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An older person's hands holding a pen and writing a letter.

Advocates strive to revive ‘dying art’ of letter writing and improve human relationships

When was the last time you sent a handwritten letter to a friend or loved one, or received one in the mail? Before the digital age, it was common to receive a handwritten letter from a pen pal, a postcard from overseas, or annual handwritten Christmas cards. But text messages, emails, memes, social media and …

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China changes COVID policy to revive struggling domestic growth

China changes COVID policy to revive struggling domestic growth

Washington— With a major shift in China’s policy to fight COVID-19, Beijing is putting the focus back on economic growth. To soften the blow to the national economy from the influx of infected people, Chinese authorities and companies are allowing people who test positive for COVID-19 to return to work, even though doing so could …

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Boston research center aims to revive precision psychiatry

The science of precision medicine has made leaps and bounds over the past two decades. It helps doctors use genetics and other data to understand how to treat individual patients in a number of diseases, such as cancer and cystic fibrosis. But one exception is mental illness. A group of researchers based in Massachusetts hopes …

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Voters want to reopen the city's shuttered mental health clinics.  Alderman says she'll use Momentum to revive stalled plan

Voters want to reopen the city’s shuttered mental health clinics. Alderman says she’ll use Momentum to revive stalled plan

ALBANY PARK — Voters in three Chicago wards have resoundingly backed a referendum to expand mental health care in the city, and the Albany Park alderman wants to use that momentum to revive his stalled plan to give more resources to city-run clinics. Tuesday’s poll asked Chicagoans in the 6th, 20th, and 33rd Wards on …

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