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(CNN)Just before the lockdown began, London-based writer Valentina Valentini made the choice of a lifetime: She agreed to marry her partner. She didn't think twice about it. A few weeks later, Vale…

To George Fuller, mayor of McKinney, Texas, his recent decision seemed a no-brainer: Require everyone in his city to wear a mask inside businesses to stem the spread of coronavirus and avert a full economic shutdown.Some constituents in his Dallas exurb saw it differently. They pelted him with profane emails, calling him a “pathetic, cowardly…

A protester holds a Hong Kong independence flag during the demonstration.May James | SOPA Images | Getty ImagesHong Kong police announced Wednesday their first arrests since China's national security law came into force. The contentious legislation took effect hours after the Chinese parliament's top decision-making body voted to pass the National Security Law on Tuesday. The law stipulates…

More than 20 million Americans ages 60 to 65 got a rude surprise this year.Many of us, BC — before the novel coronavirus — had counted on a little more time before we had to see ourselves as “old.” Yet in recent weeks, we’ve been shoved toward senescence as supermarkets have scheduled “senior hours” for…

Coronavirus transforms the infected cells in a highly unusual manner, forcing them to grow long, protruding branches, which penetrate multiple healthy cells at once, a new study has found. Scientists took a closer look at the effects of SARS-CoV-2 – the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 – through a powerful microscope at the National Institutes of…