Deadly To Those Over 80, But Many Are Surviving
Posted on 22 June 2020.
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Fuel your fitness at home: 5 tips and tricks
Posted on 21 June 2020.
Face it, finding time to achieve your fitness goals while balancing work and home life can be a struggle.
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The Do’s and Don’ts of Face Masks
Posted on 19 June 2020.
Face masks are an important part of staying safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. But not all masks are created equal.
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Trump’s Take On COVID Testing Misses Public Health Realities
Posted on 18 June 2020.
President Donald Trump sought to downplay the numbers associated with COVID-19 in the United States by arguing that the soaring national count was simply the result of superior testing.
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Pandemic Triggers Big Swings In Prescription Drug Use
Posted on 17 June 2020.
As most of the nation hunkered down amid the coronavirus pandemic, visits to doctor offices and outpatient clinics plunged. That’s helping cause major swings in prescription drug use.
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Flushing Toilet Creates Clouds of Virus-Containing Particles
Posted on 16 June 2020.
With recent studies showing the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 can survive in the human digestive tract and show up in feces of the infected, this raises the possibility the disease could be transmitted with the use of toilets.
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