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Squalene (And Squalane) Skin Care Products Dermatologists Recommend For Dry Skin

Although coconut oil, shea butter and glycolic acid are some of the most commonly known skin care ingredients used to treat dry skin, you may have started to hear more and more about squalene (and a related ingredient called squalane), especially since this ingredient seems to be included in many hydrating creams and treatments from

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Lives Lost: A mismatched pair’s love story ends with virus

He was a by-the-book, buttoned-up conservative whose opinions could be quick and blunt. She was a free-thinking, authority-snubbing liberal who would draw stories out in meandering conversation. In the pain of broken marriages, Edward Porco and Joan Powers found new life in each other, however mismatched they might seem. And as the coronavirus pandemic consumed

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Coronavirus: ‘High risk’ list misses off thousands of people

Image copyright NHS Image caption The government has said about 1.5 million people have been identified as needing to “shield” Thousands of people have been missed off the government’s high risk list for Covid-19 despite meeting the criteria. Among them have been transplant patients, people with asthma and some with rare lung diseases. Many are

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What Social Distancing Is Like For Parents Of Kids With Autism

Millions of children in the United States and around the world are suddenly home from school and largely stuck inside because of the coronavirus pandemic, which has thrust countless families into new and stressful schedules. For parents of the roughly 1 in 54 children in the United States who have been diagnosed with autism, school

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Virus puts UK PM in intensive care; hopes rise in US, Europe

LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in intensive care Tuesday fighting the coronavirus, while authorities in New York and elsewhere in Europe hoped that an apparent plateau of deaths and new hospitalizations signaled that key epicenters in the global pandemic had turned a corner. The 55-year-old Johnson, the world’s first known head of

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Coronavirus: China reports no Covid-19 deaths for first time

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The country’s Health Commission confirmed there had been no deaths and 32 confirmed cases China reported no coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, the first time since it started publishing daily figures in January. The National Health Commission said it had 32 confirmed cases, down from 39 on Monday. It comes

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White House pushes unproven drug for virus, but doctors wary

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and his administration kept up their out-sized promotion Monday of an anti-malaria drug not yet officially approved for fighting the new coronavirus, even though scientists say more testing is needed before it’s proven safe and effective against COVID-19. Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro championed hydroxychloroquine in television interviews a day

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