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Many patients who are hospitalized have underlying health conditions like diabetes, obesity or high blood pressure, which are risk factors for serious illness, he said. However, some younger patients do not have any of these risk…

Kevin Stratvert produces videos in his Seattle home.Tara BrownWhen Microsoft updated its Teams communications app in January with a more sophisticated way to showcase PowerPoint presentations, the company released a 500-word blog post about…

Jill Laidlaw has worked at Camp Cavell in Lexington, Michigan, a tiny paradise on Lake Huron, for 37 years. But she saw problems in paradise: climate change.Michigan temperatures have risen an average of two to three degrees over the past…

A health worker delivers a dose of Covid-19 vaccine to a beneficiary at a vaccination center on June 6, 2021 in New Delhi, India.Sanchit Khanna | Hindustan times | Getty ImagesIndia has set an ambitious goal of producing more than 2…

Passengers wearing face masks as a preventive measure against the spread of Covid-19 are seen on an escalator at Orlando International Airport.Paul Hennessy | LightRocket | Getty ImagesThe number of people traveling again is on the rise. So…

Here’s what you need to know:Twitter’s headquarters in San Francisco. The company’s process for verifying accounts has been opaque.Credit...Laura Morton for The New York TimesTwitter said Thursday that it would begin allowing users to apply…

Google is working on a video call booth that will use 3D images on a 3D display to create a lifelike picture of the people on either side. While it's still experimental, "Project Starline" builds on years of research and acquisition…

Reliable Robots and Xwing are two Bay Area startups working on aircraft that can fly themselves - no pilot required. Instead of building new aircraft, both companies upgraded Cessna Grand Caravans. The aircraft can fly autonomously while…

People wear protective face masks outside of Starbucks in Midtown as the city enters Phase 2 reopening after restrictions were imposed in New York City on June 23, 2020 to contain the coronavirus pandemic.Noam Galai | Getty ImagesCheck out…

Paul Laubin, a revered oboe maker who was one of the few remaining woodwinds to build his instruments by hand - he made so few a year that customers might have to wait a decade to play one - died on March 1st in his Workshop in Peekskill,…