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WHYY By Cyclists and joggers use Martin Luther King Drive on March 11, 2021, which has been closed to traffic since the start of the pandemic. (Emma Lee/WHYY) Martin Luther King Drive will be reopened to cars this summer, according to city officials. During a Monday City Council budget hearing, Deputy Managing Director for the Office of Transportation, Infrastructure and Sustainability Mike Carroll assured councilmembers that MLK would reopen to vehicles during the first week of August. The city closed the roadway last year during the pandemic to provide enough space to physically distance fo...

Get a vaccine, receive a free drink. As part of the county’s effort to boost vaccination numbers, any resident age 21 or older who receives the COVID-19 vaccine at a county-run site in May will receive a ticket that can be redeemed at several North Fork breweries, wineries and distilleries for a free drink. Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone announced the “Lift Your Spirit, Take Your Shot” initiative at Raphael Winery in Peconic Wednesday morning alongside representatives of several of the participating businesses. Mr. Bellone pitched the initiative as a potential “win-win” to n...

If the first number that pops into your head when you think about body temperature is 98.6°F, you have a study from 1851 to thank for that. Carl Reinhold August Wunderlich, a German doctor, took multiple axillary (armpit) temperatures from about 25,000 people, and based on an analysis, he established 98.6°F (or 37°Celsius) as the norm. The reality though is that normal body temperature is on a spectrum, not an absolute. Body temperature can depend on your age, the time of day, and what you were doing before you popped the thermometer in your mouth or zapped your forehead. If you’re won...

Missoula Gives Hopes to Raise $1 Million to Help Nonprofits The annual ‘Missoula Gives’ fundraiser beings at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, and everyone is invited to listen, watch, and give to their favorite local nonprofit organizations. Marcy Allen is the Executive Director of the Missoula Community Foundation and she said this event is so vital in keeping the area’s nonprofits funded. “Missoula Gives is a 26 hour online fundraising event,” Allen said. “We have over 163 organizations participating this year. It is a great way to celebrate our community. In this past year, we especially...

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