Category: Health
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Coronavirus Update: Mayor De Blasio Says NYC Swimming Pools Will Not Open This Year
Cuts to the budget and safety concerns will make summer in the city very different this year; CBS2’s Aundrea Cline-Thomas reports.
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Asthma Is Absent Among Top Covid-19 Risk Factors, Early Data Shows
For people with asthma, the outbreak of a pandemic that can lead to respiratory failure has not been a welcome event. Many health organizations have cautioned that asthmatics are most likely at higher risk for severe illness if they get the coronavirus. There’s been a run on inhalers, and coronavirus patients like the actor Idris Elba…
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Smart Habits to Stay Positive With Katinka Hosszú
Olympic Champion, Katinka Hosszu on how she stays positive during the quarantine.
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Jackie Frith | Swimming Through Motherhood
Meet Jackie Frith, a mother, swimmer and self-love activist based in Canada who is on a mission to empower women to feel comfortable in their own skin. She shares her swimming journey and highlights the importance of showing up, just as you are.
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Special interviews: WP refs in the frontline battling with COVID-19
Interview with water polo referees Marco Ercoli and Giuliana Nicolosi Marco Ercoli: “During work, the fear disappears†International water polo referee Marco Ercoli is one of those unnamed heroes who are battling in the front line in these terrible times. The Italian ref is working as a doctor in the Augusto Murri Hospital in the…
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Michael Phelps: Delay Of Olympics Is Tough, But An Opportunity For Athletes | TODAY
The most decorated Olympian of all time, Michael Phelps, joins TODAY via FaceTime to talk about the delay of the Tokyo Olympics until 2021 and the mental health challenge it presents athletes. “It is challenging,†he says, but advises his fellow athletes to look on it “as an opportunity to fine-tune†themselves for an additional…
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Covid-19: “Beaches are one of the most dangerous places to be”
“Surfers say that they’re safe if they stay six feet away from other people. But that would only be true if the air didn’t move,” notes Kimberly Prather, a climate and atmospheric scientist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. “In reality, there’s always a breeze or wind at the coastline. As a result, small drops…
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Athletes Village for Olympics could house virus patients
The under-construction Athletes Village for the Tokyo Olympics could be used as a temporary hospital for coronavirus patients. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has been talking about the possibility of occupying the massive development on Tokyo Bay, which is to house up to 11,000 Olympic and 4,400 Paralympic athletes and staff during the games. The complex, which will eventually include…