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Connecticut election worker tests positive for coronavirus

An election worker in New Haven, Connecticut, has tested positive for the coronavirus, leading to a dozen other workers being quarantined By PAT EATON-ROBB and DAVE COLLINS Associated Press November 4, 2020, 9:37 PM • 4 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article An election employee in New Haven, Connecticut, has tested positive… Read More: Connecticut election worker tests positive for coronavirus »

Presidential history quiz: Test your knowledge before the election

Tuesday marks the 59th presidential election of the United States. That’s 59 contests, 45 presidencies and 231 years’ worth of surprising trivia. Voters have spent more than a year getting to know the candidates, President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, but how deep is your knowledge of the other men who’ve served in… Read More: Presidential history quiz: Test your knowledge before the election »

Uptick in heart attacks following 2016 presidential election

The hospitalization rate for acute cardiovascular disease (CVD) events in a large southern California health system was 1.62 times higher in the two days immediately after the 2016 presidential election when compared with the same two days in the week prior to the 2016 election, according to new research from Harvard T.H. Chan School of… Read More: Uptick in heart attacks following 2016 presidential election »

Your health is on the ballot in the midterm election

Alabama, Oregon and West Virginia have measures that are aimed at restricting abortion access. If passed, Alabama’s Amendment 2 will add language to the state Constitution to give a fetus the same rights as a human who has been born. Abortion-rights supporters in Alabama worry that the amendment could be used to criminalize some forms… Read More: Your health is on the ballot in the midterm election »