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Billy Barr lives in Gothic, Colo., a silver mining town that was abandoned more than 100 years ago.

Tips From Someone With 50 Years Of Social Distancing Experience

Billy Barr has living alone in a cabin in a Colorado mountain ghost town for 50 years. He offers advice on how to find and maintain happiness in isolation.

Being overweight or obese can diminish the effectiveness of a flu shot, researchers say.

Excess Weight Can Weaken The Flu Shot

Scientists have come to realize that flu vaccines are less effective for people who are overweight or obese. Now researchers are trying to figure out why and hope to develop better vaccines.

Chunlin Leonhard, is under quarantine at the Travis Air Force Base. She and others under quarantine are housed on base and where they receive delivered meals three times a day.

Life In Quarantine: What It's Like For The U.S. Evacuees From Wuhan

Hundreds of American travelers returned from Wuhan, China and are now under federal quarantine for two weeks. Some are happy to be back in the U.S., but wish they weren't confined in military bases.

Researcher Loretta Fernandez of Northeastern University wears a homemade face mask without and with an extra outer layer made from nylon stockings (right). The added nylon outer layer significantly boosted masks' ability to filter out small particles, her research found.

Adding A Nylon Stocking Layer Could Boost Protection From Cloth Masks, Study Finds

Scientists who tested a variety of cloth face masks found that a nylon overlay significantly boosted how well they work. Researchers not involved in the study praised the finding.

From Poverty To Rocket Scientist To CEO, A Girl Scout's Inspiring Story

When she was a Brownie, Sylvia Acevedo was inspired to earn her science badge. In her new memoir, the Girl Scouts CEO says this experience led directly to her career at NASA.

Marc Short, chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence, listens during a coronavirus briefing with health insurers at the White House on March 10.

Pence Chief Of Staff Owns Stocks That Could Conflict With Coronavirus Response

Marc Short, chief of staff to Vice President Pence, owns between $506,043 and $1.64 million in stocks that could present conflicts of interest to his work on the White House work on the disease.

Residents wash their hands at a station set up by Shining Hope for Communities in Kibera, a neighborhood in Nairobi, Kenya, where running water is scarce.

How Do You Wash Your Hands To Fend Off Coronavirus If Water Is Scarce?

One of the top pieces of advice is: Wash your hands to prevent infection. But millions of people don't have access to running water.

Ten-year-old Nurzat (right) and his friends, brothers Abdulla (left), 11, and Muhammet (center), 10, look out the window of their dormitory room at a boarding school in Istanbul, Turkey. The boys are all missing their parents, who are believed to be in prison camps in China.

'Somewhere Like Home': Uighur Kids Find A Haven At Boarding School In Turkey

Their parents are missing back home in China, likely in prison or detention. "We want them to know they belong to a family that's much bigger than the one they have lost," the school's founder says.

The Federal Communications Commission announced Thursday that it was putting forward a proposal to designate 988 as a "suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline."

FCC Approves Plan For 3-Digit Suicide Prevention Number Similar To 911

The Federal Communications Commission unanimously OK'd the proposal, which would allow callers in crisis to reach a national mental health support network simply by dialing 988.

FCC Approves Plan For 3-Digit Suicide Prevention Number Similar To 911

The Federal Communications Commission unanimously OK'd the proposal, which would allow callers in crisis to reach a national mental health support network simply by dialing 988.

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