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Skipping the Holidays? 15 Ways to Keep the Joy
Bummed about not seeing fam this year? Make the most of it with these expert tips on finding joy in other ways.
December 22, 2020
Putting the kibosh on your holiday gatherings…and feeling a bit sad about it?
“One of our biggest sources of comfort are our loved ones. Because of the pandemic, there will be fewer in-person get-togethers,” says Stewart Shankman, Ph.D., chief of psychology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. “This disruption can lead to feelings of loneliness.” And according to recent U.S. Census Bureau data, a third of Americans are showing signs of clinical anxiety and depression.
An oversized wedding in Chicago has divided Orthodox Jews and foiled contact tracers December 15, 2020 5:32 pm Workers test residents for COVID-19 and its antibodies at a mobile test site in Chicago, Dec. 12, 2020. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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(JTA) Officials in the Chicago area are struggling to uncover whether an Orthodox Jewish wedding that violated public health restrictions led to new COVID-19 cases in the hard-hit city.
About 150 guests attended the wedding in a Chicago suburb on Dec. 2 at a time when 14.8% of COVID tests in the surrounding county were coming back positive.
The wedding made local news as the latest in a series of events in Orthodox communities that have defied public health guidance and local ordinances. But public health officials charged with tracking the spread of the coronavirus said last week that they had been unable to obtain a list of guests who would need to quarantine or even the name of the bride and
Niacin has been a mainstay cholesterol therapy for 50 years but it should no longer be prescribed for most patients due to potential increased risk of death, dangerous side effects and no benefit in reducing heart attacks and strokes, according to an editorial in the
New England Journal of Medicine.
The editorial by Northwestern Medicine® preventive cardiologist Donald Lloyd-Jones, M.D., is based on a large new study that looked at adults, ages 50 to 80, with cardiovascular disease who took extended-release niacin (vitamin B3) and laropiprant (a drug that reduces face flushing caused by high doses of niacin) to see if it reduced heart attack and stroke compared to a placebo over four years. All patients in the trial were already being treated with a statin medication.
Will employers require workers to get vaccinated?
Stephanie Goldberg
It s the latest COVID conundrum. Either choice carries risk, including potential legal exposure.
While the public anxiously awaits widespread availability of coronavirus vaccines, employers view the rollout with some trepidation.
The arrival of vaccines presents companies with a thorny dilemma: whether or not to require that employees get vaccinated before returning to the workplace.
Either choice carries risk. While a mandate could help companies more quickly resume business as usual, it also could expose them to lawsuits from employees who object to the vaccine for various reasons or those who have adverse reactions to the shot. On the other hand, employers that don t have a mandate could be liable in the case of a workplace outbreak.